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Albalawi MA, Hajri AK, Jamoussi B, Albalawi OA. A Novel Recyclable Magnetic Nano-Catalyst for Fenton-Photodegradation of Methyl Orange and Imidazole Derivatives Catalytic Synthesis. Polymers (Basel) 2024; 16:140. [PMID: 38201805 PMCID: PMC10781076 DOI: 10.3390/polym16010140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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A magnetite chlorodeoxycellulose/ferroferric oxide (CDC@Fe3O4) heterogeneous photocatalyst was synthesised via treated and modified cotton in two steps. The designed nanocomposites were characterised by FTIR, TGA, XRD, SEM, and VSM analyses. The Fenton-photocatalytic decomposition efficiency of the synthesised magnetic catalyst was evaluated under visible sunlight using Methyl Orange (MO) as a model organic pollutant. The impacts of several degradation parameters, including the light source, catalyst load, irradiation temperature, oxidant dose, and pH of the dye aqueous solution and its corresponding concentration on the Fenton photodegradation performance, were methodically investigated. The (CDC@Fe3O4) heterogeneous catalyst showed a remarkable MO removal rate of 97.9% at 10 min under visible-light irradiation. (CDC@Fe3O4) nanomaterials were also used in a heterogeneous catalytic optimised protocol for a multicomponent reaction procedure to obtain nine tetra-substituted imidazole derivatives. The green protocol afforded imidazole derivatives in 30 min with good yields (91-97%) at room temperature and under ultrasound irradiation. Generally, a synthesised recyclable heterogeneous nano-catalyst is a good example and is suitable for wastewater treatment and organic synthesis.
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- Marzough A. Albalawi
- Department of Chemistry, Alwajh College, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71421, Saudi Arabia; (A.K.H.); (O.A.A.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Alwajh College, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71421, Saudi Arabia; (A.K.H.); (O.A.A.)
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- Department of Environment, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Alwajh College, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71421, Saudi Arabia; (A.K.H.); (O.A.A.)
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Barbera M, Indelicato S, Bongiorno D, Censi V, Saiano F, Piazzese D. Untreated Opuntia ficus indica for the Efficient Adsorption of Ni(II), Pb(II), Cu(II) and Cd(II) Ions from Water. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28093953. [PMID: 37175363 PMCID: PMC10179860 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28093953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 04/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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The raw cladode of Opuntia ficus indica (OFI) was evaluated as a sustainable biosorbent for the removal of heavy metals (Ni, Pb, Cu, and Cd) from aqueous solutions. The functional groups of OFI were identified by employing DRIFT-FTIR and CP-MAS-NMR techniques before and after contact with the ions in an aqueous media, showing a rearrangement of the biomass structure due to the complexation between the metal and the functional groups. The adsorption process was studied in both single- and multi-component systems under batch conditions at different pHs (4.0, 5.0, and 6.0), different metal concentrations, and different biomass amounts. The results show that the raw OFI had a removal capacity at room temperature of over 80% for all metals studied after only 30 min of contact time, indicating a rapid adsorption process. Biosorption kinetics were successfully fitted by the pseudo-second-order equation, while Freundlich correctly modelled the biosorption data at equilibrium. The results of this work highlight the potential use of the untreated cladode of OFI as an economical and environmentally friendly biosorbent for the removal of heavy metals from the contaminated aqueous solution.
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- Marcella Barbera
- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, University of Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, University of Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Food and Forestry Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy
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Liu L, Xu S, Wang Z, Chen X, Cao M, Zhang S, Liu Y, Cui J. Building of soft-hard compound brush in porous PVA/NH 2@TAtZnO plural gel and the high-efficiency anti-interference removal on Pb(II). CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 319:137990. [PMID: 36736838 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.137990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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In order to promote the heavy metal ions removal of porous gel adsorbent and protect the adsorbent from other pollutants in wastewater, the tetrapod ZnO whiskers (tZnO) modified by amino-chain brush was introduced into the polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) matrix to prepare the PVA/NH2@TAtZnO composites with brush structure for toxic Pb(II) removal. The adsorption property, adsorption process and adsorption mechanism were studied by adsorption isotherms, adsorption kinetics, adsorption thermodynamics, SEM-EDS analysis and XPS analysis. And the anti-interference ability and anti-interference mechanism were researched by SEM-EDS analysis and XPS analysis. It was found that the PVA/NH2@TAtZnO composites displayed a soft-hard compound pore-brush structure and showed a good selective adsorption on Pb(II). The research of isotherms and kinetics indicated that the adsorption process was fitted well to Langmuir model and pseudo-second-order model, respectively, and the research of thermodynamics revealed the endothermic nature. The adsorption mechanism was inferred as the combination of predominant chemisorption and subsidiary physisorption. Comparing with the neat PVA matrix, the PVA/NH2@TAtZnO composites displayed a good anti-interference property on Pb(II) adsorption and showed an alleviative clogging pore-canal structure in the wastewater with SiO2 NPs or PAC flocculants. The anti-interference intensity ΔQ and anti-interference factor χ were proposed to reflect the anti-interference ability of this adsorbent which was promoted with the increasing amino brush length or density. By the analysis of SEM-EDS and XPS, the anti-interference mechanism was explored as the steric-hinerance effect of tZnO hard brush to suspended SiO2 NPs pollutant and the coordination effect of functional amino soft brush to soluble PAC pollutant. Besides, the prepared PVA/NH2@TAtZnO adsorbent possessed a good reusability under multiple adsorption-desorption processes and also presented a well applicability in real water matrix. The research indicated the huge potential of prepared PVA/NH2@TAtZnO adsorbent in heavy metal ions removal.
