Designing advanced biochar products for maximizing greenhouse gas mitigation potential

Enhancement of chromate reduction in soils by surface modified biochar

(2017) Sanchita Mandal et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

The molar H:Corg ratio of biochar is a key factor in mitigating N2O emissions from soil

(2015) M.L. Cayuela et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

A novel approach for preparation of modified-biochar derived from marine macroalgae: Dual purpose electro-modification for improvement of surface area and metal impregnation

(2015) Kyung-Won Jung et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Manganese oxide-modified biochars: Preparation, characterization, and sorption of arsenate and lead

(2015) Shengsen Wang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Effect of Biochar Application on the Efficacy of the Nitrification Inhibitor Dicyandiamide in Soils

(2015) Yunfeng Shi et al.   BioResources

Elemental mercury removal by the modified bio-char from medicinal residues

(2015) Boxiong Shen et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Effects of biochar application on greenhouse gas emissions, carbon sequestration and crop growth in coastal saline soil

(2015) X. W. Lin et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Enhanced sulfamethazine removal by steam-activated invasive plant-derived biochar

(2015) Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Adsorption of carbon dioxide using activated carbon impregnated with Cu promoted by zinc

(2015) Soraya Hosseini et al.   Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

Recent advances in utilization of biochar

(2015) Kezhen Qian et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Anthropogenic effects on greenhouse gas (CH4 and N2O) emissions in the Guadalete River Estuary (SW Spain)

(2015) M. Burgos et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biochar suppresses N2O emissions while maintaining N availability in a sandy loam soil

(2015) Sean D.C. Case et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effect of temperature on biochar priming effects and its stability in soils

(2015) Yunying Fang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar, hydrochar and uncarbonized feedstock application to permanent grassland—Effects on greenhouse gas emissions and plant growth

(2014) Sonja Schimmelpfennig et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Oil mallee biochar improves soil structural properties—A study with x-ray micro-CT

(2014) P.R. Quin et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Impact of pine chip biochar on trace greenhouse gas emissions and soil nutrient dynamics in an annual ryegrass system in California

(2014) Teri E. Angst et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Contrasting effects of straw and straw-derived biochar amendments on greenhouse gas emissions within double rice cropping systems

(2014) Jianlin Shen et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

An incubation study investigating the mechanisms that impact N2O flux from soil following biochar application

(2014) L. Van Zwieten et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Biochar does not mitigate field-scale N2O emissions in a Northern California vineyard: An assessment across two years

(2014) Elizabeth Verhoeven et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Organic and inorganic contaminants removal from water with biochar, a renewable, low cost and sustainable adsorbent – A critical review

(2014) Dinesh Mohan et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Enhanced adsorption performance of tetracycline in aqueous solutions by methanol-modified biochar

(2014) Xiang-Rong Jing et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Evaluation of CO2 adsorption with eucalyptus wood based activated carbon modified by ammonia solution through heat treatment

(2014) Ava Heidari et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Invasive plant-derived biochar inhibits sulfamethazine uptake by lettuce in soil

(2014) Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

A review on black carbon emissions, worldwide and in China

(2014) Mingjiang Ni et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Production and characterization of biochars from agricultural by-products for use in soil quality enhancement

(2014) D. Rehrah et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Five crop seasons' records of greenhouse gas fluxes from upland fields with repetitive applications of biochar and cattle manure

(2014) Akira Watanabe et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Sorption and transport of sulfamethazine in agricultural soils amended with invasive-plant-derived biochar

(2014) Meththika Vithanage et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

N2O and CH4emission from soil amended with steam-activated biochar

(2014) Bernard Fungo et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Optimization of preparation conditions of activated carbon from agriculture waste utilizing factorial design

(2014) Noemia Isoda et al.   POWDER TECHNOLOGY

Climate change mitigation through livestock system transitions

(2014) P. Havlik et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Recent climate and air pollution impacts on Indian agriculture

(2014) Jennifer Burney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effects of biochar and other amendments on the physical properties and greenhouse gas emissions of an artificially degraded soil

(2014) A. Mukherjee et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The different effects of applying fresh, composted or charred manure on soil N2O emissions

(2014) Kun Zhu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effect of different biochar and fertilizer types on N2O and NO emissions

