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Shi R, Liu T, Lu J, Liang X, Ivanets A, Yao J, Su X. Fe/C materials prepared by one-step calcination of acidified municipal sludge and their excellent adsorption of Cr(VI). Chemosphere 2022; 304:135303. [PMID: 35691392 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 05/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Biochar derived from municipal sludge can be applied to adsorption. But it usually requires activation and pickling due to the generation of impurities such as metal oxide particles, which is uneconomical. Here, a facile strategy, acidification-one-step calcination, was developed and sludge-based Fe-C materials with good Cr(VI) removal effect were obtained by regulating the amount of hydrochloric acid. The results show that the adsorption capacity of Fe/C-5 (the best sample) for Cr(VI) was 150.84 mg g-1. According to the Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic model, the removal of Cr(VI) by Fe/C-5 is spontaneous and endothermic chemisorption process. In addition, Fe/C-5 has good ability to remove Cr(VI) under the interference of coexisting ions, and has good cycle stability. The removal of Cr(VI) by Fe/C-5 is considered to be synergistic process of adsorption and reduction. The Fe atoms were highly dispersed in Fe/C-5 and tightly bonded with C atoms, which not only strengthened the Cr(VI) adsorption by electrostatic attraction, but also activated the C atoms in the biochar material, so that the C atoms can reduce Cr(VI) to Cr(III) under acidic conditions. This may be due to the fact that acid pretreatment converted the iron in municipal sludge in the form of Fe-O/OH to free Fe3+ and entered the C lattice during the calcination process. In this work, Fe-C materials with excellent Cr(VI) adsorption capacity were prepared by one-step calcination method, which has important reference significance for the resource utilization of municipal sludge.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ruixue Shi
- College of Ecology and Environment, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, PR China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters (Ministry of Education), Guangzhou, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, PR China
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- Geologic Party No.216, CNNC, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, PR China
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- Guangzhou Haitao Environmental Protection Technology Company Limited, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 511340, PR China
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- Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Surganova St., 9/1, 220072, Minsk, Belarus
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- College of Ecology and Environment, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, PR China.
| | - Xintai Su
- School of Environment and Energy, Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters (Ministry of Education), Guangzhou, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, PR China.
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