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 …

Conversion of organic solid waste into energy and functional materials using biochar catalyst: Bibliometric analysis, research progress, and directions

H Lyu, JY Lim, Q Zhang, SS Senadheera… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Much effort has been made to use biochar to catalyze organic solid waste conversion into
value-added products. Biochar has a high specific surface area and abundant functional …

Emerging applications of biochar: A review on techno-environmental-economic aspects

H Zhu, Q An, ASM Nasir, A Babin, SL Saucedo… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomass fast pyrolysis produces bio-oil and biochar achieving circular economy. This review
explored the emerging applications of biochar. Biochar possesses the unique properties for …

Sustainable materials in the removal of pesticides from contaminated water: Perspective on macro to nanoscale cellulose

AK Rana, YK Mishra, VK Gupta, VK Thakur - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, over utilization of pesticides in agrarian and non-agrarian sectors has resulted in a
significant increment in the deposition of their remnants in different segments of the …

Biochar in water and wastewater treatment-a sustainability assessment

M Kamali, L Appels, EE Kwon, TM Aminabhavi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Innovation of sustainable materials that are efficient, economic, environmentally friendly, and
socially acceptable for real-scale environmental applications is currently a trend in the …

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 …

An overview of carbothermal synthesis of metal–biochar composites for the removal of oxyanion contaminants from aqueous solution

R Li, JJ Wang, LA Gaston, B Zhou, M Li, R Xiao… - Carbon, 2018 - Elsevier
Biochar shows promise as a potential low–cost sorbent for removing oxyanions from
wastewater. However, this generic material exhibits a very wide range in porosity, surface …

Removal of Cr (VI) from water using pineapple peel derived biochars: Adsorption potential and re-usability assessment

A Shakya, T Agarwal - Journal of molecular liquids, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, biochar was prepared using waste pineapple peel biomass with slow
pyrolysis at 350, 450, 550 and 650° C to explore the effect of temperature treatment on …

Engineered biochar: A multifunctional material for energy and environment

MK Awasthi - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar is a stable carbon-rich product loaded with upgraded properties obtained by thermal
cracking of biomasses in an oxygen-free atmosphere. The pristine biochar is further …

The mechanism of cadmium sorption by sulphur-modified wheat straw biochar and its application cadmium-contaminated soil

D Chen, X Wang, X Wang, K Feng, J Su… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) pollution in soils has received considerable research attention globally, and
sulphur-modified biochar (SBC) could combine the advantages of biochar and the sulphur …