(2014) Victoria Nelissen et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Long-term influence of biochar on native organic carbon mineralisation in a low-carbon clayey soil

(2014) Bhupinder Pal Singh et al.   Scientific Reports

Carbon dioxide sequestration and methane removal from exhaust gases using resorcinol–formaldehyde activated carbon xerogel

(2013) Ahmed Awadallah-F et al.   ADSORPTION-JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ADSORPTION SOCIETY

Biochar's role in mitigating soil nitrous oxide emissions: A review and meta-analysis

(2013) M.L. Cayuela et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Effects of wastewater sludge, urea and charcoal on greenhouse gas emissions in pots planted with wheat

(2013) Martín Díaz-Rojas et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Influence of NH3/CO2 Modification on the Characteristic of Biochar and the CO2 Capture

(2013) Zhang Xiong et al.   BioEnergy Research

Activated carbon from biochar: Influence of its physicochemical properties on the sorption characteristics of phenanthrene

(2013) Junyeong Park et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Biochar-supported zerovalent iron for removal of various contaminants from aqueous solutions

(2013) Yanmei Zhou et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Removal of arsenic, methylene blue, and phosphate by biochar/AlOOH nanocomposite

(2013) Ming Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Sorption of heavy metals on chitosan-modified biochars and its biological effects

(2013) Yanmei Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Speciation and phytoavailability of lead and antimony in a small arms range soil amended with mussel shell, cow bone and biochar: EXAFS spectroscopy and chemical extractions

(2013) Mahtab Ahmad et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Biochar as a sorbent for contaminant management in soil and water: A review

(2013) Mahtab Ahmad et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Kinetic studies on carbon dioxide capture using lignocellulosic based activated carbon

(2013) Nor Adilla Rashidi et al.   ENERGY

Effects of biochar, cow bone, and eggshell on Pb availability to maize in contaminated soil irrigated with saline water

(2013) Yaser A. Almaroai et al.   Environmental Earth Sciences

Immobilization of lead in contaminated firing range soil using biochar

(2013) Deok Hyun Moon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Can biochar reduce soil greenhouse gas emissions from a Miscanthus bioenergy crop?

(2013) Sean D. C. Case et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Linking N2O emissions from biochar-amended soil to the structure and function of the N-cycling microbial community

(2013) Johannes Harter et al.   ISME Journal

Biochar production by sewage sludge pyrolysis

(2013) Evita Agrafioti et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Designing relevant biochars as soil amendments using lignocellulosic-based and manure-based feedstocks

(2013) Jeffrey M. Novak et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Nitrous oxide emissions from soils: how well do we understand the processes and their controls?

(2013) K. Butterbach-Bahl et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Impact of biochar application on nitrogen nutrition of rice, greenhouse-gas emissions and soil organic carbon dynamics in two paddy soils of China

(2013) Zubin Xie et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Climate Change Impacts on Global Food Security

(2013) T. Wheeler et al.   SCIENCE

An estimation of annual nitrous oxide emissions and soil quality following the amendment of high temperature walnut shell biochar and compost to a small scale vegetable crop rotation

(2013) Emma C. Suddick et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Pyrolysing poultry litter reduces N2O and CO2 fluxes

(2013) L. Van Zwieten et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Amino modification of biochar for enhanced adsorption of copper ions from synthetic wastewater

(2013) Guang-Xi Yang et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Shifting paradigms: development of high-efficiency biochar fertilizers based on nano-structures and soluble components

(2013) S Joseph et al.   Carbon Management

A Review of Biochar and Soil Nitrogen Dynamics

(2013) Tim Clough et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Compositional and Thermal Evaluation of Lignocellulosic and Poultry Litter Chars via High and Low Temperature Pyrolysis

(2012) J. M. Novak et al.   BioEnergy Research

Contrasting effects of wheat straw and its biochar on greenhouse gas emissions and enzyme activities in a Chernozemic soil

(2012) Fengping Wu et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Mitigation of global warming through renewable biomass

(2012) R.S. Dhillon et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution by biochars derived from anaerobically digested biomass

(2012) Mandu Inyang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Modification of bio-char derived from fast pyrolysis of biomass and its application in removal of tetracycline from aqueous solution

