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Wang X, Chen Z, Wang C, Zhang L. One-Step Hydrothermal Preparation of a Corncob-Derived Porous Adsorbent with High Adsorption Capacity for Urea in Wastewater: Sorption Experiments and Kinetics Study. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:10420-10431. [PMID: 37481779 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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With rapid industrial development, the massive generation of nitrogenous wastewater poses a serious threat to both human beings and the ecosystem. Bio-based adsorbents are considered promising adsorption materials for many applications. However, their complex preparation procedures, large energy consumption, and difficulty of microstructure control hinder their practical applications. In this study, a new corncob-derived porous adsorbent (CPA) with excellent urea adsorption capacity in wastewater was prepared by the one-step hydrothermal process. The effects of the hydrothermal process conditions on the urea adsorption capacity of the CPA were evaluated and optimized using the response surface methodology, and a kinetic analysis of the CPA was also carried out. Our findings showed that the adsorption process of urea by the adsorbent followed the Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic models. The high adsorption capacity for urea was attributed to the abundant porous structure and the hydrogen bonds formed between the adsorbent and the amine group in urea, which made it more conducive to the adsorption of urea. Therefore, we believe that CPA could be a promising adsorbent for urea removal in wastewater.
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- Xing Wang
- Jilin Provincial Engineering Laboratory for the Complex Utilization of Petro-Resources and Biomass, School of Chemical Engineering, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, P.R. China
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- Jilin Provincial Engineering Laboratory for the Complex Utilization of Petro-Resources and Biomass, School of Chemical Engineering, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, P.R. China
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- Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, Jilin, Jilin 132022, P.R. China
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- Jilin Provincial Engineering Laboratory for the Complex Utilization of Petro-Resources and Biomass, School of Chemical Engineering, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, P.R. China
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Ibrahim AA, Kospa DA, Hayes OR, Khder AS, El-Hakam SA, Ahmed AI. Cesium salt of tungstophosphoric acid/mesoporous (zirconia-silica) composite for highly efficient synthesis of 7-hydroxy-4-methyl coumarin and removal of methylene blue. RSC Adv 2023; 13:15243-15260. [PMID: 37213348 PMCID: PMC10194047 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra02235h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/23/2023] Open
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The removal of harmful organic dyes from aqueous solutions has drawn the attention of scientists because of the substantial threat they pose to society's worldwide health. Hence, it is crucial to design an adsorbent that is both very effective in removing dyes and has the benefit of being inexpensive. In the present work, Cs salts of tungstophosphoric acid (CPW) supported mesoporous Zr-mSiO2 (mZS) with varying extents of Cs ions have been prepared by a two-step impregnation technique. Accordingly, a lowering in the surface acidity modes was observed after Cs exchanged protons of H3W12O40 and formed salts immobilized on the mZS support. After exchanging the protons with Cs ions, the characterization results revealed that the primary Keggin structure was unaltered. Moreover, the Cs exchanged catalysts had higher surface area than the parent H3W12O40/mZS, suggesting that Cs reacts with H3W12O40 molecules to create new primary particles with smaller sizes possessing inter-crystallite centers with a higher dispersion degree. With an increase in Cs content and thus a decrease in the acid strength and surface acid density, the methylene blue (MB) monolayer adsorption capacities on CPW/mZS catalysts were increased and reached an uptake capacity of 359.9 mg g-1 for Cs3PW12O40/mZS (3.0CPW/mZS). The catalytic formation of 7-hydroxy-4-methyl coumarin was also studied at optimum conditions and it is found that the catalytic activity is influenced by the amount of exchangeable Cs with PW on the mZrS support, which is in turn influenced by the catalyst acidity. The catalyst kept approximately the initial catalytic activity even after the fifth cycle.
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- Amr Awad Ibrahim
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University Al-Mansoura 35516 Egypt +220502390551
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University Al-Mansoura 35516 Egypt +220502390551
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University Al-Mansoura 35516 Egypt +220502390551
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University Al-Mansoura 35516 Egypt +220502390551
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University 21955 Makkah Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University Al-Mansoura 35516 Egypt +220502390551
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University Al-Mansoura 35516 Egypt +220502390551
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Shattar SFA, Foo KY. Sodium salt-assisted low temperature activation of bentonite for the adsorptive removal of methylene blue. Sci Rep 2022; 12:2534. [PMID: 35169180 PMCID: PMC8847366 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06254-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The sodium salt-assisted low temperature activation of bentonite (BB) was attempted. The unique features of the raw bentonite and BB were characterized with respect to the morphological, functional, and textural analysis. The adsorptive behaviour was evaluated by adopting methylene blue (MB) as the model pollutant via batch adsorption experiment. The experimental data were fitted to the non-linear isotherm equations (Freundlich, Langmuir, and Temkin), while the adsorption modelling was interpreted by the pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order and Elovich models. The adsorptive mechanism was ascertained according to intraparticle-diffusion and boyd models. The intercalation of sodium salt into the bentonite surface give rise to the specific surface area and total pore volume from 120.34 to 426.91, m2/g and 0.155 to 0.225 cm3/g, respectively, indicating a large proportion of the newly formed surfaces may be connected to new pore walls, associated with the silanol (≡SiOH), and aluminol (≡AlOH), and hydroxyl (–OH) groups for the possible entrapment MB onto the adsorbent. The equilibrium data was satisfactory described by the Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second order model, with a monolayer adsorption capacity for MB of 318.38 mg/g, while the thermodynamic study verified spontaneous, feasible, and endothermic of the adsorption process.
