[Effects of Modified Biochar-Supported Zero-Valent Iron on the Removal of Trichloroethylene and Responses of Microbial Community in Soil].

Trichloroethylene is a typical organic contaminant that has widely existed in industry sites and groundwater. Biochar-supported zero-valent iron material has been used to remove trichloroethylene in groundwater; however, it could affect the microbial communities in aquifer soil, leading to changes in the environmental behavior of trichloroethylene. In this study, biochar was prepared under oxygen-limited conditions and modified by NaOH and HNO agents.

[Impacts of Biochar Input on Mineralization of Native Soil Organic Carbon].

Since the biochar was applied in soil, its function in carbon sink had become a research hotspot recently. However, the present studies showed that its function in carbon sink remained controversial and the interaction between biochar and soil organic carbon remained to be investigated. So our study used paddy soil (C3 soil) as the experimental soil, and added washed (CS) or unwashed (CN) corn stalk (C4 crop).