title: Biochar as potential sustainable precursors for activated carbon production: Multiple applications in environmental protection and energy storage.
abstract: There is a growing interest of the scientific community on production of activated carbon using biochar as potential sustainable precursors pyrolyzed from biomass wastes. Physical activation and chemical activation are the main methods applied in the activation process. These methods could have significantly beneficial effects on biochar chemical/physical properties, which make it suitable for multiple applications including water pollution treatment, CO2capture, and energy storage. The feedstock with different compositions, pyrolysis conditions and activation parameters of biochar have significant influences on the properties of resultant activated carbon. Compared with traditional activated carbon, activated biochar appears to be a new potential cost-effective and environmentally-friendly carbon materials with great application prospect in many fields. This review not only summarizes information from the current analysis of activated biochar and their multiple applications for further optimization and understanding, but also offers new directions for development of activated biochar.
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Fei
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: School of Architecture and Art, Central South University, Changsha 410082, PR China; School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China.
authors.forename: Shao-Bo
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China. Electronic address: hnuliuyunguo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Yun-Guo
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China.
authors.forename: Yan-Ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China.
authors.forename: Guang-Ming
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering Research, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, PR China.
authors.forename: Xin-Jiang
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: College of Resources and Environmental Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410082, PR China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China.
authors.forename: Shao-Heng
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China.
authors.forename: Lu-Hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels; D018533:Biomass; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D002606:Charcoal / Q000737:chemistry*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; C540010:biochar; D002606:Charcoal; D002244:Carbon
keywords: Activated carbon; Biochar; CO(2) capture; Energy storage; Water pollution treatment