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- Siti Fairos Ab Shattar
- River Engineering and Urban Drainage Research Centre (REDAC), Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia
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- River Engineering and Urban Drainage Research Centre (REDAC), Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia.
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How the Carbonization Time of Sugarcane Biomass Affects the Microstructure of Biochar and the Adsorption Process? SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14031571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Biochars (BCs) are very versatile adsorbents, mainly, in the effectiveness of adsorption of organic and inorganic compounds in aqueous solutions. Here, the sugarcane biomass (SCB) was used to produce biochar at different carbonization times: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 h, denominated as BC1, BC2, BC3, BC4, and BC5, respectively. The superficial reactivity was studied with adsorption equilibrium experiments and kinetics models; Methylene Blue (MB) was used as adsorbate at different pH values, concentrations, and temperatures. In summary, the carbonization time provides the increase of superficial area, with exception of BC4, which decreased. Equilibrium studies showed inflection points and fluctuations with different initial dye concentration and temperature; SCB showed the best adsorption capacity compared to the BCs at the three temperatures tested, varying with the increase of MB concentration, suggesting the dependence of these two main factors on the adsorption process. The proposed adsorption mechanism suggests the major influence of Coulomb interactions, H-bonding, and π-interactions on the adsorption of MB onto adsorbents, evidencing that the adsorption is led by physical adsorption. Therefore, the results led to the use of the SCB without carbonization at 200 °C, saving energy and more adsorbent mass, considering that the carbonization influences weight loss. This study has provided insights of the use of SCB in MB dye adsorption as a low-cost and eco-friendly adsorbent.
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Optimized production, Pb(II) adsorption and characterization of alkali modified hydrochar from sugarcane bagasse. Sci Rep 2021; 11:22328. [PMID: 34785737 PMCID: PMC8595365 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01825-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Today, sugarcane bagasse (SB) is used for bioethanol and biodiesel production, energy generation, and adsorbent synthesis. The goal of this project is to determine the optimized conditions for producing adsorbent from sugarcane bagasse using hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) and KOH activation. To optimize process parameters such as reaction temperature, residence time, ZnCl2/SB mixing ratios, and water/SB mixing ratios, response surface methodology was used. The results revealed that the optimum modified adsorption occurred at 180 °C, 11.5 h, a water to biomass ratio of (5:1), and a ZnCl2 to precursor ratio of (3.5:1). The physicochemical features of optimum activated hydrochar were investigated, as well as batch adsorption experiments. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model and the Langmuir isotherm model were found to fit the experimental results in batch adsorption studies [\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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Yang A, Wang Z, Zhu Y. Facile preparation and highly efficient sorption of magnetic composite graphene oxide/Fe 3O 4/GC for uranium removal. Sci Rep 2021; 11:8440. [PMID: 33875679 PMCID: PMC8055672 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86768-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In this work, we reported for the first time a novel magnetic composite graphene oxide/Fe3O4/glucose-COOH (GO/Fe3O4/GC) that was facilely prepared from glucose through the hydrothermal carbonization and further combination with graphene oxide (GO). The chemical and structural properties of the samples were investigated. By the batch uranium adsorption experiments, the magnetic composite GO/Fe3O4/GC exhibits an excellent adsorption performance and fast solid-liquid separation for uranium from aqueous solution. GO/Fe3O4/GC (the maximum adsorption capacity (Qm) was 390.70 mg g-1) exhibited excellent adsorption capacity and higher removal rate (> 99%) for U(VI) than those of glucose-COOH (GC) and magnetic GC (MGC). The effect of the coexisting ions, such as Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, and Al3+, on the U(VI) removal efficiency of GO/Fe3O4/GC was examined. The equilibrium sorption and sorption rate for the as-prepared adsorbents well fit the Langmuir model and pseudo second-order kinetic model, respectively. The thermodynamic parameters (ΔH0 = 11.57 kJ mol-1 and ΔG0 < 0) for GO/Fe3O4/GC indicate that the sorption process of U(VI) was exothermic and spontaneous. Thus, this research provides a facile strategy for the preparation of the magnetic composite with low cost, high efficiency and fast separation for the U(VI) removal from aqueous solution.
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- Aili Yang
- Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, P.O. Box 9071-7, Mianyang, 621907, China.
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- Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, P.O. Box 9071-7, Mianyang, 621907, China
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- Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, P.O. Box 9071-7, Mianyang, 621907, China
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