Potential hazards of biochar: The negative environmental impacts of biochar applications

L **ang, S Liu, S Ye, H Yang, B Song, F Qin… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has been widely used as an environmentally friendly material for soil improvement
and remediation, water pollution control, greenhouse gas emission reduction, and other …

Multi-criteria research lines on livestock manure biorefinery development towards a circular economy: From the perspective of a life cycle assessment and business …

SK Awasthi, M Kumar, S Sarsaiya, V Ahluwalia… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Livestock manure (LSM) is a profitable waste if handled sensibly, but simultaneously it
imposes several environmental and health impacts if managed improperly. Several …

Continuous and low-carbon production of biomass flash graphene

X Zhu, L Lin, M Pang, C Jia, L **a, G Shi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Flash Joule heating (FJH) is an emerging and profitable technology for converting
inexhaustible biomass into flash graphene (FG). However, it is challenging to produce …

Overlooked role of nitrogen dopant in carbon catalysts for peroxymonosulfate activation: Intrinsic defects or extrinsic defects?

S Yang, S Xu, J Tong, D Ding, G Wang, R Chen… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nitrogen was usually doped into carbon matrix to boost its catalytic activity owing to its
electronic adjusting activity toward the topological carbon structure. Herein, an overlooked …

Utilization of current pyrolysis technology to convert biomass and manure waste into biochar for soil remediation: A review

S Tan, G Zhou, Q Yang, S Ge, J Liu, YW Cheng… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Traditional disposal of animal manures and lignocellulosic biomass is restricted by its
inefficiency and sluggishness. To advance the carbon management and greenhouse gas …

Biochar as environmental armour and its diverse role towards protecting soil, water and air

A Kumar, E Singh, R Mishra, S Kumar - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar has been of considerable importance for various environmental applications in
recent years. It has exhibited substantial advantages like favourable structural and surface …

Recent advancements in sustainable upcycling of solid waste into porous carbons for carbon dioxide capture

X Yuan, J Wang, S Deng, M Suvarna, X Wang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon capture technologies have been extensively investigated as indispensable tools for
reducing CO 2 emissions. In particular, CO 2 capture using solid waste-derived porous …

Biochar from animal manure: A critical assessment on technical feasibility, economic viability, and ecological impact

D Rathnayake, HP Schmidt, J Leifeld, J Mayer… - GCB …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Animal manure has been used to manage soil fertility since the dawn of agriculture. It
provides plant nutrients and improves soil fertility. In the last decades, animal husbandry has …

The effect of pyrolysis temperature and feedstock on biochar agronomic properties

A Lataf, M Jozefczak, B Vandecasteele, J Viaene… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
As biochar gains popularity within agricultural applications, proper selection of feedstocks
and pyrolysis conditions are crucial to maximising its added value. In this study, biochars …

Efficient removal of uranium from wastewater using pig manure biochar: understanding adsorption and binding mechanisms

J Liao, L Ding, Y Zhang, W Zhu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, three kinds of biochars (PMBC-H 2 O, PMBC-PP and PMBC-HP) with excellent
adsorption performance were obtained by carbonizing pig manure pre-treated with different …