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Dear Colleagues,All types of biomass, and their waste, comprised one the pillars of the preindustrial,pre-fossil fuel, agriculture-based economies of the past. Traditionalpractices of biomass waste management were applied, but not necessarily in asophisticated and efficient way, and included everything from agricultural activitiesto food production, animal feed, natural fiber separation, and processingof forest wood. The modern bioeconomy sector, however, includes new circulareconomy energy and materials streams of added-value products, such asgaseous, liquid and solid biofuels and bioenergy generation routes, and biocharproduction, along with all the previously mentioned traditional products emergingfrom the bioeconomy.This Special Issue includes some of the latest bioenergy and biochar advancementsand their incorporation into a bioeconomy in transition. It focuses onnature, properties, upgrading, and bioenergy generation processes from all typesof biomass waste and biochars originating from biomass waste. The multidisciplinarityof bioenergy and biochar research is evident throughout the SpecialIssue, highlighting the highly variable and tunable processes involved inbiomass handling, pre-processing, converting to biochar, and recovering energy.Dr. Dimitrios KalderisGuest EditorDr. Vasiliki Skoulouco-Guest Editor

Research & information: general --- Technology: general issues --- ethanol --- lignocellulosic biomass --- life cycle assessment --- GHG emissions --- political incentives --- economic performance --- amino acid wastes --- biofuels --- microbial lipids --- Rhodosporidium toruloides --- two-stage culture --- fixed bed --- pyrolysis yield --- temperature --- coconut shell --- characterization --- SEM --- Mitigation of CO2-equiv. --- nutrient release --- rice paddy water and soil system --- slow-release fertilizer --- coconut wastes --- bioenergy resource --- pollutant emissions --- calorific value --- biocharing --- microalgae --- anaerobic digestion --- biogas --- respirometric reactors --- APSIM sugarcane model --- energy potential --- marginal land --- sensitivity analysis --- hydrochar --- hydrothermal carbonization --- CiteSpace --- scientometric analysis --- artificial neural network --- fly ash --- biomass combustion --- fluidized bed boilers --- acute phytotoxicity test --- mineral fertilizer --- BCR sequential extraction --- metal speciation --- starch --- biochar --- coffee waste --- polycaprolactone --- bioplastics --- biodegradation --- fermentable sugar --- enzymatic hydrolysis --- ethanol --- lignocellulosic biomass --- life cycle assessment --- GHG emissions --- political incentives --- economic performance --- amino acid wastes --- biofuels --- microbial lipids --- Rhodosporidium toruloides --- two-stage culture --- fixed bed --- pyrolysis yield --- temperature --- coconut shell --- characterization --- SEM --- Mitigation of CO2-equiv. --- nutrient release --- rice paddy water and soil system --- slow-release fertilizer --- coconut wastes --- bioenergy resource --- pollutant emissions --- calorific value --- biocharing --- microalgae --- anaerobic digestion --- biogas --- respirometric reactors --- APSIM sugarcane model --- energy potential --- marginal land --- sensitivity analysis --- hydrochar --- hydrothermal carbonization --- CiteSpace --- scientometric analysis --- artificial neural network --- fly ash --- biomass combustion --- fluidized bed boilers --- acute phytotoxicity test --- mineral fertilizer --- BCR sequential extraction --- metal speciation --- starch --- biochar --- coffee waste --- polycaprolactone --- bioplastics --- biodegradation --- fermentable sugar --- enzymatic hydrolysis

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Carbon-based materials, such as chars, activated carbons, one-dimensional carbon nanotubes, and two-dimensional graphene nanosheets, have shown great potential for a wide variety of applications. These materials can be synthesized from any precursor with a high proportion of carbon in its composition. Although fossil fuels have been extensively used as precursors, their unstable cost and supply have led to the synthesis of carbon materials from biomass. Biomass covers all forms of organic materials, including plants both living and in waste form and animal waste products. It appears to be a renewable resource because it yields value-added products prepared using environmentally friendly processes. The applications of these biomass-derived carbon materials include electronic, electromagnetic, electrochemical, environmental and biomedical applications. Thus, novel carbon materials from biomass are a subject of intense research, with strong relevance to both science and technology. The main aim of this reprint is to present the most relevant and recent insights in the field of the synthesis of biomass-derived carbons for sustainable applications, including adsorption, catalysis and/or energy storage applications.

