What makes biochar an interesting CO₂ adsorbent?

Abstract

Biochar belongs to the category of low-cost, stable, and environmentally benign carbon-based materials. In this article, the reasons that highlight the advantages of biochar materials to be used in carbon dioxide (CO₂) adsorption are briefly viewed with recent examples. Also, the issues to be solved for recommending biochar materials in the practical applications are listed.

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Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

The authons gratefully acknowledge financial suppport from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFE0208400); National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 22038008).

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