Review on biomass feedstocks, pyrolysis mechanism and physicochemical properties of biochar: State-of-the-art framework to speed up vision of circular bioeconomy

GS Ghodake, SK Shinde, AA Kadam… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The biochar is a solid carbon-rich, porous material produced by the thermochemical
conversion of a diverse range of biomass feedstocks under an inert atmosphere (ie, in the …

Insight into multiple and multilevel structures of biochars and their potential environmental applications: a critical review

X Xiao, B Chen, Z Chen, L Zhu… - Environmental science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Biochar is the carbon-rich product of the pyrolysis of biomass under oxygen-limited
conditions, and it has received increasing attention due to its multiple functions in the fields …

Effects of chemical oxidation on surface oxygen-containing functional groups and adsorption behavior of biochar

Q Fan, J Sun, L Chu, L Cui, G Quan, J Yan, Q Hussain… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Biochar is a beneficial soil amendment but the changes in its surface properties during the
aging process, especially the oxygen-containing functional groups and the associated …

Influence of temperature and duration of pyrolysis on the property heterogeneity of rice straw biochar and optimization of pyrolysis conditions for its application in soils

S Chandra, J Bhattacharya - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
The study reports an investigation into the effects of temperature and duration of the
pyrolysis on the yield and properties of the rice straw biochar and their optimization for …

Development of biochar-based functional materials: toward a sustainable platform carbon material

WJ Liu, H Jiang, HQ Yu - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Among the serious global issues facing mankind at present are climate change and
environmental pollution. Directly linked to these is the increasing demand to discover …

Mechanisms of Pb and/or Zn adsorption by different biochars: Biochar characteristics, stability, and binding energies

M Zhao, Y Dai, M Zhang, C Feng, B Qin… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar has been widely studied as an amendment for use in remediation of water and soil
contaminated with heavy metals such as Pb 2+ and Zn 2+, but the effects of biochar …

Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soil by petroleum-degrading bacteria immobilized on biochar

B Zhang, L Zhang, X Zhang - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Biochar is investigated experimentally as a new highly effective amendment to remediate
contaminated soil. A crucial consideration is the influence of biochar on the bioremediation …

Evolution of the chemical composition, functional group, pore structure and crystallographic structure of bio-char from palm kernel shell pyrolysis under different …

Z Ma, Y Yang, Q Ma, H Zhou, X Luo, X Liu… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biochar, produced from the biomass slow pyrolysis technology, has been widely applied to
the industry and agriculture. This paper investigated the effect of the pyrolysis temperature …

Speciation and bioavailability of heavy metals in pyrolytic biochar of swine and goat manures

X Zeng, Z Xiao, G Zhang, A Wang, Z Li, Y Liu… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The analysis was performed to research the speciation and bioavailability of heavy metals in
manures and the biochars obtained from pyrolysis of swine and goat manures. Manures …

In-depth comparison of the physicochemical characteristics of bio-char derived from biomass pseudo components: Hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin

Z Ma, Y Yang, Y Wu, J Xu, H Peng, X Liu… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bio-char is a porous, recalcitrant, and highly aromatic carbon-rich material which can be
widely used in energy, agriculture, environment, and material industry. In this study, a …