Roles of biochar-derived dissolved organic matter in soil amendment and environmental remediation: a critical review

Y Sun, X Xiong, M He, Z Xu, D Hou, W Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar is an emerging, cost-effective, and renewable carbonaceous material with abundant
functional groups and tuneable mesoporous structure, showing a promising performance in …

Understanding the biochar's role in ameliorating soil acidity

R SHI, J LI, NI Ni, R XU - Journal of integrative agriculture, 2019 - Elsevier
Extensive acidic soils, which suffer from accelerated soil acidification, are found in southern
China. Soil acidity, aluminum toxicity, and nutrient deficiencies severely limited crop …

Characterization and quantification of biochar alkalinity

RB Fidel, DA Laird, ML Thompson, M Lawrinenko - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Lack of knowledge regarding the nature of biochar alkalis has hindered understanding of pH-
sensitive biochar-soil interactions. Here we investigate the nature of biochar alkalinity and …

Quantification and characterization of dissolved organic carbon from biochars

CH Liu, W Chu, H Li, SA Boyd, BJ Teppen, J Mao… - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in biochars is critical to carbon dynamics and contaminant
transport in soils. This study aimed to develop a robust and easy method to characterize and …

Characteristics and chlorine reactivity of biochar-derived dissolved organic matter: Effects of feedstock type and pyrolysis temperature

LP Li, YH Liu, D Ren, JJ Wang - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing biochar application worldwide may release more biochar-derived dissolved
organic matter (BDOM) to the source water for drinking water supply. However, it is unclear …

Effects of laboratory biotic aging on the characteristics of biochar and its water-soluble organic products

G Quan, Q Fan, AR Zimmerman, J Sun, L Cui… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of biotic aging on the characteristics of biochar and its water-soluble organic
products were determined through a one-year laboratory incubation study. Biochar had a …

The electron donating capacity of biochar is dramatically underestimated

A Prévoteau, F Ronsse, I Cid, P Boeckx, K Rabaey - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Biochars have gathered considerable interest for agronomic and engineering applications.
In addition to their high sorption ability, biochars have been shown to accept or donate …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of biochar on mobilization, methylation, and ethylation of mercury under dynamic redox conditions in a contaminated floodplain soil

F Beckers, YM Awad, J Beiyuan, J Abrigata… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is a highly toxic element, which is frequently enriched in flooded soils due to its
anthropogenic release. The mobilization of Hg and its species is of ultimate importance …

The spectral characteristics of biochar-derived dissolved organic matter at different pyrolysis temperatures

C He, X He, J Li, Y Luo, J Li, Y Pei, J Jiang - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Comprehensive assessment of the dissolved organic matter (DOM) released from biochar is
essential because it affects the migration and transformation of pollutants. The pyrolysis …

Predicting potential release of dissolved organic matter from biochars derived from agricultural residues using fluorescence and ultraviolet absorbance

M Li, A Zhang, H Wu, H Liu, J Lv - Journal of hazardous materials, 2017 - Elsevier
A combination of fluorescence excitation-emission (EEM) spectrophotometry with parallel
factor analysis (PARAFAC) and UV–vis spectroscopy was used to assess dissolved organic …