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Hydrothermal fabrication of amino functionalized lotus seedpods-derived biochar for efficient removal of uranium (VI)

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In this work, amino functionalized lotus seedpods-derived biochar (LSBC-NH2) was prepared for the removal of uranium (VI) from aqueous solution by using natural lotus seedpods as raw material and urea as nitrogen source through hydrothermal method. LSBC-NH2 showed a very thin sheet structure with rough porous surface and cluster structure and good thermal stability. Kinetics, isotherms and thermodynamics studies demonstrated that the adsorption of uranium (VI) by LSBC-NH2 was a spontaneous, endothermic, and single-layer chemisorption process, and the maximum uranium (VI) adsorption capacity on LSBC-NH2 could reach 367.99 mg g−1. Adsorption mechanism showed that the adsorption process of LSBC-NH2 for uranium (VI)was involved in amino, carboxyl and hydroxyl groups in LSBC-NH2.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21966005) and Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation (20224BAB203005).

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    Jianqi Lv, Hongtao Xia, Qi Ren, Yang Wang, Yuting Liu, Zihao Feng, Yang Li, Yanjun Du & Yun Wang

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Lv, J., Xia, H., Ren, Q. et al. Hydrothermal fabrication of amino functionalized lotus seedpods-derived biochar for efficient removal of uranium (VI). J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 4075–4087 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09094-x

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