A review of pristine and modified biochar immobilizing typical heavy metals in soil: applications and challenges

H Gong, L Zhao, X Rui, J Hu, N Zhu - Journal of hazardous materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the application of biochar in the remediation of heavy metals (HMs)
contaminated soil has received tremendous attention globally. We reviewed the latest …

Roles of biochar-derived dissolved organic matter in soil amendment and environmental remediation: a critical review

Y Sun, X **ong, M He, Z Xu, D Hou, W Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar is an emerging, cost-effective, and renewable carbonaceous material with abundant
functional groups and tuneable mesoporous structure, showing a promising performance in …

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 …

Biochar as a potential strategy for remediation of contaminated mining soils: Mechanisms, applications, and future perspectives

Y Gao, P Wu, P Jeyakumar, N Bolan, H Wang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil heavy metal contamination caused by mining activities is a global issue. These heavy
metals can be enriched in plants and animals through the food chain, and eventually …

Remediation of cadmium or arsenic contaminated water and soil by modified biochar: a review

K Zhang, Y Yi, Z Fang - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar has a high specific surface area with abundant pore structure and functional groups,
which has been widely used in remediation of cadmium or arsenic contaminated water and …

Review on the interactions of arsenic, iron (oxy)(hydr) oxides, and dissolved organic matter in soils, sediments, and groundwater in a ternary system

A Aftabtalab, J Rinklebe, SM Shaheen, NK Niazi… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
High concentrations of arsenic (As) in groundwater threaten the environment and public
health. Geogenically, groundwater As contamination predominantly occurs via its …

A comprehensive review on immobilized microbes-biochar and their environmental remediation: Mechanism, challenges and future perspectives

A Saravanan, P Swaminaathan, PS Kumar… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The environment worldwide has been contaminated by toxic pollutants and chemicals
through anthropogenic activities, industrial growth, and urbanization. Microbial remediation …

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 …

Sustainable applications of rice feedstock in agro-environmental and construction sectors: a global perspective

SM Shaheen, V Antoniadis, M Shahid, Y Yang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rice is second only to maize among the world's most important cereal crops, with a global
harvested area of approximately 158 million hectares and an annual production of more …

Influence of pyrolysis temperature on production of digested sludge biochar and its application for ammonium removal from municipal wastewater

Y Tang, MS Alam, KO Konhauser, DS Alessi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water contamination by ammonium (NH 4+) can present considerable risks to natural
ecosystems. This work evaluates the potential application of biochar, produced from the …