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... In this study, raw attapulgite and two aluminium hydroxide-modified attapulgites prepared using different aluminium salts were calcined at 600 °C to successfully prepare three novel adsorbents (C-ATP, C-ATP-SO₄²⁻ and C-ATP-Cl⁻). The three adsorbents were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer–Emmett ...
... The recovery of carbon materials from biogas residue (BR) could efficiently promote the efficient utilization of waste and the preparation of novel materials. In this study, a green and feasible reagent of citric acid was introduced and applied in the modification of biogas residue biochar (BRC). The modified biogas residue biochar (CABRC) showed a superior adsorption ability due to its higher spe ...
... A highly dispersed Ni₃P/HZSM-5 catalyst was prepared by deposition-precipitation of Ni species followed by electroless plating and thermal treatment, and characterized by means of XRD, ICP, N₂ physical adsorption, TEM, XPS, NH₃-TPD, and CO chemisorption. Electroless plating reaction takes place in an aqueous solution under mild conditions, facilitating the high dispersion of the formed Ni₃P partic ...
... The direct preparation of adsorption materials from black liquor (BL) produced by the kraft pulping process has great potential in wastewater treatment. A three-dimensional nitrogen-doped porous carbon (N-BLSAC) with high specific surface area and large pore volume was synthesized. The adsorption performance of N-BLSAC for Cr(VI) and tetracycline (TC) was systematically investigated. Compared with ...
... Carbon-based compounds have gained attention of researchers for use in boron removal due to their properties, which make them a viable and low cost adsorbent with a high availability, as well as environmental friendliness and high removal efficiency. The removal of boron utilizing carbon-based materials, including activated carbon (AC), graphene oxide (GO), and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), is extensiv ...
... Effective and low-cost removal of dye and heavy metals from wastewater still is a great challenge for researchers. Adsorption using activated carbon is widely used in removing these toxic pollutants. Physical, chemical, and biological modifications have been studied for improving activated carbon adsorption performance. Literature suggests that chemical modified activated carbon showed maximum ads ...
... Adsorption is a widely used arsenic remediation technique due to its high efficacy, economic value, ease in operation and maintenance, and other multiple factors. However, the proper management of arsenic-laden spent media is one of the major challenges, which affects the sustainability of this treatment technique in field-scale implementations. This review summarizes the various adsorbents and th ...
... Contamination of the aquatic ecosystem by heavy metals is a growing concern that has yet to be addressed with an efficient, cost-effective and environmentally-friendly solution. Heavy metals occur naturally in the earth's crust and also result from anthropogenic activities. Due to the rapid increase in industrialization, there is an increase in consumer demands across various industries such as me ...
acetic acid; adsorbents; adsorption; aqueous solutions; carboxymethylcellulose; heavy metals; infrared spectroscopy; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
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... This paper describes the synthesis of a novel chelating material derived from cellulose, and its heavy metal ion adsorption properties from aqueous solution. The first section of this paper reports the chemical grafting of cellulose, that amino acetic acid groups were grafted onto the cellulose by in situ synthesis, a novel yet unreported modified cellulose derivative N,N-(dicarboxymethylaminoethy ...
... The leakage of chemical compounds in landfill leachate led to serious environment pollution, especially, the compounds termed endocrine disruptors such as bisphenol A (BPA). It is very important to study the adsorption behavior of endocrine disruptors in modified soil for predicting and evaluating the potential harm of endocrine disruptors to the soil. Bentonite-amended Chinese loess mixtures, wit ...
... In this study, a novel fibrous chitosan biosorbent was prepared using LiOH/KOH/urea/H₂O (4.5:7:8:80.5 by weight) as spinning solvent. The fibrous chitosan exhibited a higher adsorption capacity and a faster adsorption rate for Co²⁺ and Sr²⁺, compared with spherical chitosan due to its high specific surface area (16.9 m² g⁻¹), uniform fineness (24.1 μm), and good mechanical strength. The adsorption ...
... Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a common plasticizer that has been considered a chemical of concern due to its endocrine disruption potential. In this sense, this paper aimed to investigate the adsorption of this contaminant onto commercial organophilic clay named Spectrogel® as means of water remediation. For this, characterization techniques were carried out before and post-process to identify any major al ...
... Antibiotics in water bodies are emerging as an alarming new pollutant because of its persistent and recombinant nature. In recent period of human lifestyle, pharmaceutical products play a vital role in many perspectives. Due to this unpredictable usage of products, the unreacted components release into waterbodies in trace quantities. Eventhough these trace quantities initiate a crisis of developi ...
