The applications of biochar, a pyrolytic product of biomass under the oxygen-free conditions, in improving soil fertility and other physicochemical properties as well as remediating heavy metal contaminated soil have become one of hotspots in the frontiers of environmental research. This paper reviewed the up-to-date progresses of the research concerning biochar, in an attempt to illustrate the mechanisms related to the interactions between heavy metals and biochar, including physical adsorption, ionic adso...
(1.Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province,Zhejiang A&F University,Lin’an311300,Zhejiang,China;2.School of Environmental and Resource Sciences,Zhejiang A&F University,Lin’an311300,Zhejiang,China;3.Institute of Ecology an