Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Magnetic seeds promoted high-density sulfonic acid-based hydrochar derived from sugar-rich wastewater for removal of methylene blue

  • Research Article
  • Published:
Environmental Science and Pollution Research Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Methylene blue (MB) removal from dyeing wastewater using low-cost bio-derived adsorbent is a significant and challenging field. Herein, magnetic sugar hydrochar (MGHC) precursors derived from sugar-rich wastewater with small particle size and rich oxygen-containing functional groups (OCFGs) are prepared from sugar-rich aqueous solution via Fe salt-modified hydrothermal procedure. The role of Fe3O4 nanoparticles formed during the sugar carbonization is to provide numerous magnetic seeds to generate MGHC with core–shell structure, which reduces the particle size of hydrochar. This increases the amount of OCFGs on the surface of MGHC for bonding the sulfonic acid groups. Therefore, sulfonic acid-modified MGHC-SA shows the rapid MB adsorption rate and excellent adsorption capacity. The highest MB capacity is 869.6 mg/g at pH = 11.0 and 298 K. Additionally, the MGHC-SA can be easily recovery by magnet. And the stability of MGHC-SA was also evaluated, no degradation of adsorption performance was observed, even the adsorbent was regenerated 10 times. This study puts forward a promising way to acquire functional groups rich and easy recovery hydrochar from sugar wastewater for MB removal.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Scheme 1
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9
Fig. 10

Similar content being viewed by others

Data availability

Data are available upon request.

References

  • Anuma S, Mishra P, Bhat BR (2021) Polypyrrole functionalized Cobalt oxide Graphene (COPYGO) nanocomposite for the efficient removal of dyes and heavy metal pollutants from aqueous effluents. J Hazard Mater 416:125929

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bhadra BN, Jhung SH (2020) Remarkable metal–organic framework composites for adsorptive removal of nitrogenous compounds from fuel. Chem, Eng. J, p 398

    Google Scholar 

  • Caldera Villalobos M, Peláez Cid AA, Herrera González AM (2016) Removal of textile dyes and metallic ions using polyelectrolytes and macroelectrolytes containing sulfonic acid groups. J Environ Manag 177:65–73

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Cheng L, Ji Y, Liu X (2021) Insights into interfacial interaction mechanism of dyes sorption on a novel hydrochar: Experimental and DFT study. Chem. Eng, Sci, p 233

    Google Scholar 

  • Dash S, Chaudhuri H, Gupta R, Nair UG (2018) Adsorption study of modified coal fly ash with sulfonic acid as a potential adsorbent for the removal of toxic reactive dyes from aqueous solution: kinetics and thermodynamics. J Environ Chem Eng 6:5897–5905

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Deng J, Li X, Wei X, Liu Y, Liang J, Tang N, Song B, Chen X, Cheng X (2019) Sulfamic acid modified hydrochar derived from sawdust for removal of benzotriazole and Cu(II) from aqueous solution: adsorption behavior and mechanism. Bioresour Technol 290:121765

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Dong X, Lin Y, Ren G, Ma Y, Zhao L (2021) Catalytic degradation of methylene blue by Fenton-like oxidation of Ce-doped MOF. Colloids Surface A 608:125578

  • Fang R, Lu C, Zhong Y, Xiao Z, Liang C, Huang H, Gan Y, Zhang J, Pan G, Xia X, Xia Y, Zhang W (2020) Puffed rice carbon with coupled sulfur and metal iron for high-efficiency mercury removal in aqueous solution. Environ Sci Technol 54:2539–2547

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Gao R, Fu Q, Hu H, Wang Q, Liu Y, Zhu J (2019) Highly-effective removal of Pb by co-pyrolysis biochar derived from rape straw and orthophosphate. J Hazard Mater 371:191–197

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Goswami M, Phukan P (2017) Enhanced adsorption of cationic dyes using sulfonic acid modified activated carbon. J Environ Chem Eng 5:3508–3517

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Gusain R, Kumar N, Ray SS (2020) Recent advances in carbon nanomaterial-based adsorbents for water purification. Coord. Chem, Rev, p 405

    Google Scholar 

  • Han B, Zhang E, Cheng G, Zhang L, Wang D, Wang X (2018) Hydrothermal carbon superstructures enriched with carboxyl groups for highly efficient uranium removal. Chem Eng J 338:734–744

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • He P, Zhao X, Luo F, Zhang Y, Wei J, Xu T, Wu J, Chen N (2020): Magnetically recyclable Fe3O4 doped flower-like MoS2: efficient removal of elemental mercury. Fuel 282:118728

