[HTML][HTML] Sewage sludge derived biochar for environmental improvement: Advances, challenges, and solutions

L Zhao, ZF Sun, XW Pan, JY Tan, SS Yang, JT Wu… - Water Research X, 2023 - Elsevier
With the rapid growth yield of global sewage sludge, rational and effective treatment and
disposal methods are becoming increasingly needed. Biochar preparation is an attractive …

Biochar production from slow pyrolysis of biomass under CO2 atmosphere: A review on the effect of CO2 medium on biochar production, characterisation, and …

P Premchand, F Demichelis, D Chiaramonti… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The replacement of inert gas by CO 2 in pyrolysis has piqued a great deal of interest in
recent years due to its numerous positive effects on end products. The reactive nature of CO …

Alleviation of cadmium and drought stress in wheat by improving growth and chlorophyll contents amended with GA3 enriched deashed biochar

T Anwar, A Shehzadi, H Qureshi, MN Shah… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Drought and cadmium (Cd) stress are both major issues that significantly affect the growth
and development of wheat plants. Both drought stress and Cd toxicity disrupt physiological …

Biochar filler in MEX and VPP additive manufacturing: characterization and reinforcement effects in polylactic acid and standard grade resin matrices

N Vidakis, D Kalderis, M Petousis, E Maravelakis… - Biochar, 2023 - Springer
The development of sustainable and functional biocomposites remains a robust research
and industrial claim. Herein, the efficiency of using eco-friendly biochar as reinforcement in …

[HTML][HTML] Soil salinity and drought tolerance: An evaluation of plant growth, productivity, microbial diversity, and amelioration strategies

M Muhammad, A Waheed, A Wahab, M Majeed… - Plant Stress, 2023 - Elsevier
Global climate change affects weather patterns, affecting soil salinity and drought tolerance.
Crop resilience and agriculture sustainability can be enhanced by exploring soil salinity …

[HTML][HTML] Study on the effects of carbon dioxide atmosphere on the production of biochar derived from slow pyrolysis of organic agro-urban waste

P Premchand, F Demichelis, D Chiaramonti… - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Slow pyrolysis, a widely recognized thermochemical technique, is employed to produce
biochar usually under inert atmospheres. Recently, there is a growing interest in utilizing CO …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation on removal of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) using water treatment …

MD Nguyen, AK Sivaram, M Megharaj, L Webb… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
This work assessed the adsorption performance of three common PFAS compounds (PFOA,
PFOS and PFHxS) on two water treatment sludges (WTS) and two biochars (commercial …

Effects of biochar on plant growth and hydro-chemical properties of recycled concrete aggregate

H Guo, Q Zhang, Y Chen, H Lu - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar has been used as a sustainable amendment to mitigate environmental risks,
improve plant growth and soil properties. This study conducted laboratory column tests to …

Facilitate the preparation of naturally modified and self-healing superhydrophobic/superoleophilic biochar-based foams for efficient oil-water separation

K Hu, H Lyu, H Duan, Z Hu, B Shen - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Oil spills are sudden, complex, and long-term hazardous, and the existing adsorption
materials still have the disadvantages of small selective adsorption capacity, easy …

The fate and supply capacity of potassium in biochar used in agriculture

L Xiu, W Gu, Y Sun, D Wu, Y Wang, H Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
We used chemical extraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction
(XRD) and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM …