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 …

Characteristics and applications of biochar in soil–plant systems: A short review of benefits and potential drawbacks

T Kocsis, M Ringer, B Biró - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The available literary data suggest the general applicability and benefits of different biochar
products in various soil–plant–environment systems. Due to its high porosity, biochar might …

Effect of ageing on biochar properties and pollutant management

Y Liu, J Chen - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar is a carbon-rich pyrogenic material for multifunctional environmental applications
such as carbon sequestration, soil amendment, and pollutant management, etc. Owing to …

Aging features of metal (loid) s in biochar-amended soil: effects of biochar type and aging method

X Yang, L Wang, J Guo, H Wang, O Mašek… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil contamination with toxic metals and metalloids has become a major threat to global
food security. Among various immobilization agents that can stabilize toxic metal (loid) s …

Microbially driven iron cycling facilitates organic carbon accrual in decadal biochar-amended soil

H He, J Liu, Z Shu, Y Chen, Z Pan, C Peng… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is pivotal for both agricultural activities and climate change
mitigation, and biochar stands as a promising tool for bolstering SOC and curtailing soil …

A combined strategy to mitigate the accumulation of arsenic and cadmium in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

R Han, Z Wang, S Wang, G Sun, Z Xiao, Y Hao… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Arsenic and cadmium in rice grain are of growing concern in the global food supply chain.
Paradoxically, the two elements have contrasting behaviors in soils, making it difficult to …

Effects of physical aging processes on the bioavailability of heavy metals in contaminated site soil amended with chicken manure and wheat straw biochars

K Yang, X Wang, H Cheng, S Tao - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
The physicochemical properties of biochars undergo slow changes in soils due to the
natural aging processes, which influences their interaction with heavy metals. The effects of …

[HTML][HTML] Field aging declines the regulatory effects of biochar on cadmium uptake by pepper in the soil

D Xing, H Cheng, Z Ning, Y Liu, S Lin, Y Li… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar application is not only being widely promoted as an ideal strategy to mitigate global
climate warming, but it also has the advantage of reducing heavy metal bioavailability and …

The effects of biochar aging on rhizosphere microbial communities in cadmium-contaminated acid soil

T Bandara, C Krohn, J Jin, J Chathurika, A Franks, J Xu… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochars are widely used in the remediation of Cd-contaminated soils. However, changes in
the bacterial communities in the rhizosphere contaminated with Cd in response to biochar …

Biochar and its combination with inorganic or organic amendment on growth, uptake and accumulation of cadmium on lettuce

Q Liu, L Huang, Z Chen, Z Wen, L Ma, Y Wu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar as an environmentally friendly soil amendment, has attracted widespread attention
and in combination with other amendments is considered to be more conducive to crop …