The effects of biochar and its applications in the microbial remediation of contaminated soil: A review

X Zheng, W Xu, J Dong, T Yang, Z Shangguan… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The amendment of biochar for soil bioremediation can improve soil conditions, influence soil
microbial community, and achieve co-application of biochar-microbe to promote the removal …

Functional biochar in enhanced anaerobic digestion: synthesis, performances, and mechanisms

W Nie, S He, Y Lin, JJ Cheng, C Yang - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion technology is crucial in bioenergy recovery and organic waste
management. At the same time, it often encounters challenges such as low organic …

Multifaceted applications of biochar in environmental management: a bibliometric profile

A Kumar, T Bhattacharya, WA Shaikh, A Roy… - Biochar, 2023 - Springer
Biochar is a carbon-containing material prepared through thermal treatment of biomass in
limited supply of oxygen, and used for an array of applications including waste …

Multi-heme cytochrome-mediated extracellular electron transfer by the anaerobic methanotroph 'Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens'

X Zhang, GH Joyce, AO Leu, J Zhao, H Rabiee… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) carry out anaerobic oxidation of methane, thus
playing a crucial role in the methane cycle. Previous genomic evidence indicates that multi …

Biochar-based agricultural soil management: An application-dependent strategy for contributing to carbon neutrality

B Song, E Almatrafi, X Tan, S Luo, W **ong… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar has received increasing attention in agricultural and environmental fields as an
integrated solution to agricultural waste recycling, soil amendment, carbon sequestration …

Biochar as a novel carbon-negative electron source and mediator: electron exchange capacity (EEC) and environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs): a review

J Yuan, Y Wen, DD Dionysiou, VK Sharma… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar is the pyrolysis product of biomass that has been explored as an effective adsorbent
for its high specific surface area, large porosity, and numerous surface functional groups …

Hydrochar-facilitated anaerobic digestion: evidence for direct interspecies electron transfer mediated through surface oxygen-containing functional groups

S Ren, M Usman, DCW Tsang, S O-Thong… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Acceleration of the anaerobic digestion (AD) process is crucial to achieving energy-efficient
recycling of organic wastes. Hydrochar is produced by hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass …

Combined microbial transcript and metabolic analysis reveals the different roles of hydrochar and biochar in promoting anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

Z Shi, M Usman, J He, H Chen, S Zhang, G Luo - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal pretreatment of waste activated sludge (WAS) could eliminate the rate limiting
step of anaerobic digestion (AD)-hydrolysis. However, the high organic loading rate may …

Carbon and N conservation during composting: A review

D Huang, L Gao, M Cheng, M Yan, G Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Composting, as a conventional solid waste treatment method, plays an essential role in
carbon and nitrogen conservation, thereby reducing the loss of nutrients and energy …

Microbial reduction of Fe (III) in nontronite: role of biochar as a redox mediator

H Dong, ES Coffin, Y Sheng, ML Duley… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar naturally occurs in soils and sediments as a result of wildfire, but its role in Fe redox
cycling is poorly known. In this study, bioreduction experiments were conducted with lactate …