  • Higgins LJR, Brown AP, Harrington JP, Ross AB, Kaulich B, Mishra B (2020) Evidence for a core-shell structure of hydrothermal carbon. Carbon 161:423–431

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Islam MA, Ahmed MJ, Khanday WA, Asif M, Hameed BH (2017) Mesoporous activated coconut shell-derived hydrochar prepared via hydrothermal carbonization-NaOH activation for methylene blue adsorption. J Environ Manage 203:237–244

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ismail GA, Sakai H (2022) Review on effect of different type of dyes on advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for textile color removal. Chemosphere 291:132906

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Javanbakht V, Mohammadian M (2021) Photo-assisted advanced oxidation processes for efficient removal of anionic and cationic dyes using bentonite/TiO2 nano-photocatalyst immobilized with silver nanoparticles. J. Mol, Struct, p 1239

    Google Scholar 

  • Jawad AH, Razuan R, Appaturi JN, Wilson LD (2019) Adsorption and mechanism study for methylene blue dye removal with carbonized watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) rind prepared via one-step liquid phase H2SO4 activation. Surf Interfaces 16:76–84

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Karray R, Karray F, Loukil S, Mhiri N, Sayadi S (2017) Anaerobic co-digestion of Tunisian green macroalgae Ulva rigida with sugar industry wastewater for biogas and methane production enhancement. Waste Manag 61:171–178

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kumar P, Kumar V, Singh J, Kumar P (2021) Electrokinetic assisted anaerobic digestion of spent mushroom substrate supplemented with sugar mill wastewater for enhanced biogas production. Renew Energy 179:418–426

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Li M-x, Li A-j, Sun Q, Jiang X-m, Chen S-h (2016) Enhancement of biodiesel production by cultivating Dipodascaceae moderated-filamentous granular sludge with sugar-containing wastewater. Int Biodeterior Biodegrad 110:38–45

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Li C, He Y, Zhou L, Xu T, Hu J, Peng C, Liu H (2018) Fast adsorption of methylene blue, basic fuchsin, and malachite green by a novel sulfonic-grafted triptycene-based porous organic polymer. RSC Adv 8:41986–41993

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Li B, Lv JQ, Guo JZ, Fu SY, Guo M, Yang P (2019a) The polyaminocarboxylated modified hydrochar for efficient capturing methylene blue and Cu(II) from water. Bioresour Technol 275:360–367

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Li L, Huang S, Wen T, Ma R, Yin L, Li J, Chen Z, Hayat T, Hu B, Wang X (2019b) Fabrication of carboxyl and amino functionalized carbonaceous microspheres and their enhanced adsorption behaviors of U(VI). J Colloid Interface Sci 543:225–236

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Li Y, Tsend N, Li T, Liu H, Yang R, Gai X, Wang H, Shan S (2019c) Microwave assisted hydrothermal preparation of rice straw hydrochars for adsorption of organics and heavy metals. Bioresour Technol 273:136–143

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Li H, Xu S, Wang S, Yang J, Yan P, Chen Y, Guo J, Fang F (2020) New insight into the effect of short-term exposure to polystyrene nanoparticles on activated sludge performance. J Water Process Eng 38:101559

    Google Scholar 

  • Li HZ, Zhang YN, Guo JZ, Lv JQ, Huan WW, Li B (2021) Preparation of hydrochar with high adsorption performance for methylene blue by co-hydrothermal carbonization of polyvinyl chloride and bamboo. Bioresour Technol 337:125442

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Liang H, Zhang H, Wang Q, Xu C, Geng Z, She D, Du X (2021) A novel glucose-based highly selective phosphate adsorbent. Sci Total Environ 792:148452

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Liu X, Wang D, Li A (2021) Biodiesel production of Rhodosporidium toruloides using different carbon sources of sugar-containing wastewater: experimental analysis and model verification. J Cleaner Prod 323:129112

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lu Y, Hu Y, Tang L, Xie Q, Liu Q, Zhong L, Fu L, Fan C (2021) Effects and mechanisms of modified biochars on microbial iron reduction of Geobacter sulfurreducens. Chemosphere 283:130983

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Luo H, Zhang Y, Xie Y, Li Y, Qi M, Ma R, Yang S, Wang Y (2019a) Iron-rich microorganism-enabled synthesis of magnetic biocarbon for efficient adsorption of diclofenac from aqueous solution. Bioresour Technol 282:310–317

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Luo X, Cai Y, Liu L, Zeng J (2019b) Cr(VI) adsorption performance and mechanism of an effective activated carbon prepared from bagasse with a one-step pyrolysis and ZnCl2 activation method. Cellulose 26:4921–4934

