Biochar application for the remediation of salt-affected soils: Challenges and opportunities

S Dahlawi, A Naeem, Z Rengel, R Naidu - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil salinization and sodification are two commonly occurring major threats to soil
productivity in arable croplands. Salt-affected soils are found in> 100 countries, and their …

Lignin valorization for the production of renewable chemicals: State-of-the-art review and future prospects

L Cao, KM Iris, Y Liu, X Ruan, DCW Tsang… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
Lignin is an abundant biomass resource in aromatic structure with a low price in market,
which can serve as renewable precursors of value-added products. However, valorization …

Chemical functional groups of extractives, cellulose and lignin extracted from native Leucaena leucocephala bark

R Md Salim, J Asik, MS Sarjadi - Wood Science and Technology, 2021 - Springer
Bark from trees is considered a worthless raw material. However, this resource could be
economically beneficial if utilized efficiently due to its rich chemical compounds. In this study …

Evaluation of change in biochar properties derived from different feedstock and pyrolysis temperature for environmental and agricultural application

P Pariyar, K Kumari, MK Jain, PS Jadhao - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, the application of biochar has increased significantly for sustainable and
efficient carbon sequestration, improving soil quality and enhancement of plant growth. The …

Application of biochar for the removal of pollutants from aqueous solutions

X Tan, Y Liu, G Zeng, X Wang, X Hu, Y Gu, Z Yang - Chemosphere, 2015 - Elsevier
In recent years, many studies have been devoted to investigate the application of biochar for
pollutants removal from aqueous solutions. Biochar exhibits a great potential to efficiently …

Physical and chemical characterization of biochars derived from different agricultural residues

K Jindo, H Mizumoto, Y Sawada… - …, 2014 - bg.copernicus.org
Biochar is widely recognized as an efficient tool for carbon sequestration and soil fertility.
The understanding of its chemical and physical properties, which are strongly related to the …

Food waste valorization: Biofuels and value added product recovery

RY Kannah, J Merrylin, TP Devi, S Kavitha… - Bioresource Technology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rapid increase in global population and their food ingestion habit plays a major role in
generation of food waste (FW). FW includes some part of cooked and uncooked plant waste …

Interaction of arsenic with biochar in soil and water: a critical review

M Vithanage, I Herath, S Joseph, J Bundschuh… - Carbon, 2017 - Elsevier
Biochar exhibits a great potential to act as a universally applicable material for water and
soil remediation due to extensive availability of feedstocks and favorable physio-chemical …

Biochar built soil carbon over a decade by stabilizing rhizodeposits

Z Weng, L Van Zwieten, BP Singh, E Tavakkoli… - Nature Climate …, 2017 - nature.com
Biochar can increase the stable C content of soil. However, studies on the longer-term role
of plant–soil–biochar interactions and the consequent changes to native soil organic carbon …

Advances and future directions of biochar characterization methods and applications

AD Igalavithana, S Mandal, NK Niazi… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Biochar is a carbon-rich by-product of the thermal conversion of organic feedstocks and is
primarily used as a soil amendment. Identification and quantification of biochar properties …