... Copper is the most quintessential type of heavy metal found in the water bodies due to anthropogenic activities such as farming, leather industries, urban effluents etc. To remove pollutant such as Copper, Cicer husk was collected, pre-treated with Magnesium Chloride and was pyrolyzed to obtained Magnesium Oxide immobilized biochar known as Magnesium Cicer Biochar. The adsorbent showed % removal o ...
... A novel modified rice husk (MRH) has been prepared for removing cationic dyes in both single system and binary system. SEM-EDS, FT-IR, XRD and XPS were used to characterize the physical and chemical properties of MRH. It showed that the maximum adsorption capacity of MRH for methyl violet (MV) and malachite green (MG) in single system was 154.49 and 996.97 mg g⁻¹, while in binary system was 530.94 ...
... In this work, the inverse fluidized-bed bio-adsorption column is applied for the first time and is demonstrated using the torrefied rice husk (TRH) for the removal of methylene blue from the solution. The bio-adsorbents were characterized by BET, FI-IR, and SEM. The inverse fluidized-bed adsorption column using TRH becomes saturated in the 95-min continuous adsorption, during which the breakthroug ...
... Uranium (VI) is the premise and foundation for the development of nuclear industry. It is a significant challenge for extracting U(VI) from wastewater. In this paper, the amidoxime modified polyacrylic acid microcrystalline cellulose (MC-PAA-AO) was prepared by a two-step graft polymerization method and an amidoximation reaction and used for the removal of U(VI) from aqueous solution. The adsorpti ...
... In this study, an iron(III)-loaded magnetic chitosan/graphene oxide composite (Fe-MCG) was synthesized and applied for the adsorptive removal of sulfosalicylic acid (SSA) in aqueous solution. The results obtained from the application of various characterization techniques such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM), vibrating-sample magnetometry (VSM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) pro ...
... Nowadays, choline-based ionic liquids have been predominantly studied compared to other imidazolium, pyrrolidinium or pyridinium based ionic liquids due to low toxicity, biocompatibility, and biodegradable nature. The knowledge of the thermodynamic and interfacial properties for choline based ionic liquids (Cho-ILs) are now coming under scrutiny due to their importance in specific designing for se ...
... Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIM-1) has demonstrated great potential in adsorption and separation fields. In this study, PIM-1 was structured into an applicable and efficient adsorbent using a facile way. PIM-1 was first modified by amidoxime, and then the amidoxime modified PIM-1 (AOPIM-1) was mingled into alginate (Alg) hydrogel to obtain composite hydrogel beads. The AOPIM-1/Alg composi ...
... Antimony is present in water by natural causes but is also mobilized in the environment by anthropogenic activities, particularly mining. Considering its toxicological behavior, antimony removal from contaminated groundwater and mine effluents is necessary. In this work, Sb(III) and Sb(V) removal from aqueous solution was studied using a resin prepared from pine bark tannins. Subsequent iron loadi ...
... Oxidation of As(iii) to As(v) is an effective way to improve the performance of most arsenic removal technologies. In this study, a new alternative biosorbent, TiO₂-loaded biochar prepared by waste Chinese traditional medicine dregs (TBC) was applied in remediation for As(iii) from aqueous solution. Compared with unmodified biochar, the specific surface areas and total pore volumes of TBC increase ...
... The efficiency and adsorption mechanism of zinc removal was assessed in aqueous solution using four biochars from multiple biomass residues (poultry litter and three tree species). The effect of pH, kinetic effects, and isotherm fittings were investigated, as well as zinc-laden biochar using x-ray diffraction and absorption near edge structure. Sorbent load results showed softwood biochar exhibite ...
Filipe Simões Teodoro; Liliane Catone Soares; Jefferson Gonçalves Filgueiras; Eduardo Ribeiro de Azevedo; Álvaro Javier Patiño-Agudelo; Oscar Fernando Herrera Adarme; Luis Henrique Mendes da Silva; Leandro Vinícius Alves Gurgel
... A new one-pot synthesis method optimized by a 2³ experimental design was developed to prepare a biosorbent, sugarcane bagasse cellulose succinate pyromellitate (SBSPy), for the removal of Cu(II) and Zn(II) from single-component aqueous solutions, in batch and continuous modes. The bi-functionalization of the biosorbent with ligands of different chemical structures increased its selectivity, improv ...
... A novel bimetallic metal–organic gel (JLUE-MOG-Fe/Y) was fabricated through solvothermal method and employed for adsorptive removal of chlortetracycline hydrochloride (CTC) from aqueous solution. JLUE-MOG-Fe/Y, with outstanding stability, wide adaptability and excellent recyclability, showed strong CTC adsorption capacity as high as 584.83 mg·g⁻¹ at 25 °C. The process of CTC adsorption on JLUE-MOG ...
