Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42653973›Full record

ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2026

From Biomass Waste to Multifunctional Biochar: Tailored Preparation and Emerging Applications in Energy, Environment, and Sensing.

Xi Luo, Yiheng Lu, Guangteng Bai, Zaiyong Jiang, Xianglin Zhu

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Xi LuoInstitute for Energy Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Yiheng LuInstitute for Energy Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Guangteng BaiInstitute for Energy Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Zaiyong JiangSchool of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering, Weifang University, Weifang 261061, China.
Xianglin ZhuInstitute for Energy Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2667-5298

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biochar is a porous carbonaceous material synthesized through the pyrolysis of diverse biomass resources, including agricultural and forestry residues as well as livestock manure. It possesses superior characteristics such as a large specific surface area, adjustable pore architecture, abundant surface functional groups, and favorable electrical conductivity. With the increasingly severe global energy shortage and environmental pollution problems in recent years, biochar has emerged as a green, low-cost functional material with distinct application superiority in multiple key research directions, including energy storage and conversion, chemical catalysis, environmental restoration, and signal sensing and detection. This study comprehensively summarizes the latest research advances of biochar in the aforementioned application fields, focusing on innovative achievements in photocatalytic and electrocatalytic hydrogen generation, supercapacitors and electrochemical energy storage systems, persulfate activation technology, carbon dioxide capture, remediation of heavy metal and organic contaminants, volatile organic compound (VOC) adsorption, as well as electrochemical sensing devices. Existing research results demonstrate that modification strategies including metal and non-metal doping, surface oxidation treatment, and compounding with semiconductors or metal oxide materials can effectively improve the catalytic activity and functional performance of biochar. Furthermore, this paper prospects the future interdisciplinary development trends of biochar, analyzes the existing research gaps in mechanism exploration, structural optimization design, and industrial large-scale preparation, and provides theoretical and practical references for the further popularization and application of biochar in sustainable energy development and environmental governance fields.

Indexed as

biocharfuel cellphotocatalyticpollution remediationsensing

Identifiers

PMID42653973
PMCPMC13515358

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.