Optimising water holding capacity and hydrophobicity of biochar for soil amendment–A review

S Adhikari, W Timms, MAP Mahmud - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar is a product of the thermal treatment of biomass, and it can be used for enhancing
soil health and productivity, soil carbon sequestration, absorbance of pollutants from water …

Biochar-facilitated soil remediation: mechanisms and efficacy variations

M Guo, W Song, J Tian - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Recent research suggests that biochar amendment is a promising approach to mitigate soil
contamination via immobilizing heavy metals and organic pollutants. Through intensive …

Insight into the co-pyrolysis of different blended feedstocks to biochar for the adsorption of organic and inorganic pollutants: a review

MJ Ahmed, BH Hameed - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Co-pyrolysis of blended feedstocks has received increasing attention due to its significant
role in avoiding the weakness of products made from normal pyrolysis of individual …

Engineered biochars for recovering phosphate and ammonium from wastewater: A review

MB Shakoor, ZL Ye, S Chen - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has gained great scientific attention as a promising agent for agricultural and
environmental applications. A variety of biochars with excellent properties such as high …

Enhancement strategies in CO2 conversion and management of biochar supported photocatalyst for effective generation of renewable and sustainable solar energy

S Mohtaram, MS Mohtaram, S Sabbaghi, X You… - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The imperative of solar-driven methodologies, harnessing the virtually boundless power of
sunlight, cannot be overstated in our battle against climate change and the imperative to …

Performance comparison of phosphorus recovery from different sludges in sewage treatment plants through pyrolysis

Y Zhu, Q Zhao, D Li, J Li, W Guo - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Recycling of phosphorus (P) from pyrolysis sewage sludge is a good methodology to deal
with the deficit of P resources and safely dispose the sewage sludge. However, it is essential …

Effects of biochar addition on the abundance, speciation, availability, and leaching loss of soil phosphorus

L Yang, Y Wu, Y Wang, W An, J Jin, K Sun… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
As a promising soil amendment, biochar has demonstrated its potential for influencing soil
nutrient transformations. The effects of biochar on soil phosphorus (P) transformations have …

Effects of temperature and carrier gas on physico-chemical properties of biochar derived from biosolids

S Aktar, MA Hossain, N Rathnayake, S Patel… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigated the influence of temperature (400 ºC, 500 ºC and 600 ºC) and–carrier
gas (N 2 and CO 2) on biochar yields, physicochemical, and structural attributes. Higher …

Assessing the potential of sewage sludge-derived biochar as a novel phosphorus fertilizer: influence of extractant solutions and pyrolysis temperatures

CC de Figueiredo, ASPJ Reis, AS de Araujo… - Waste Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge-derived biochar (SSB) is a phosphorus (P) source with potential to replace
soluble P fertilizers. However, SSB presents a diversity of P compounds, mainly in mineral …

Assessment of livestock manure-derived hydrochar as cleaner products: Insights into basic properties, nutrient composition, and heavy metal content

H Fu, B Wang, H Wang, H Liu, H Xie, L Han… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Conversion of livestock manure to hydrochar through hydrothermal carbonization (HTC)
could fix carbon and reduce pollution. The properties of hydrochar largely determined its …