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Hans‐Peter Schmidt
Ithaka Institute · 🇨🇭 CH

Career Stage: Eminent

CDR Specialization

Biochar

Producing and deploying biochar — charred biomass that sequesters carbon in soil and products.

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Top CDR Publications

1. Biochar in agriculture – A systematic review of 26 global meta‐analyses (2021) 406 citations · Biochar

2. Wood Ash as an Additive in Biomass Pyrolysis: Effects on Biochar Yield, Properties, and Agricultural Performance (2022) 54 citations · Biochar

3. Low tech biochar production could be a highly effective nature-based solution for climate change mitigation in the developing world (2021) 12 citations · Biochar

4. Biochar Permanence—A Policy Commentary (2025) 5 citations · Biochar

5. Quantifying soil organic carbon after biochar application: how to avoid (the risk of) counting CDR twice? (2024) 5 citations · Biochar

6. Pyrogenic carbon and carbonating minerals for carbon capture and storage (PyMiCCS) part I: production, physico-chemical characterization and C-sink potential (2025) 3 citations · Biochar

7. Proxies for use in biochar decay models: Hydropyrolysis, electric conductivity, and H/Corg molar ratio (2025) 2 citations · Biochar

8. Quantification of soil organic carbon: the challenge of biochar-induced spatial heterogeneity (2024) 2 citations · Biochar

9. Low Tech Biochar Production Could Be a Highly Effective Nature-Based Solution for Climate Change Mitigation in the Developing World. (2021) 1 citations · Biochar

10. Methane Emissions From Flame Curtain Pyrolysis (Kon‐Tiki) (2026) 0 citations · Biochar

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