Technology: general issues --- Chemical engineering --- bio-fuel --- aspen plus --- hydrogenation --- simulation --- economic analysis --- biochar --- pyrolysis --- environmental conservation --- soil ameliorant --- biochar preparation --- soil pollution --- remediation --- one-step method --- carbonized sulfonation --- response surface method --- Salix carboniferous solid acid catalysts --- biodiesel --- artemisia selengensis --- microwave pyrolysis --- adsorbability --- blended biochar pellet --- modified Hyperbola --- nutrient release --- slow release fertilizer --- tropical rainfed condition --- crop productivity --- root-zone soil --- application depth --- Sida hermaphrodita L. Rusby --- seed conditioning --- germination --- propagation mix --- vermicompost --- chicken manure compost --- lignocellulosic biomass --- adsorption --- carbonization --- adsorbent --- zinc --- regeneration --- greenhouse --- production --- seedlings --- grape seeds --- hydrothermal carbonization --- hydrochar --- activated carbon --- sulfamethoxazole --- biocarbon --- biomass --- foundry industry --- cupola furnace --- CO2 emission --- briquetting --- postcombustion CO2 capture --- biomass-based adsorbents --- cyclic breakthrough measurements --- selectivity CO2/N2 --- humid conditions --- hierarchical porosity --- steam activation --- phenol adsorption --- microplastics --- bark --- HTC --- sewage sludge --- methylene blue --- water remediation --- value-added product --- waste-to-products --- n/a

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Carbon-based materials, such as chars, activated carbons, one-dimensional carbon nanotubes, and two-dimensional graphene nanosheets, have shown great potential for a wide variety of applications. These materials can be synthesized from any precursor with a high proportion of carbon in its composition. Although fossil fuels have been extensively used as precursors, their unstable cost and supply have led to the synthesis of carbon materials from biomass. Biomass covers all forms of organic materials, including plants both living and in waste form and animal waste products. It appears to be a renewable resource because it yields value-added products prepared using environmentally friendly processes. The applications of these biomass-derived carbon materials include electronic, electromagnetic, electrochemical, environmental and biomedical applications. Thus, novel carbon materials from biomass are a subject of intense research, with strong relevance to both science and technology. The main aim of this reprint is to present the most relevant and recent insights in the field of the synthesis of biomass-derived carbons for sustainable applications, including adsorption, catalysis and/or energy storage applications.

Technology: general issues --- Chemical engineering --- bio-fuel --- aspen plus --- hydrogenation --- simulation --- economic analysis --- biochar --- pyrolysis --- environmental conservation --- soil ameliorant --- biochar preparation --- soil pollution --- remediation --- one-step method --- carbonized sulfonation --- response surface method --- Salix carboniferous solid acid catalysts --- biodiesel --- artemisia selengensis --- microwave pyrolysis --- adsorbability --- blended biochar pellet --- modified Hyperbola --- nutrient release --- slow release fertilizer --- tropical rainfed condition --- crop productivity --- root-zone soil --- application depth --- Sida hermaphrodita L. Rusby --- seed conditioning --- germination --- propagation mix --- vermicompost --- chicken manure compost --- lignocellulosic biomass --- adsorption --- carbonization --- adsorbent --- zinc --- regeneration --- greenhouse --- production --- seedlings --- grape seeds --- hydrothermal carbonization --- hydrochar --- activated carbon --- sulfamethoxazole --- biocarbon --- biomass --- foundry industry --- cupola furnace --- CO2 emission --- briquetting --- postcombustion CO2 capture --- biomass-based adsorbents --- cyclic breakthrough measurements --- selectivity CO2/N2 --- humid conditions --- hierarchical porosity --- steam activation --- phenol adsorption --- microplastics --- bark --- HTC --- sewage sludge --- methylene blue --- water remediation --- value-added product --- waste-to-products --- bio-fuel --- aspen plus --- hydrogenation --- simulation --- economic analysis --- biochar --- pyrolysis --- environmental conservation --- soil ameliorant --- biochar preparation --- soil pollution --- remediation --- one-step method --- carbonized sulfonation --- response surface method --- Salix carboniferous solid acid catalysts --- biodiesel --- artemisia selengensis --- microwave pyrolysis --- adsorbability --- blended biochar pellet --- modified Hyperbola --- nutrient release --- slow release fertilizer --- tropical rainfed condition --- crop productivity --- root-zone soil --- application depth --- Sida hermaphrodita L. Rusby --- seed conditioning --- germination --- propagation mix --- vermicompost --- chicken manure compost --- lignocellulosic biomass --- adsorption --- carbonization --- adsorbent --- zinc --- regeneration --- greenhouse --- production --- seedlings --- grape seeds --- hydrothermal carbonization --- hydrochar --- activated carbon --- sulfamethoxazole --- biocarbon --- biomass --- foundry industry --- cupola furnace --- CO2 emission --- briquetting --- postcombustion CO2 capture --- biomass-based adsorbents --- cyclic breakthrough measurements --- selectivity CO2/N2 --- humid conditions --- hierarchical porosity --- steam activation --- phenol adsorption --- microplastics --- bark --- HTC --- sewage sludge --- methylene blue --- water remediation --- value-added product --- waste-to-products