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Novel Magnetic Pomelo Peel Biochar for Enhancing Pb(II) And Cu(II) Adsorption: Performance and Mechanism

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A novel magnetic pomelo peel biochar (MPPB) was prepared by hydrothermal pretreatment coupled with pyrolysis at 550 °C. Batch experiments were employed to investigate adsorption properties on biochar for Pb(II) and Cu(II). FTIR, SEM, XRD, XPS, and zeta potential were applied to characterize the biochar. The surface morphology of MPPB was rough, loose, and negatively charged and contained carboxyl and hydroxyl functional groups, which were favorable for adsorption. The MPPB showed excellent adsorption performances for Pb(II) with maximum capacity (205.391 mg/g), and the maximum amount on MPPB for Cu(II) was 81.909 mg/g. Pseudo-second-order kinetic and Langmuir isotherm depicted well with adsorption behavior on biochar. It could be concluded that chemical complexation occurs during metal adsorption from change of the spectra of XPS and XRD. The competitive relation of coexisting cations with target metal inferred that ion exchange is not a key mechanism. Chemical complexation with functional groups and electrostatic attraction between MPPB and metals are the main adsorption mechanisms. The MPPB developed from pomelo peel was testified to be a potential adsorbent for water purification.

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51979104), Training Program for Excellent Young Innovators of Changsha (kq1802010, kq1802040), Science and Technology Planning Project of Hunan Province (2018RS3109), Hunan Province Engineering &Technology Research Center for Rural Water Quality Safety (2019TP2079), and Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (2020JJ5019).

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  1. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China

    Yaoning Chen, Yihuan Liu, Yanrong Chen, Yanxin Wu, Sha Wang, Zhen Peng, Ran Xu & Ziping Zeng

  2. Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, China

    Yaoning Chen, Yihuan Liu, Yanrong Chen, Yanxin Wu, Sha Wang, Zhen Peng, Ran Xu & Ziping Zeng

  3. College of Municipal and Mapping Engineering, Hunan City University, Yiyang, 413000, Hunan, China

    Yuanping Li

  4. Institute of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha, 410004, China

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Chen, Y., Liu, Y., Li, Y. et al. Novel Magnetic Pomelo Peel Biochar for Enhancing Pb(II) And Cu(II) Adsorption: Performance and Mechanism. Water Air Soil Pollut 231, 404 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04788-4

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