Recent developments in modification of biochar and its application in soil pollution control and ecoregulation

Z Bao, C Shi, W Tu, L Li, Q Li - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil pollution has become a real threat to mankind in the 21st century. On the one hand, soil
pollution has reduced the world's arable land area, resulting in the contradiction between …

Synthesis, characterization, safety design, and application of NPs@ BC for contaminated soil remediation and sustainable agriculture

T Zheng, S Ouyang, Q Zhou - Biochar, 2023 - Springer
Biochar (BC) and nanoparticle-decorated biochar (NPs@ BC) have emerged as potential
high-performance function materials to facilitate simultaneous soil remediation and …

Insight into the soil aggregate-mediated restoration mechanism of degraded black soil via biochar addition: Emphasizing the driving role of core microbial …

C Zhang, X Zhao, A Liang, Y Li, Q Song, X Li, D Li… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil microbial communities are responsive to biochar application. However, few studies
have investigated the synergistic effects of biochar application in the restoration of degraded …

Opportunities and challenges of bio-based fertilizers utilization for improving soil health

A Kurniawati, G Toth, K Ylivainio, Z Toth - Organic Agriculture, 2023 - Springer
Bio-based fertilizers (BBFs) have been promoted as a solution to help manage bio-waste
problems and improve soil health conditions. Their potential is to replace mineral fertilizers …

Bi-functional biochar-g-C3N4-MgO composites for simultaneously minimizing pollution: Photocatalytic degradation of pesticide and phosphorus recovery as slow …

X An, X Xu, W Guo, Z Chen, Z Miao, J Yuan… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Significant progress has been made in the development of phosphorus recovery adsorbents
and photocatalysts for degradation of pesticides. However, the bifunctional materials for …

[HTML][HTML] Tuning active sites on biochars for remediation of mercury-contaminated soil: A comprehensive review

M Rizwan, G Murtaza, F Zulfiqar, A Moosa… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) contamination is acknowledged as a global issue and has generated concerns
globally due to its toxicity and persistence. Tunable surface-active sites (SASs) are one of …

Modified biochar reduces the greenhouse gas emission intensity and enhances the net ecosystem economic budget in black soil soybean fields

Y Gong, R Hou, Q Fu, T Li, J Wang, Z Su, W Shen… - Soil and Tillage …, 2024 - Elsevier
Long-term high intensity utilization leads to the degradation of black soil in Northeast China
and the serious loss of organic carbon. Biochar has great potential for improving the carbon …

Nitrogen retention potentials of magnesium oxide-and sepiolite-modified biochars and their impacts on bacterial distribution under nitrogen fertilization

MM Ibrahim, D Liu, F Wu, Y Chen, Z He… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mitigating the loss and negative impacts of reactive N from fertilized soils remains a global
environmental challenge. To optimize N retention by biochar, bamboo and pig manure …

Nano-biochar as a potential amendment for metal (loid) remediation: Implications for soil quality improvement and stress alleviation

Y Hu, Y Cao, C Ma, W Yan - Journal of Environmental Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Metal (loid) contamination of agricultural soils has become an alarming issue due to its
detrimental impacts on soil health and global agricultural production. Therefore …

Carbon dioxide flux and microbial responses under multiple-nutrient manipulations in a subtropical forest soil

MM Ibrahim, Z Li, H Ye, Z Chang, H Lin, X Luo… - Applied Soil Ecology, 2023 - Elsevier
Many studies have explored the responses of soil carbon dioxide (CO 2) emission to altered
supplies of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), while limited information exists on phosphorus (P) …