image: Engineered Biochar for Carbon Capture and Resource Recovery: Bridging Science, Sustainability, and Industrial Application
Credit: Wan Azlina Wan Abdul Karim Ghani
The 23rd Carbon Research International Forum, held online on April 24, 2026, brought together researchers and professionals to explore how engineered biochar can support carbon capture, resource recovery, and sustainable industrial development. The recorded session has now been uploaded to YouTube, making the forum available to a wider international audience interested in low-carbon technologies and circular economy solutions.
The forum, titled “Engineered Biochar for Carbon Capture and Resource Recovery: Bridging Science, Sustainability, and Industrial Application,” featured a keynote presentation by Prof. Wan Azlina Wan Abdul Karim Ghani from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). The session was hosted by Dr. Lim Jun Wei from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
As countries around the world seek practical pathways toward carbon neutrality, biochar-based materials are gaining attention for their ability to store carbon, capture carbon dioxide, improve energy technologies, and remove pollutants from the environment. During the forum, Prof. Wan Azlina discussed recent progress in converting agricultural and industrial residues into high-performance carbon materials. Her presentation highlighted how structural engineering, surface chemistry, and hybridization with nanomaterials can improve biochar’s adsorption and electrochemical properties.
“Engineered biochar provides a promising platform for connecting waste valorization, carbon capture, and industrial sustainability,” said Prof. Wan Azlina. “By transforming biomass and other residues into functional carbon materials, we can create technologies that not only reduce environmental burdens but also support new value chains for a low-carbon future.”
The talk included case studies from ongoing research at Universiti Putra Malaysia, covering the use of biomass waste to develop advanced carbon materials for CO₂ capture, energy devices, and pollutant removal. Prof. Wan Azlina also discussed the importance of techno-economic assessment in optimizing production pathways, helping researchers and industries evaluate whether emerging biochar technologies can be scaled in a cost-effective and sustainable way.
The forum also emphasized Malaysia’s growing contribution to the global Green-CCUS initiative, which focuses on carbon capture, utilization, and storage as part of broader climate and sustainability strategies. By linking fundamental biomass conversion science with reaction engineering and environmental process design, the presentation demonstrated how academic research can move toward real-world applications.
The online recording: https://youtu.be/TBMer2HX_tQ
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About Biochar
Biochar (e-ISSN: 2524-7867) is the first journal dedicated exclusively to biochar research, spanning agronomy, environmental science, and materials science. It publishes original studies on biochar production, processing, and applications—such as bioenergy, environmental remediation, soil enhancement, climate mitigation, water treatment, and sustainability analysis. The journal serves as an innovative and professional platform for global researchers to share advances in this rapidly expanding field.
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About Carbon Research
The journal Carbon Research is an international multidisciplinary platform for communicating advances in fundamental and applied research on natural and engineered carbonaceous materials that are associated with ecological and environmental functions, energy generation, and global change. It is a fully Open Access (OA) journal and the Article Publishing Charges (APC) are waived until Dec 31, 2025. It is dedicated to serving as an innovative, efficient and professional platform for researchers in the field of carbon functions around the world to deliver findings from this rapidly expanding field of science. The journal is currently indexed by Scopus and Ei Compendex, and as of June 2025, the dynamic CiteScore value is 15.4.
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