Microwave-assisted synthesis of a novel biochar-based slow-release nitrogen fertilizer with enhanced water-retention capacity
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Biochar-based slow-release nitrogen fertilizers (BSRFs) have been arousing a great deal of interest from researchers and academics, but many of these fertilizers do not possess water-retention capacity. In this work, a polymer matrix has been introduced into NH 4 + -loaded biochar (N-BC), using microwave (MW) irradiation, for the purpose of acting as a superabsorbent polymer to improve soil water-retention capacity. The polymer matrix is composed of cotton stalks (CSs), acrylic acid (AA), 2-acrylamide-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid (AMPS), and bentonite (bent.). N-BC was prepared via the adsorption of NH 4 + onto BC, and its adsorption behavior was investigated. The structure and properties of the resulting samples were characterized using various characterization methods. Results suggest that BSRFs could significantly improve the water-holding and water-retention capacity of soil. BSRFs effectively reduced the nitrogen-release rate (69.8% of nitrogen was released after 30 days), and possessed low nitrogen-leaching-loss amounts (10.3%), low nitrogen migrate-to-surface-loss amounts (7.4%), and high nitrogen-use efficiency (64.27%), as compared to NH 4 Cl and N-BC, consequently effectively promoting cotton plant growth. The soil burial degradation test of BSRFs indicated that BSRFs possessed good degradability. BSRFs may therefore have promising applications in modern, sustainable agriculture, while MW irradiation is an important strategy with which to produce BSRFs.
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BSRFs were capable of releasing N fertilizer slowly with extended N-longevity, and were more effective in improving total N use efficiency and facilitated cotton plant growth through reducing N loss and improving N retention.
“The BSRFs were also capable of releasing N fertilizer slowly with extended N-longevity, and were more effective in improving total N use efficiency and facilitated cotton plant growth through reducing N loss and improving N retention (Wen et al., 2017).”
From A review on biochar modulated soil condition improvements and nutrient dynamics concerning crop yields: Pathways to climate change mitigation and global food security (2019) · cites this paper as Wen et al., 2017
The lowest N-leaching-loss was observed with BSRFs, attributed to BSRFs having better slow-release characteristics and water holding capacity than normal biochar.
“The lowest N-leaching-loss were observed with BSRFs, and the phenomenon was attributed to the fact that BSRFs had better slow-release characteristics and water holding capacity than normal biochar (Gonzalez et al., 2015; Wen et al., 2017).”
From A review on biochar modulated soil condition improvements and nutrient dynamics concerning crop yields: Pathways to climate change mitigation and global food security (2019) · cites this paper as Wen et al., 2017
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- Authors
- Wen, P., Wu, Z., Han, Y., Cravotto, G., Wang, J., & Ye, B.-C.
- Affiliations
- Shihezi University (CN)
- University of Turin (IT)
- Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Wu, Zhansheng
- Venue
- ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2017-07-13
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 7374-7382
- ISSN
- 2168-0485 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2725225074
- Cited by
- 190
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 4.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (publishedVersion)
- Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21466034)
- Scientific Research Foundation for Changjiang Scholars, Shihezi University (CJXZ201501)
- Young and Middle-aged Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talent of Bingtuan (2016BC001)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Phosphorus and nutrient management
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Keywords
- biochar, slow-release nitrogen fertilizer, microwave-assisted synthesis, superabsorbent polymers, soil water retention, ammonium adsorption, cotton stalk, acrylic acid, AMPS, bentonite, nitrogen leaching, nitrogen use efficiency, cotton growth, biodegradability
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