Valorization of biomass waste to engineered activated biochar by microwave pyrolysis: Progress, challenges, and future directions

• Main Authors: Foong, S.Y., Liew, R.K., Yang, Y., Cheng, Y.W., Yek, P.N.Y., Wan Mahari, W.A., Lee, X.Y., Han, C.S., Vo, D.-V.N., Van Le, Q., Aghbashlo, M., Tabatabaei, M., Sonne, C., Peng, W., Lam, S.S.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2020
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85079368182&doi=10.1016%2fj.cej.2020.124401&partnerID=40&md5=3b8d3feb71bb2dd8f5fc529d249db949; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/23457/

Biomass waste represents the promising surrogate of fossil fuels for energy recovery and valorization into value-added products. Among thermochemical conversion techniques of biomass, pyrolysis appears to be most alluring owing to its low pollutant emission and diverse products formation. The curren...