... AIMS: The adsorption of lead ions from aqueous solution by macroporous Ca‐alginate‐lignin (MCAL) beads immobilized with Clostridium tyrobutyricum and free strains was evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS: The effects of different factors including pH, adsorption time, adsorbent dosage and initial concentration of lead ions were explored. Different characterization methods were used to evaluate the adsor ...
... Buckwheat hull-derived biochar (BHBC) beads were synthesized by immobilizing biochar powder with alginate. Due to their cation-exchange ability, abundant functional groups, microporous structure, and large surface area, BHBC beads were successfully applied for the removal of cobalt from aqueous solution. The adsorption behavior followed pseudo-second-order kinetics and the Langmuir isotherm model ...
... The development of adsorbents by using the byproducts or waste from large-scale industrial and agricultural production is of great significance, and is considered to be an economic and efficient strategy to remove the heavy metals from polluted water. In this work, a novel chitin/EM@Fe₃O₄ nanocomposite hydrogel was obtained from a NaOH/urea aqueous system, where the proteins of egg shell membrane ...
... Various bentonite-sludge biochar composites were fabricated by a sequence of loading and pyrolysis for the simultaneous removal of norfloxacin (NOR) and copper (Cu²⁺) from an aqueous solution. The morphology and characteristics of obtained composites were reflected through cation exchange capacity (CEC), BET specific surface area (SBET), SEM, XRD, FTIR and XPS. The isothermal adsorption results sh ...
... Antibiotic pollution in the aquatic environment seriously threatens human health and ecological balance, which violates the trend of sustainable and green development in today's world. Therefore, how to effectively solve the current problem of antibiotic residues in water is highly imminent. Here, we developed CoO modified porous boron nitride fibers (CoO/P-BNFs) by relying on the strong adsorptio ...
... The pyrolysis residue (PR) and low-grade pyrolusite (LGP) were developed as adsorbents for Tl(I) removal from aqueous solution. The Tl(Ⅰ) removal performance and mechanisms of PR and LGP were investigated. At initial solution pH of 4, Tl(Ⅰ) concentration of 1.6 mg⋅L⁻¹ and adsorbent dosage of 3 g⋅L⁻¹, the Tl(Ⅰ) removal efficiency achieved 93.44% for PR and 98.25% for LGP. Both the adsorption of PR ...
... Permanganate (MnO4−) ions were catalytically reduced to MnO₂ by water molecules after adsorption on the surface of carbonate intercalated Co–Al-LDH. This reaction was very slow under experimental conditions in the absence of catalyst and was catalyzed by Co–Al-LDH and Co(II) ion had a key role in this process in the pH range of 2.8–13. But, at pH = 14, MnO4− ions reacted with Co(II) ion of adsorbe ...
... Adsorption of caffeine from an aqueous solution was carried out using Velvet Tamarind-Pericarp, activated with H₃PO₄. The adsorbent was characterized using a scanning-electron microscope and the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller. Parameters such as activating agent concentration (80 wt.% in 100 mL solution), initial caffeine concentration of 5−40 g/L, pH of 0−14, and residence time 0−90 minutes, were investi ...
... Although polyacrylonitrile fiber (PANF) and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been extensively investigated to remove U(VI) from water, their practical applications are seriously hindered by the relatively low stability of PANF in acidic solution and great difficulty of separating MOFs nanoparticles from solution, beside that, little attention is paid to the fabrication of MOFs and PANF composi ...
... Iopamidol (IPM) was frequently detected in drinking water and effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). A silicate-based microfiltration membrane (SFM) was successfully synthesized using silicate cement as raw material and pore-forming agent. In this study, peroxymonosulfate (PMS) was activated by SFM for the first time to effectively degrade and mineralize IPM. The removal efficiency an ...
adsorbents; adsorption; aqueous solutions; biochar; heavy metals; lead; nitrogen; organic matter; pH; phosphorus; pollution; research
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... The surface properties of the adsorbents and the acidic environment have an influence effect on Pb adsorption. In order to further improve the adsorption performance of biochar, we herein reported an effective method to synthesize high-adsorbed biochar by co-doping with nitrogen and phosphorus. After atom doping, the N/P co-doped biochar (NP-BC) showed the enhanced adsorption capacity for lead ion ...
... Arsenic contamination is a global problem, as it affects the health of millions of people. For this study, data-driven artificial neural network (ANN) software was developed to predict and validate the removal of As(V) from an aqueous solution using graphene oxide (GO) under various experimental conditions. A reliable model for wastewater treatment is essential in order to predict its overall perf ...
... Surface modification of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) is essential for improving their reactivity and adsorption capacity. Oxidation, as a conventional modification method of CNC, has strong reaction conditions, which may partially destroy the structure of CNCs. Herein, we propose a mild cellulose modification method, in which diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DPTA) was grafted onto CNC with an a ...
