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ArticleiScience2026

Integrating environmental, economic, and technological assessments for modified biochar materials in complex contaminated soil remediation.

Lu Yu, Yuhang Zu, Tianyou Li, Yufeng Wu

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Article in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Lu YuCollege of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China.
Yuhang ZuCollege of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China.
Tianyou LiCollege of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China.
Yufeng WuCollege of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost (LCC) analysis were integrated to evaluate four modified biochars (acid/base-modified, magnetically modified, nano-modified, and organically modified) for complex, contaminated soil remediation. LCA ranked modified biochars in term of environmental impacts as follows: organic > nano > acid/base > magnetic. LCC analysis ranked biochars in terms of total costs as nano > organic > magnetic > acid/base. In physicochemical improvement, biochars ranked as magnetic > nano > organic > acid/base. Comprehensive assessment recommends acid/base-modified biochar for agricultural pollution, magnetically modified biochar for industrial sites (due to high adsorption and recyclability), organically modified biochar for domestic waste dumping areas, while nano-modified biochar is not primarily recommended owing to high cost and performance variability. The findings support decision-making by balancing environmental friendliness, cost effectiveness, and material properties across different contamination scenarios.

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environmental-economic-technological assessmentsLCALCC analysislife cycle assessmentlife cycle cost analysismodified biochar materialsphysicochemical characteristicssoil of multi-contaminated sites

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PMID42621137
PMCPMC13486876

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