How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar

S Joseph, AL Cowie, L Van Zwieten, N Bolan… - Gcb …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We synthesized 20 years of research to explain the interrelated processes that determine
soil and plant responses to biochar. The properties of biochar and its effects within …

Electromicrobiology: the ecophysiology of phylogenetically diverse electroactive microorganisms

DR Lovley, DE Holmes - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
Electroactive microorganisms markedly affect many environments in which they establish
outer-surface electrical contacts with other cells and minerals or reduce soluble extracellular …

[HTML][HTML] Invited review: Current enteric methane mitigation options

KA Beauchemin, EM Ungerfeld, AL Abdalla… - Journal of Dairy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ruminant livestock are an important source of anthropogenic methane (CH 4). Decreasing
the emissions of enteric CH 4 from ruminant production is strategic to limit the global …

A critical review on biochar for enhancing biogas production from anaerobic digestion of food waste and sludge

M Kumar, S Dutta, S You, G Luo, S Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The conversion of food waste and sludge into biogas via anaerobic digestion technology is
gaining attention in recent years, which plays a significant role in waste valorization into …

Biochar aging: mechanisms, physicochemical changes, assessment, and implications for field applications

L Wang, D O'Connor, J Rinklebe, YS Ok… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biochar has triggered a black gold rush in environmental studies as a carbon-rich material
with well-developed porous structure and tunable functionality. While much attention has …

Anaerobic digestion: An alternative resource treatment option for food waste in China

C Jin, S Sun, D Yang, W Sheng, Y Ma, W He… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the implementation of zero-waste city and waste classification in China, a large amount
of food waste (FW) began to appear in concentration, and there was an urgent requirement …

A review of biochar in anaerobic digestion to improve biogas production: performances, mechanisms and economic assessments

W Zhao, H Yang, S He, Q Zhao, L Wei - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) technology still faces some challenges including low methane
productivity, instable operation efficiency and undesired refractory substances degradation …

Biochar application in anaerobic digestion: Performances, mechanisms, environmental assessment and circular economy

L Chen, W Fang, J Liang, M Nabi, Y Cai… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding on effectiveness of biochar application in anaerobic digestion while
attaching importance to impact of this process on environment and circular economy have …

Lignocellulosic biomass carbonization for biochar production and characterization of biochar reactivity

F Qin, C Zhang, G Zeng, D Huang, X Tan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass (LB) pyrolysis and gasification technologies for bio-oil, syngas and
process heat have been widely described, and biochar, as a significant byproduct of LB …

Review of biochar role as additive in anaerobic digestion processes

M Chiappero, O Norouzi, M Hu, F Demichelis… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) could be considered as a mature technology and nowadays it can
still play a pivot role because of the urgent need to provide renewable energy sources and …