  • Marzbali MH, Paz-Ferreiro J, Kundu S, Ramezani M, Halder P, Patel S, White T, Madapusi S, Shah K (2021) Investigations into distribution and characterisation of products formed during hydrothermal carbonisation of paunch waste. J. Environ. Chem, Eng, p 9

    Google Scholar 

  • Masunga N, Mmelesi OK, Kefeni KK, Mamba BB (2019) Recent advances in copper ferrite nanoparticles and nanocomposites synthesis, magnetic properties and application in water treatment: review. J. Environ. Chem, Eng, p 7

    Google Scholar 

  • Mehmood S, Ahmed W, Rizwan M, Imtiaz M, Mohamed Ali Elnahal AS, Ditta A, Irshad S, Ikram M, Li W (2021) Comparative efficacy of raw and HNO3-modified biochar derived from rice straw on vanadium transformation and its uptake by rice (Oryza sativa L.): insights from photosynthesis, antioxidative response, and gene-expression profile. Environ. Pollut. 289:117916

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Methneni N, Morales-Gonzalez JA, Jaziri A, Mansour HB, Fernandez-Serrano M (2021) Persistent organic and inorganic pollutants in the effluents from the textile dyeing industries: ecotoxicology appraisal via a battery of biotests. Environ Res 196:110956

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Naeimi H, Mohamadabadi S (2014) Sulfonic acid-functionalized silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles as an efficient reusable catalyst for the synthesis of 1-substituted 1H-tetrazoles under solvent-free conditions. Dalton Trans 43:12967–12973

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Oliveira AS, Cordero-Lanzac T, Baeza JA, Calvo L, Heras F, Rodriguez JJ, Gilarranz MA (2021) Continuous aqueous phase reforming of a synthetic brewery wastewater with Pt/C and PtRe/C catalysts for biohydrogen production. Chemosphere 281:130885

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Phetphaisit CW, Yuanyang S, Chaiyasith WC (2016) Polyacrylamido-2-methyl-1-propane sulfonic acid-grafted-natural rubber as bio-adsorbent for heavy metal removal from aqueous standard solution and industrial wastewater. J Hazard Mater 301:163–171

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Pirsaheb M, Mohamadisorkali H, Hossaini H, Hossini H, Makhdoumi P (2020) The hybrid system successfully to consisting of activated sludge and biofilter process from hospital wastewater: ecotoxicological study. J Environ Manag 276:111098

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Qu J, Wang S, Wang Y, Tian X, Jiang Z, Tao Y, Wang L, Deng F, Zhang Y (2021) Removal of Cd(II) and anthracene from water by beta-cyclodextrin functionalized magnetic hydrochar: performance, mechanism and recovery. Bioresour Technol 337:125428

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Samuchiwal S, Gola D, Malik A (2021) Decolourization of textile effluent using native microbial consortium enriched from textile industry effluent. J Hazard Mater 402:123835

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • St K, Pavithran RAV (2021) Design of 3D-supramolecular metal organic framework of zinc as photocatalyst for the degradation of methylene blue through advanced oxidation process. J. Mol, Struct, p 1245

    Google Scholar 

  • Varjani S, Rakholiya P, Shindhal T, Shah AV, Ngo HH (2021) Trends in dye industry effluent treatment and recovery of value added products. J Water Process Eng 39:101734

  • Viotti PV, Moreira WM, Santos OAAd, Bergamasco R, Vieira AMS, Vieira MF (2019) Diclofenac removal from water by adsorption on Moringa oleifera pods and activated carbon: mechanism, kinetic and equilibrium study. J Cleaner Prod 219:809–817

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wang J, Wang S (2019) Preparation, modification and environmental application of biochar: a review. J Cleaner Prod 227:1002–1022

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wang X, Ma C, Xiao J, Xia Q, Wu J, Li Z (2018) Benzene/toluene/water vapor adsorption and selectivity of novel C-PDA adsorbents with high uptakes of benzene and toluene. Chem Eng J 335:970–978

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wang B, Zhai Y, Wang T, Li S, Peng C, Wang Z, Li C, Xu B (2019) Fabrication of bean dreg-derived carbon with high adsorption for methylene blue: effect of hydrothermal pretreatment and pyrolysis process. Bioresour Technol 274:525–532

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wolski L, Sobanska K, Walkowiak A, Akhmetova K, Grybos J, Frankowski M, Ziolek M, Pietrzyk P (2021) Enhanced adsorption and degradation of methylene blue over mixed niobium-cerium oxide - unraveling the synergy between Nb and Ce in advanced oxidation processes. J Hazard Mater 415:125665

