How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar

S Joseph, AL Cowie, L Van Zwieten, N Bolan… - Gcb …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We synthesized 20 years of research to explain the interrelated processes that determine
soil and plant responses to biochar. The properties of biochar and its effects within …

Mechanisms and adsorption capacities of biochar for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from industrial wastewater

TG Ambaye, M Vaccari, ED van Hullebusch… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Currently, due to the rapid growth of urbanization and industrialization in develo**
countries, a large volume of wastewater is produced from industries that contain chemicals …

Biochar physicochemical properties: pyrolysis temperature and feedstock kind effects

A Tomczyk, Z Sokołowska, P Boguta - Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2020 - Springer
Biochar is a pyrogenous, organic material synthesized through pyrolysis of different biomass
(plant or animal waste). The potential biochar applications include:(1) pollution remediation …

Effects of different feedstocks-based biochar on soil remediation: A review

M Ji, X Wang, M Usman, F Liu, Y Dan, L Zhou… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a promising amendment, biochar has excellent characteristics and can be used as a
remediation agent for diverse types of soil pollution. Biochar is mostly made from agricultural …

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 …

Biochar for soil applications-sustainability aspects, challenges and future prospects

M Kamali, N Sweygers, S Al-Salem, L Appels… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar has recently proven to be effective in various applications including soil amendment
for crop production and removal of pollutants from the contaminated water and soil …

A critical review of the possible adverse effects of biochar in the soil environment

M Brtnicky, R Datta, J Holatko, L Bielska… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has received extensive attention because of its multi-functionality for agricultural
and environmental applications. Despite its many benefits, there are concerns related to the …

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 tool for effective management of drought and heavy metal toxicity

S Mansoor, N Kour, S Manhas, S Zahid, OA Wani… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Drought and heavy metal stress undesirably disturb soil fertility and plant growth. Heavy
metals pose severe biological toxic effects. Biochar, a carbon rich source application …

Biochar application to low fertility soils: A review of current status, and future prospects

A El-Naggar, SS Lee, J Rinklebe, M Farooq, H Song… - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
Rapid industrial development and human activities have caused a degradation of soil
quality and fertility. There is increasing interest in rehabilitating low fertility soils to improve …