Fabrication of engineered biochar for remediation of toxic contaminants in soil matrices and soil valorization DOI
Riti Thapar Kapoor, Jakub Zdarta

Chemosphere, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 358, P. 142101 - 142101

Published: April 21, 2024

Language: Английский

Biochar production techniques utilizing biomass waste-derived materials and environmental applications – A review DOI

Farah Amalina,

Abdul Syukor Abd Razak,

Santhana Krishnan

et al.

Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 7, P. 100134 - 100134

Published: July 23, 2022

Language: Английский

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210

A Review on Current Status of Biochar Uses in Agriculture DOI Creative Commons

Tara Allohverdi,

Amar K. Mohanty, Poritosh Roy

et al.

Molecules, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 26(18), P. 5584 - 5584

Published: Sept. 14, 2021

In a time when climate change increases desertification and drought globally, novel effective solutions are required in order to continue food production for the world’s increasing population. Synthetic fertilizers have been long used improve productivity of agricultural soils, part which leaches into environment emits greenhouse gasses (GHG). Some fundamental challenges within practices include improvement water retention microbiota as well boosting efficiency fertilizers. Biochar is nutrient rich material produced from biomass, gaining attention soil amendment purposes, improving crop yields carbon sequestration. This study summarizes potential benefits biochar applications, placing emphasis on its application sector. It seems improves density holding capacity, reduces fertilizer requirements, enhances microbiota, yields. Additionally, usage has many environmental benefits, economic role play credit systems. (also known biocarbon) may hold answer these requirements.

Language: Английский

Citations

120

Biochar-Soil-Plant interactions: A cross talk for sustainable agriculture under changing climate DOI Creative Commons

Ghulam Murtaza,

Zeeshan Ahmed, Sayed M. Eldin

et al.

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Feb. 14, 2023

Biochars provide several agricultural and environmental benefits, such as soil health improvement, better crop growth yield, carbon sequestration, decreasing greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, regulation of nutrient dynamics. This review highlights the role biochar in transforming soil’s physiochemical biological properties, their impact on improving seed germination seedling growth, altering physiological attributes, enhancing resistance against biotic abiotic stresses, productivity, curtailing GHGs, controlling leaching losses. However, type feedstock used, pyrolysis temperature, application rate method, species largely influence performance under different conditions. Application biochars at low rates help to promote growth. Biochar modified microbial processes rhizosphere increased mineralization enhanced availability for plant uptake. Hence, diseases, reduced heavy metals improved resilience stressors. By providing a comprehensive analysis about variable impacts physicochemical development productivity mitigating problems, this is quite valuable developing an efficient specific with desired functionalities. It could be helpful ensuring food security management environment. Furthermore, identifies knowledge gaps suggests future outlooks commercialization applications large-scale.

Language: Английский

Citations

80

Biochar as a tool for the improvement of soil and environment DOI Creative Commons
Ehsanul Kabir, Ki‐Hyun Kim, Eilhann E. Kwon

et al.

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Dec. 18, 2023

Biochar is a versatile and sustainable tool for agricultural environmental remediation due to its unique physicochemical properties in terms of soil fertility, nutrient retention, water holding capacity. As stable carbon-rich material, biochar promotes plant growth increases crop yields by enhancing microbial activity. It can also be used as sorbent removing pollutants such heavy metals, organic contaminants, nutrients from systems. However, the utility ecological impact affected combined effects many variables. This paper discusses application on potential mitigate various challenges composition, augmenting accessibility, part efforts promote agriculture based recent findings. These findings are expected improve farming while contributing mitigation climate change diverse routes (e.g., sequestering atmospheric carbon, improving quality, reducing greenhouse gas emissions). offers promising opportunity help harness power pave way more resilient future.

Language: Английский

Citations

50

Biochar and sustainable environmental development towards adsorptive removal of pollutants: Modern advancements and future insight DOI

Farah Amalina,

Santhana Krishnan,

A. W. Zularisam

et al.

Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 173, P. 715 - 728

Published: March 29, 2023

Language: Английский

Citations

48

Biochar in global carbon cycle: Towards sustainable development goals DOI Creative Commons
Kishan Nandi Shoudho,

Tausif Hasan Khan,

Ummay Rifat Ara

et al.

Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8, P. 100409 - 100409

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

The world is currently facing significant challenges in reducing the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) through scientific methods, primarily by sequestering CO2 soil. Biochar a kind charcoal that composed carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Due to its aromatic content, biochar can persist environment for an extended period absorb greenhouse gases (GHG). Each year, effectively captures estimated amount ranging from 1 35 gigatons (GtCO2) 78 477 GtCO2 over this century. helps mitigate climate change soil periods consequently GHG emissions. This enhances fertility, water retention capacity, nutrient circulation, which promote higher crop yields. Biochar's by-products be harvested used as renewable energy source. Besides, integration effective waste management strategies organic disposal. also efficient purification element favors action. Through application alteration employed establish credits, methods reduce emissions acceptable level. unique properties, wide-spread applicability, cost-effectiveness, trustworthy development prospects demonstrate great potential towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). review discusses diverse applications, social technical impacts global cycle sustainable goals.

Language: Английский

Citations

40

Production and modifications of biochar to engineered materials and its application for environmental sustainability: a review DOI Creative Commons
Gokulan Ravindiran,

Sivarethinamohan Rajamanickam,

Gorti Janardhan

et al.

Biochar, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(1)

Published: June 21, 2024

Abstract Biochar, a carbon-rich material produced from biomass waste through thermal conversion, holds great environmental promise. This article offers comprehensive overview of the various feedstocks used in biochar production, different types degradation processes, characterization, properties, modifications to engineered materials, and their applications environment. The quality biochar, including surface area, pore size volume, functional group formation, is significantly influenced by specific conditions under which conversion takes place. Each diverse processes employed produce yields distinct set properties final product. In recent years, has gained widespread recognition utilization fields such as wastewater treatment, carbon sequestration, reduction greenhouse gas emissions, biogas catalysis biofuel industries, construction, soil enhancement. summary, promising mitigation tool achieve sustainable addition its benefits, application presents several challenges, selection feedstocks, methods biochar. current review summarizes factors that could lead significant advancements future applications. Graphical

Language: Английский

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32

Reviewing Air Pollutants Generated during the Pyrolysis of Solid Waste for Biofuel and Biochar Production: Toward Cleaner Production Practices DOI Open Access
Simeng Li

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(3), P. 1169 - 1169

Published: Jan. 30, 2024

The production of biofuels and biochar through pyrolysis is a promising avenue for sustainable energy generation waste management. However, this process can inadvertently release various air pollutants into the atmosphere, potentially compromising its environmental benefits. This article provides comprehensive overview gas associated with biofuel production, as well different variables affecting emissions. Key such particulate matter (PM), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx) have been discussed in terms their formations emissions during processes. Furthermore, major factors influencing pollutant emissions, including feedstock composition, conditions, combustion technologies examined up-to-date examples. review highlights significance emission control strategies, advanced reactor design, catalyst utilization, integration realtime monitoring systems, mitigating pollution from By shedding light on challenges pyrolysis-based aims to encourage development cleaner more approaches harness potential solid conversion technologies.

Language: Английский

Citations

18

Biochar from agricultural waste as a strategic resource for promotion of crop growth and nutrient cycling of soil under drought and salinity stress conditions: a comprehensive review with context of climate change DOI
Ghulam Murtaza, Zeeshan Ahmed, Rashid Iqbal

et al.

Journal of Plant Nutrition, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 52

Published: Feb. 6, 2025

Language: Английский

Citations

3

Biochar and carbon-negative technologies: exploring opportunities for climate change mitigation DOI Creative Commons
Muhammad Ayaz,

Sidra Tul Muntaha,

Edita Baltrėnaitė

et al.

Biochar, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7(1)

Published: Jan. 20, 2025

Language: Английский

Citations

2