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 …

Metal-doped biochar for selective recovery and reuse of phosphate from water: Modification design, removal mechanism, and reutilization strategy

J Qu, W Peng, M Wang, K Cui, J Zhang, F Bi… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
Phosphorus (P) plays a crucial role in plant growth, which can provide nutrients for plants.
Nonetheless, excessive phosphate can cause eutrophication of water, deterioration of …

Circular economy in agriculture. An analysis of the state of research based on the life cycle

JF Velasco-Muñoz, JA Aznar-Sánchez… - Sustainable Production …, 2022 - Elsevier
The circular economy (CE) has emerged as a strategy able to fulfil the double purpose of
improving the economic performance of the agricultural activity while minimising the impact …

Biochar and engineered biochar as slow-and controlled-release fertilizers

M Marcińczyk, P Oleszczuk - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar, characterized by high specific surface area and porosity as well as by the presence
of various functional groups, can be an excellent matrix for creating fertilizers that slowly …

Remediation of ciprofloxacin in soil using peroxymonosulfate activated by ball-milled seaweed kelp biochar: performance, mechanism, and phytotoxicity

MA Al Masud, S Annamalai, WS Shin - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
This study explores the catalytic performance of simple physically modified ball-milled kelp-
seaweed (Laminaria japonica) biochar (KBC BM) for organic degradation in the soil. The …

Recent advances in biochar amendments for immobilization of heavy metals in an agricultural ecosystem: A systematic review

S Sachdeva, R Kumar, PK Sahoo, AK Nadda - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the last several decades, extensive and inefficient use of contemporary technologies
has resulted in substantial environmental pollution, predominantly caused by potentially …

Applications of biochar and modified biochar in heavy metal contaminated soil: A descriptive review

M Liang, L Lu, H He, J Li, Z Zhu, Y Zhu - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Given that the problem of contaminated soil continues to grow, the development of effective
control and remediation measures has become imperative, especially for heavy-metal …

The toxicity of heavy metals and plant signaling facilitated by biochar application: Implications for stress mitigation and crop production

Z Khan, X Fan, MN Khan, MA Khan, K Zhang, Y Fu… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metals (HMs) accumulation in soil poses a severe threat worldwide for soil, plants,
and humans. The accumulation of HMs in soil and uptake by plants leads to disrupt …

Recent advances in biochar engineering for soil contaminated with complex chemical mixtures: Remediation strategies and future perspectives

J Anae, N Ahmad, V Kumar, VK Thakur… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal/metalloids (HMs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil have
caused serious environmental problems, compromised agriculture quality, and have …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable biochar-based soil fertilizers and amendments as a new trend in biochar research

A Rombel, P Krasucka, P Oleszczuk - Science of the total environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Today's world is struggling with many environmental problems. Due to the ever-growing size
of the population, it is necessary to produce more and more food. The consequence of such …