(2012) Pei Liu et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Preparation and characterization of a novel magnetic biochar for arsenic removal

(2012) Ming Zhang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Hydrogen peroxide modification enhances the ability of biochar (hydrochar) produced from hydrothermal carbonization of peanut hull to remove aqueous heavy metals: Batch and column tests

(2012) Yingwen Xue et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Effect of biochar amendment on sorption and leaching of nitrate, ammonium, and phosphate in a sandy soil

(2012) Ying Yao et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Charcoal Production via Multistage Pyrolysis

(2012) Adetoyese Olajire Oyedun et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Sulfur-Containing Chitin and Chitosan Derivatives as Trace Metal Adsorbents: A Review

(2012) S. K. Yong et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Quantifying the Total and Bioavailable Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Dioxins in Biochars

(2012) Sarah E. Hale et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Biochar Carbon Stability in a Clayey Soil As a Function of Feedstock and Pyrolysis Temperature

(2012) Bhupinder Pal Singh et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mercury removal by bio-char based modified activated carbons

(2012) Mahuya De et al.   FUEL

Organic carbon and nutrient release from a range of laboratory-produced biochars and biochar–soil mixtures

(2012) Atanu Mukherjee et al.   GEODERMA

Quantitative Determination of PAHs in Biochar: A Prerequisite To Ensure Its Quality and Safe Application

(2012) Isabel Hilber et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Biochar: A Synthesis of Its Agronomic Impact beyond Carbon Sequestration

(2012) Kurt A. Spokas et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Marked changes in herbicide sorption–desorption upon ageing of biochars in soil

(2012) Sheridan M. Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Are the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus driven by the “FeIII–FeII redox wheel” in dynamic redox environments?

(2012) Yichun Li et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Contrasting effects of manure and green waste biochars on the properties of an acidic ferralsol and productivity of a subtropical pasture

(2012) P. G. Slavich et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Impacts of greenwaste biochar on ammonia volatilisation from bauxite processing residue sand

(2012) C. R. Chen et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Biochar successfully replaces activated charcoal for in vitro culture of two white poplar clones reducing ethylene concentration

(2012) Sara Di Lonardo et al.   PLANT GROWTH REGULATION

Polystyrene composites of single-walled carbon nanotubes-graft-polystyrene

(2012) Abhijit Paul et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Synthesis, characterization, and environmental implications of graphene-coated biochar

(2012) Ming Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Greenhouse gas emissions from a wastewater sludge-amended soil cultivated with wheat (Triticum spp. L.) as affected by different application rates of charcoal

(2012) Ángel Aguilar-Chávez et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The effect of biochar addition on N2O and CO2 emissions from a sandy loam soil – The role of soil aeration

(2012) Sean D.C. Case et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Impact of biochar application to a Mediterranean wheat crop on soil microbial activity and greenhouse gas fluxes

(2011) S. Castaldi et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Amending greenroof soil with biochar to affect runoff water quantity and quality

(2011) Deborah A. Beck et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Interactive Priming of Biochar and Labile Organic Matter Mineralization in a Smectite-Rich Soil

(2011) Alexandra Keith et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Removal of phosphate from aqueous solution by biochar derived from anaerobically digested sugar beet tailings

(2011) Ying Yao et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Drying of resorcinol–formaldehyde gels with CO2 medium

(2011) Orsolya Czakkel et al.   MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS

Increased soil emissions of potent greenhouse gases under increased atmospheric CO2

(2011) Kees Jan van Groenigen et al.   NATURE

Biochar adsorbed ammonia is bioavailable

(2011) Arezoo Taghizadeh-Toosi et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Charcoal addition to soils in NE England: A carbon sink with environmental co-benefits?

