DOI: 10.1039/d6ra07475h ISSN: 2046-2069

Lanthanum-modified biochar for the selective and efficient adsorption of ammonium nitrogen in wastewater

Qi Wang, Li Wang, Enliang Ren, Peihui Sun, Entong Zhu, Qiaolin Hu, Yunbo Zhao, Zhongyi Qu

La 2 O 3 -modified biochar with abundant porous structures and La–O active sites was fabricated by sol–gel pyrolysis for enhanced selective NH 4 + adsorption.