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wu J, Yu H, Liu W, Dong C, Wu M, Zhang C (2022) Enhanced degradation of organic pollutant by bimetallic catalysts decorated micromotor in advanced oxidation processes. J. Environ. Chem, Eng, p 10

    Google Scholar 

  • Xia S, Huang Y, Tang J, Wang L (2019) Preparation of various thiol-functionalized carbon-based materials for enhanced removal of mercury from aqueous solution. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 26:8709–8720

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yang Y, Cannon FS (2021) Preparation of activated carbon from pine sawdust with hydrothermal-pressure preconditioning. J Environ Chem Eng 9:106391

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yang W, Liu Y, Pan J (2021) Experimental and kinetic study on Hg0 removal by microwave/hydrogen peroxide modified seaweed-based porous biochars. Environ. Technol, Innovation, p 22

    Google Scholar 

  • Zeydouni G, Rodriguez Couto S, Nourmoradi H, Basiri H, Amoatey P, Esmaeili S, Saeidi S, Keishams F, Mohammadi MJ, Omidi Khaniabadi Y (2018) H2SO4-modified Aloe vera leaf shells for the removal of P-chlorophenol and methylene blue from aqueous environment. Toxin Rev 39:57–67

    Google Scholar 

  • Zhang H, Li A, Sun J, Li P (2013) Adsorption of amphoteric aromatic compounds by hyper-cross-linked resins with amino groups and sulfonic groups. Chem Eng J 217:354–362

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zhang W, Lan Y, Ma M, Chai S, Zuo Q, Kim KH, Gao Y (2020) A novel chitosan-vanadium-titanium-magnetite composite as a superior adsorbent for organic dyes in wastewater. Environ Int 142:105798

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zhang Y, Zheng Y, Yang Y, Huang J, Zimmerman AR, Chen H, Hu X, Gao B (2021) Mechanisms and adsorption capacities of hydrogen peroxide modified ball milled biochar for the removal of methylene blue from aqueous solutions. Bioresour Technol 337:125432

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zhao W, Jiao Y, Gao R, Wu L, Cheng S, Zhuang Q, Xie A, Dong W (2020) Sulfonate-grafted conjugated microporous polymers for fast removal of cationic dyes from water. Chem, Eng. J, p 391

    Google Scholar 

  • Zheng Y, Wang J, Li D, Liu C, Lu Y, Lin X, Zheng Z (2021) Insight into the KOH/KMnO4 activation mechanism of oxygen-enriched hierarchical porous biochar derived from biomass waste by in-situ pyrolysis for methylene blue enhanced adsorption. J. Anal. Appl, Pyrolysis, p 158

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

We thank the all reviewers and editors for reviewing the manuscript and providing valuable comments.

Funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from Shanghai Pujiang Program (20PJ1404800).

Author information

Author notes

  1. Xuelei Jiang, Yuyao Jia, and Dezhang Ren contributed equally.

Authors and Affiliations

  1. College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, 999 Huchenghuan Road, Shanghai, 201306, China

    Xuelei Jiang, Yuyao Jia, Dezhang Ren, Nahui Zhang & Zhibao Huo

  2. Shanghai Urban Construction Water Engineering Co., Ltd, 291 Wenshui East Road, Shanghai, 200434, China

    Xuelei Jiang

  3. Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, 99 Lincheng Road West, Guiyang, 550081, China

    Tao Peng

Authors
  1. Xuelei Jiang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Yuyao Jia
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Dezhang Ren
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Nahui Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Tao Peng
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Zhibao Huo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Contributions

All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Xuelei Jiang: conceptualization, methodology, validation, investigation, and writing—original draft. Yuyao Jia: investigation, visualization, methodology, formal analysis, and data curation. Dezhang Ren: data curation, writing—review and editing, and project administration. Nahui Zhang: investigation and data curation. Tao Peng: investigation and data curation. Zhibao Huo: conceptualization, supervision, project administration, writing—original manuscript, review and editing, and funding acquisition. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Zhibao Huo.

Ethics declarations

Ethical approval

This is not applicable.

Consent to participate

This is not applicable.

Consent to publication

This is not applicable.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Additional information

Responsible Editor: Zhihong Xu

Publisher's note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Supplementary Information

Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material.

Supplementary file1 (DOCX 2139 KB)

Rights and permissions

Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Jiang, X., Jia, Y., Ren, D. et al. Magnetic seeds promoted high-density sulfonic acid-based hydrochar derived from sugar-rich wastewater for removal of methylene blue. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 36872–36882 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24900-x

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24900-x

Keywords

Search

Navigation