... Herein, a porous, biodegradable and recyclable Gelatin/Chitosan hydrogel was fabricated as an effective adsorbent for organic pollutant. The synthesized Gelatin/Chitosan hydrogel composite was utilized in the removal of multiple dyes from aqueous solution using batch adsorption experiments. Among them, the Gelatin/Chitosan hydrogel had excellent adsorption capacity for various dyes. The maximum ad ...
... High-yield selective adsorbents and suitable modification methods are both significant for the efficient treatment of U-contaminated wastewater. In this work, a rich-mesoporous aluminum phosphate adsorbent (APO-10) was synthesized by simply increasing the mass of reactants under a fixed solvent volume. After increasing the mass of reactants ten times, APO-10 has the added defect level, the increas ...
... Toxic dyes in wastewater will become a significant hazard to human health if they are not treated effectively. Therefore, it is significant to separate and remove dyes from the aqueous solution. C and O co-doped BN (BCNO) with high adsorption capacity and outstanding cycle efficiency is a simple and efficient adsorbent for the cationic dye malachite green (MG). Glucose is characterized as an eco-f ...
... Melanoidins, making general contribution to the food characteristics, are extensively generated in the production of Chinese traditional vinegar; however, their effect on flavor modification remains unknown. This study investigated the changes in the melanoidins of Zhenjiang aromatic vinegar (ZAV) during decoction, and the interactions of crude melanoidins (CM) and pure melanoidins (PM) from decoc ...
... In this study, we developed a novel chitosan-based adsorbent with low cost, high adsorption capacity and marvelous reusability. The adsorbent was prepared in one pot by crosslinking chitosan with acrolein, which was the first attempt to use acrolein as a crosslinking agent to achieve chitosan-based hydrogel (A/CS hydrogel). The A/CS hydrogel not only had the high swelling ratio as many as approxim ...
... Production of cost-efficient composite materials from low-cost modified biochar for the removal of Cd (II) from wastewater is much needed to meet the growing needs of industrial wastewater treatments. A novel chitosan-modified kiwi branch biochar (CHKB) was fabricated as low-cost modified biochar for the removal of Cd (II) from aqueous solution. Batch adsorption and characterization experiments in ...
... The search for low-cost technologies for arsenic removal from water is in high demand due to its human toxicity, even at low concentrations. Adsorption can be a cost-effective water treatment technique if applied with inexpensive materials. Arsenic continuous removal by adsorption onto an alternative modified biosorbent, iron-coated cork granulates (ICG), was investigated in this work. Results sho ...
... In this study, the magnetic zirconium-iron composite oxide (MZIO) was prepared through coprecipitation method, and its adsorption performance on Cr(VI) was investigated. The MZIO was characterized by XRD, XPS, SEM, BET, and VSM. The effects of adsorption reaction conditions on Cr(VI) removal were systematically studied, including initial pH, MZIO dosage, initial Cr(VI) concentration, temperature, ...
... In this paper, one kind of acid–alkali modified sludge-based biochar (ASBC) was synthesized, characterized, and employed as adsorbent for the removal of pefloxacin. The characterization results showed that the specific surface area (SSA) of ASBC (53.381 m²/g) was significantly higher than that of SBC (24.411 m²/g). ASBC had a rougher surface, larger particle distribution, lower zero point charge, ...
... A hydroxylapatite-biochar composite material with the hierarchical porous microstructures of sugarcane top internodes (HAP/C-SC) was produced by carbonizing sugarcane top stalks, an agricultural waste residue, and then soaking them in limewater and (NH₄)₂HPO₄ solution in turns. The HAP/C-SC with the surface area of 8.52–28.44 m²/g inherited various macropores from parallel vessels, thick-walled ce ...
Eyden S. Hernández-Padilla; Ana I. Zárate-Guzmán; Omar González-Ortega; Erika Padilla-Ortega; Azael Gómez-Durán; Pablo Delgado-Sánchez; Angélica Aguilar-Aguilar; Farid B. Cortés; Raúl Ocampo-Pérez
... In this work, the potential of activated carbon to remove caffeic and chlorogenic acids in aqueous solution was investigated. The study focused on evaluating the single and binary adsorption equilibrium, as well as investigating the mass transfer resistances present during the process by applying diffusional models for a future scale-up of the process. For both compounds, the single adsorption equ ...
Lewis bases; activated carbon; adsorption; aqueous solutions; brackish water; carbon nitride; deionization; electric potential difference; electrodes; freshwater; graphene oxide; humans
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... Freshwater resources are one of the core elements that affect the harmonious development of mankind and society. Capacitive deionization (CDI) technology is one of the effective methods to transform brackish water into fresh water. The choice of material for a CDI electrode is critical to its electrosorption performance, which directly affects the electrosorption performance through interface opti ...