| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4428235 | Environmental Technology & Innovation | 2015 | 4 Pages |
•Biochar applications range from soil fertility improvement to removal of contaminants.•New approaches such as engineered and designer biochars are being rapidly developed.•Biochars developing into advanced materials and healthcare research and applications.•Biochar technology poised for commercialization in multiple fields.
Biochar, produced through pyrolysis of biomass under low or no oxygen conditions, has found a wide range of applications from soil fertility improvement to removal of contaminants. Initial interest in biochar is to use it as a means to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; however, recent developments are seeing biochar being applied in engineering, and health care and life sciences, some of those applications have large potentials for rapid commercialization. We expect a paradigm shift towards the development of the next generation of biochar with applications in a range of new fields.
