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ArticleWater environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation2025

Adsorption of Organic Pollutants From Wastewater Using Biochar: A Mechanistic Study on Competitive Adsorption Behavior.

Griffin Loebsack, Ken K-C Yeung, Franco Berruti, Naomi B Klinghoffer

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Article in Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  2. Adsorption of Organic Pollutants From Wastewater Using Biochar: A Mechanistic Study on Competitive Adsorption Behavior.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Griffin LoebsackInstitute for Chemicals and Fuels From Alternative Resources (ICFAR), Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5084-1025
Ken K-C YeungDepartment of Chemistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Franco BerrutiInstitute for Chemicals and Fuels From Alternative Resources (ICFAR), Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Naomi B KlinghofferInstitute for Chemicals and Fuels From Alternative Resources (ICFAR), Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1931

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 537859-2018 IRCPJWestern University, Department of Chemistry
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigates the adsorption of methyl orange (MO), methylene blue (MB), and acetaminophen (ACT) using biochars produced from Douglas fir and Miscanthus at different temperatures and with different post-pyrolysis treatments that added surface functional groups. Compounds were adsorbed separately and in mixtures to examine the competitive nature of the adsorption processes. MO is known to interact with MB and ACT, whereas MB and ACT are not likely to interact due to both having electron-donating groups. When comparing the biochar adsorption capacities for these compounds when alone and mixed, biochars with both hydroxyl and carbonyl surface functional groups had higher adsorption capacities for the tested compounds when they were in mixed solutions. Biochars with only hydroxyl groups exhibited competing adsorption mechanisms and poorer adsorption capacities of aromatic compounds in complex solutions. This provides an understanding of how competing adsorption mechanisms of aromatic compounds by biochars vary depending on the dominant adsorption mechanisms of the biochar, which will allow for more effective real-world applications for water purification in the future.

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CharcoalOrganic ChemicalsWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater PurificationAcetaminophenAdsorptionAzo CompoundsMethylene BluePoaceaePseudotsugaWaste Disposal, FluidAcetaminophenAzo CompoundsbiocharCharcoalMethylene Bluemethyl orangeOrganic ChemicalsWater Pollutants, Chemicaladsorption mechanismsbiocharcompetitive adsorptionorganic contaminantswastewater treatment

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PMID40847631
PMCPMC12374178

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