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- Lingli Liu
- College of Sciences, Nanchang Institute of Technology, 289 Tianxiang Avenue, Gaoxin District, Nanchang, 330099, China
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- College of Sciences, Nanchang Institute of Technology, 289 Tianxiang Avenue, Gaoxin District, Nanchang, 330099, China.
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- College of Sciences, Nanchang Institute of Technology, 289 Tianxiang Avenue, Gaoxin District, Nanchang, 330099, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Environmental Protection Engineering Center for Pollution Treatment and Control in Textile Industry, Donghua University, 2999 North Renmin Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai, 201620, China
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- College of Sciences, Nanchang Institute of Technology, 289 Tianxiang Avenue, Gaoxin District, Nanchang, 330099, China
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- College of Sciences, Nanchang Institute of Technology, 289 Tianxiang Avenue, Gaoxin District, Nanchang, 330099, China
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- College of Sciences, Nanchang Institute of Technology, 289 Tianxiang Avenue, Gaoxin District, Nanchang, 330099, China
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- College of Sciences, Nanchang Institute of Technology, 289 Tianxiang Avenue, Gaoxin District, Nanchang, 330099, China
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Akar T, Can ÜGU, Celik S, Sayin F, Akar ST. A hybrid biocomposite of Thamnidium elegans/olive pomace/chitosan for efficient bioremoval of toxic copper. Int J Biol Macromol 2022; 221:865-873. [PMID: 36063895 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.08.207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Immobilized biomaterials have recently attracted researchers' attention in the field of environmental biotechnology due to their effective biosorption performances. In this respect, a novel hybrid biocomposite based on Thamnidium elegans cells, olive pomace, and chitosan (TE-OP@C) was produced and tested for the first time to remove a target pollutant. It was successfully employed to eliminate toxic Cu (II) ions. Uptake efficiency of the biocomposite was significantly greater than that of T. elegans and T. elegans-olive pomace, despite the much lesser amount of biocomposite used. Freundlich model best fitted the equilibrium data, and the pseudo-second-order kinetic model followed uptake. The maximum removal efficiencies in batch and continuous systems were determined to be 96 % and 98 %, respectively. After eight cycles, the biosorption and recovery efficiencies of TE-OP@C were higher than 90 %. Biocomposite was able to remove approximately 90 % and 88 % of Cu(II) from real wastewater in batch and continuous systems, respectively. FTIR analysis, zeta potential measurements, EDX, and SEM findings confirmed the Cu(II) uptake. XRD and BET analysis were also performed for biocomposite characterization. Breakthrough and exhausted points were determined as 80 and 150 min, respectively. The findings potentially lead to a new perspective for the treatment of copper contamination.
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- Tamer Akar
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, TR-26040 Eskisehir, Turkey.
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- Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of Chemistry, 26040 Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, TR-26040 Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, TR-26040 Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, TR-26040 Eskisehir, Turkey
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Magnetic chitosan microspheres: An efficient and recyclable adsorbent for the removal of iodide from simulated nuclear wastewater. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 276:118729. [PMID: 34823765 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The efficient and recyclable magnetic chitosan microspheres (MCMs) were successfully synthesized to remove iodide from nuclear wastewater and characterized through XRD, FTIR, SEM, EDS, VSM, TGA and XPS. The characterization results indicated that the MCMs exhibited smooth spherical morphology and good magnetic properties. The removal potential of MCMs was investigated for iodide (I-) anions at different conditions. From pH 3 to pH 9, MCMs performed the high I- removal efficiency (>90%). The maximum I- removal capacity of MCMs was up to 0.8087 mmol g-1 at 298 K, well-fitting with the pseudo-second-order and Sips models. Furthermore, the I- removal efficiency of MCMs still maintained more than 91% after five adsorption-desorption cycles, performing good regeneration and reusability. This study is expected to prompt the MCMs to become an efficient and recyclable biosorbent for iodide removal from nuclear wastewater.
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A Novel Combined Treatment Process of Hybrid Biosorbent–Nanofiltration for Effective Pb(II) Removal from Wastewater. WATER 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/w13233316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The untreated effluents discharged by different industries, such as metallurgy, fertilizers, pesticide, leather, mining, electroplating, surface finishing, aerospace, and electroplating, have increased the risk of the contamination of bodies of water by heavy metals. Herein, hybrid biosorbent–nanofiltration processes for Pb(II) removal from wastewater was studied. The hybrid biosorbent was prepared from date seed waste and Ganoderma lucidum. Hybrid biosorbent characterization was performed by SEM and FTIR. SEM micrographs showed that the HB surface is irregular. For the adsorption studies, various sorption parameters were optimized. The maximum biosorption capacity of immobilized heat-inactivated hybrid biosorbent was 365.9 mg/g, with the Langmuir isotherm model to present the best fit. Desorption experiments were conducted for regenerating immobilized heat-inactivated hybrid biosorbent for three consecutive cycles using different desorption agents, with acetic acid to be the optimum. Going a step further, nanofiltration was also applied as a post-treatment process to elevate the remediation effectiveness for wastewater of high Pb(II) initial concentrations. The reasonably low cost and high removal of Pb(II) make hybrid biosorbent–nanofiltration processes a prosperous and potentially attractive hybrid approach against heavy-metal-polluted wastewater.
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