Biochar as an Environmental Technology
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biochar; growing media; soil pollution; soil remediation; climate change
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Interests: biochar; waste management; pyrolysis; materials; recycling
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Interests: biochar; waste management; phytoremediation; heavy metals; soil remediation; greenhouse gas emissions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biochar is a carbonaceous material with numerous applications, obtained through thermal treatment of organic materials. Its main applications include improving the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils; remediating contaminated soils; serving as a component in growing media; and treating water. However, it should be highlighted that its use in soils has been identified as a strategy for addressing the impacts of climate change. This strategy is both mitigating, as it contributes to soil carbon sequestration, and adapting, as it can improve soil water retention by reducing the influence of changes in rainfall patterns.
In recent years, new applications of biochar have emerged, such as its use as a catalyst, as a component of more sustainable materials, in electrochemical energy storage processes, or in the preparation of more advanced environmentally friendly fertilizers within the framework of the circular economy.
Considering the above, the purpose of this Special Issue is to publish innovative research on the different uses of chars. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.
- Their use in the preparation of environmentally friendly advanced fertilizers.
- Energy storage processes.
- New materials.
Articles that focus solely on their agricultural use will not be accepted, unless they are considered highly innovative studies.]
Prof. Dr. Gabriel Gascó Guerrero
Prof. Dr. Ana Méndez
Dr. Jorge Paz-Ferreiro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Biochar
- Hydrochar
- Climate change
- Advanced fertilizers
- Environmental technologies
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