The role of biochar in organic waste composting and soil improvement: A review

X Guo, H Liu, J Zhang - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Large amounts of organic wastes, which pose a severe threat to the environment, can be
thermally pyrolyzed to produce biochar. Biochar has many potential uses owing to its unique …

[HTML][HTML] Biochar application for remediation of organic toxic pollutants in contaminated soils; An update

FU Haider, X Wang, U Zulfiqar, M Farooq… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bioremediation of organic contaminants has become a major environmental concern in the
last few years, due to its bio-resistance and potential to accumulate in the environment. The …

Biochar aging: mechanisms, physicochemical changes, assessment, and implications for field applications

L Wang, D O'Connor, J Rinklebe, YS Ok… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biochar has triggered a black gold rush in environmental studies as a carbon-rich material
with well-developed porous structure and tunable functionality. While much attention has …

Effects of biochar application in forest ecosystems on soil properties and greenhouse gas emissions: a review

Y Li, S Hu, J Chen, K Müller, Y Li, W Fu, Z Lin… - Journal of Soils and …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Forests play a critical role in terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycling and the mitigation
of global climate change. Intensive forest management and global climate change have had …

Impact of biochar amendment in agricultural soils on the sorption, desorption, and degradation of pesticides: a review

Y Liu, L Lonappan, SK Brar, S Yang - Science of the total environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Extensive and inefficient use of pesticides over the last several decades resulted in serious
soil and water contamination by imposing severe toxic effects on living organisms. Soil …

Chemical and biological immobilization mechanisms of potentially toxic elements in biochar-amended soils

T Bandara, A Franks, J Xu, N Bolan… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The application of biochars for the remediation of water and soils contaminated with
potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has seen a recent growing interest. The mechanisms of …

Impact of sugarcane bagasse-derived biochar on heavy metal availability and microbial activity: a field study

C Nie, X Yang, NK Niazi, X Xu, Y Wen, J Rinklebe… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
In the current study, we conducted a field experiment using the test plant, Brassica chinesis
L.(pak choi), to investigate the effect of sugarcane bagasse-derived biochar on the …

Nanobiochar for the remediation of contaminated soil and water: challenges and opportunities

M Jiang, L He, NK Niazi, H Wang, W Gustave… - Biochar, 2023 - Springer
Although research on biochar has received increasing attention for environmental and
agricultural applications, the significance of nanobiochar for environmental pollutant …

Phytotoxicity of petroleum hydrocarbons: Sources, impacts and remediation strategies

FU Haider, M Ejaz, SA Cheema, MI Khan, B Zhao… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Extraction and exploration of petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs) to satisfy the rising world
population's fossil fuel demand is playing havoc with human beings and other life forms by …

Biochar as a sorbent for emerging contaminants enables improvements in waste management and sustainable resource use

L Li, D Zou, Z **ao, X Zeng, L Zhang, L Jiang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants have recently been recognized as new and significant water
pollutants and gained great of concerns because of their considerable effects on …