Waste-derived biochar for water pollution control and sustainable development

M He, Z Xu, D Hou, B Gao, X Cao, YS Ok… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Biochar, a carbon-rich material made from the partial combustion of biomass wastes, is an
emerging material of interest as it can remediate pollutants and serve as a negative carbon …

The black carbon cycle and its role in the Earth system

AI Coppola, S Wagner, ST Lennartz, M Seidel… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Black carbon (BC) is produced by incomplete combustion of biomass by wildfires and
burning of fossil fuels. BC is environmentally persistent over centuries to millennia …

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 …

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 …

Insight into multiple and multilevel structures of biochars and their potential environmental applications: a critical review

X **ao, B Chen, Z Chen, L Zhu… - Environmental science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Biochar is the carbon-rich product of the pyrolysis of biomass under oxygen-limited
conditions, and it has received increasing attention due to its multiple functions in the fields …

Organic coating on biochar explains its nutrient retention and stimulation of soil fertility

N Hagemann, S Joseph, HP Schmidt… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Amending soil with biochar (pyrolized biomass) is suggested as a globally applicable
approach to address climate change and soil degradation by carbon sequestration …

Benefits and limitations of biochar for climate-smart agriculture: A review and case study from China

X Bo, Z Zhang, J Wang, S Guo, Z Li, H Lin, Y Huang… - Biochar, 2023 - Springer
Biochar has gained significant attention in agricultural and environmental research over the
last two decades. This comprehensive review evaluates the effects of biochar on soil organic …

Black carbon (biochar) in water/soil environments: molecular structure, sorption, stability, and potential risk

F Lian, B **ng - Environmental science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Black carbon (BC) is ubiquitous in the environments and participates in various
biogeochemical processes. Both positive and negative effects of BC (especially biochar) on …

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 stability in soil: meta‐analysis of decomposition and priming effects

J Wang, Z **ong, Y Kuzyakov - Gcb Bioenergy, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The stability and decomposition of biochar are fundamental to understand its persistence in
soil, its contribution to carbon (C) sequestration, and thus its role in the global C cycle. Our …