(2011) M.J. Bell et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biochar for the mitigation of nitrate leaching from soil amended with biosolids

(2011) O.A. Knowles et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Positive and negative carbon mineralization priming effects among a variety of biochar-amended soils

(2011) Andrew R. Zimmerman et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Short term soil priming effects and the mineralisation of biochar following its incorporation to soils of different pH

(2011) Y. Luo et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar effects on soil biota – A review

(2011) Johannes Lehmann et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Influence of Contrasting Biochar Types on Five Soils at Increasing Rates of Application

(2011) J. D. Streubel et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Impact of Biochar on Manure Carbon Stabilization and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

(2011) Natalia Rogovska et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Ammonia modification of activated carbon to enhance carbon dioxide adsorption: Effect of pre-oxidation

(2010) Mohammad Saleh Shafeeyan et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Retention capacity of biochar-amended New Zealand dairy farm soil for an estrogenic steroid hormone and its primary metabolite

(2010) Ajit K. Sarmah et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

An investigation into the reactions of biochar in soil

(2010) S. D. Joseph et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

Soil organic carbon changes in the cultivation of energy crops: Implications for GHG balances and soil quality for use in LCA

(2010) Miguel Brandão et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

A novel magnetic biochar efficiently sorbs organic pollutants and phosphate

(2010) Baoliang Chen et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Synthesis and characterization of iron-impregnated porous carbon spheres prepared by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis

(2010) John D. Atkinson et al.   CARBON

Removal of Reactive Black 5 by zero-valent iron modified with various surfactants

(2010) Sudipta Chatterjee et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Carbon Nanotubes Composites: Processing, Grafting and Mechanical and Thermal Properties

(2010) Ana Martinez-Hernandez et al.   Current Nanoscience

Abiotic and Microbial Oxidation of Laboratory-Produced Black Carbon (Biochar)

(2010) Andrew R. Zimmerman   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

KOH activation of pitch-derived carbonaceous materials—Effect of carbonization degree

(2010) Magdalena Król et al.   FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

Impact of biochar amendments on the quality of a typical Midwestern agricultural soil

(2010) David A. Laird et al.   GEODERMA

Preparation and characterization of activated carbon from a new raw lignocellulosic material: Flamboyant (Delonix regia) pods

(2010) Alexandro M.M. Vargas et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Potential mechanisms for achieving agricultural benefits from biochar application to temperate soils: a review

(2010) Christopher J. Atkinson et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Priming effects: Interactions between living and dead organic matter

(2010) Yakov Kuzyakov   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Evaluation of Biochar Effects on Nitrogen Retention and Leaching in Multi-Layered Soil Columns

(2010) Ying Ding et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Sustainable biochar to mitigate global climate change

(2010) Dominic Woolf et al.   Nature Communications

Review of the stability of biochar in soils: predictability of O:C molar ratios

(2010) Kurt A Spokas   Carbon Management

Review of the pyrolysis platform for coproducing bio-oil and biochar

(2009) David A. Laird et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

Impacts of woodchip biochar additions on greenhouse gas production and sorption/degradation of two herbicides in a Minnesota soil

(2009) K.A. Spokas et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Assessment of the greenhouse effect impact of technologies used for energy recovery from municipal waste: A case for England

(2009) A. Papageorgiou et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

An overview of landfill leachate treatment via activated carbon adsorption process

(2009) K.Y. Foo et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Effects of biochar from slow pyrolysis of papermill waste on agronomic performance and soil fertility

(2009) L. Van Zwieten et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Impact of process design on greenhouse gas (GHG) generation by wastewater treatment plants

(2009) M. Bani Shahabadi et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Charcoal production at kiln sites affects C and N dynamics and associated soil microorganisms in Quercus spp. temperate forests of central Mexico

(2008) Blanca Estela Gómez-Luna et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Surface modification of activated carbons for CO2 capture

(2008) C. Pevida et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Using poultry litter biochars as soil amendments

(2008) K. Y. Chan et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States

(2008) Christopher L. Weber et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Application of thermogravimetric analysis to the evaluation of aminated solid sorbents for CO2 capture

(2008) M. G. Plaza et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY

Australian climate–carbon cycle feedback reduced by soil black carbon

(2008) Johannes Lehmann et al.   Nature Geoscience

Response to Comment on "Fire-Derived Charcoal Causes Loss of Forest Humus"

(2008) D. A. Wardle et al.   SCIENCE

Charcoal and carbon storage in forest soils of the Rocky Mountain West

(2007) Thomas H DeLuca et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Carbon dioxide flux as affected by tillage and irrigation in soil converted from perennial forages to annual crops

(2007) J.D. Jabro et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT