d="p0010">Biochar-surface oxygenation was demonstrated with H2O2 treatment.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="p0015">Higher cation exchange capacity was found in H2O2 treated biochar.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="p0020">FT-IR revealed an increase of oxygen functional groups in H2O2 treated biochar.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="p0025">The H2O2 treatment led to apparently reduced biochar methylene blue adsorption.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="p0030">Surface oxygenation did not significantly alter the biochar bulk property.
dd>dl>