Biochar application for greenhouse gas mitigation, contaminants immobilization and soil fertility enhancement: A state-of-the-art review

K Abhishek, A Shrivastava, V Vimal, AK Gupta… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rising global temperature, pollution load, and energy crises are serious problems, recently
facing the world. Scientists around the world are ambitious to find eco-friendly and cost …

Potential hazards of biochar: The negative environmental impacts of biochar applications

L Xiang, 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 …

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 …

A perspective on biochar for repairing damages in the soil–plant system caused by climate change-driven extreme weather events

A Kumar, T Bhattacharya, S Mukherjee, B Sarkar - Biochar, 2022 - Springer
There has been more than 75% rise in the number of extreme weather events such as
drought and flood during 2000–2019 compared to 1980–1999 due to the adverse effects of …

Influence of polyethylene terephthalate microplastic and biochar co-existence on paddy soil bacterial community structure and greenhouse gas emission

L Han, L Chen, D Li, Y Ji, Y Feng, Y Feng… - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) contamination is ubiquitous in agricultural soils. As a cost-effective soil
amendment, biochar (BC) often coincides with MP exposure. However, little research has …

Influence of oxygen-containing functional groups on the environmental properties, transformations, and toxicity of carbon nanotubes

AR Deline, BP Frank, CL Smith, LR Sigmon… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have unique physical and chemical properties that drive their use
in a variety of commercial and industrial applications. CNTs are commonly oxidized prior to …

Evidence of microplastics in wetlands: Extraction and quantification in Freshwater and coastal ecosystems

R Kumar, P Sharma, S Bandyopadhyay - Journal of Water Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics are the emerging non-degradable pollutants in natural ecosystems. It impacts
humans and wildlife, mainly aquatic species, by getting incorporated into the food chain due …

Engineered biochars from organic wastes for the adsorption of diclofenac, naproxen and triclosan from water systems

B Czech, M Kończak, M Rakowska… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The increased volume of produced toxic sewage sludge requires suitable management and
utilization. Biochar production is an eco-efficient technology that uses toxic wastes towards …

Biochar as a soil amendment for restraining greenhouse gases emission and improving soil carbon sink: Current situation and ways forward

A Mosa, MM Mansour, E Soliman, A El-Ghamry… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The global exponential rise in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the last few decades
has triggered an urgent need to contextualize low-cost and evergreen technologies for …

Visualization of biochar colloids transport and retention in two-dimensional porous media

Y Zhao, D Fan, S Cao, W Lu, F Yang - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar colloids (BCs) have received considerable attention in recent years due to the
unique environmental behavior and potential risks. In this work, a real-time visualization …