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Enhanced Adsorption of Methylene Blue Using H2O2-Modified Hydrochar

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Recently, improving the adsorption capacity of pristine hydrochar by selecting an environmentally friendly, readily available, and low-cost modifier has become a research hotspot. In this research, the pristine hydrochar derived from sawdust (HTC) was treated using the H2O2, which was expected to get the modified hydrochar (HTC-H) with excellent properties beneficial for methylene blue (MB) removal. Compared to HTC, the HTC-H had higher surface area (increased by 11.20%) and larger CEC (increased by 11.80%); besides, the oxygen-containing functional groups of HTC-H was richer than that of HTC, evidenced by element analysis (higher O/C) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis. Because of the improvement of these characteristics, the MB maximum adsorption capacity of HTC-H increased by 45.70%. Moreover, MB adsorption kinetics of HTC-H fit well with the pseudo-second-order-model. In addition, MB adsorption capacity increased at both high pH and ion strengths. All the results showed the H2O2-modified hydrochar has a good application prospect in environmental applications requiring MB removal.

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This study is supported by the Anhui Science and Technology Major Project (201903a06020023); Natural Science Research Project of Colleges and Universities in Anhui Province (KJ2020A0049); Anhui Province University Top Talent Funding Project (gxbjZD2021069); The Science and Technology Project of Fenyang City (SF2022-03) and Commissioned R&D Project (ZHEP2021001, BOFA202007).

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  2. Anhui Zhenhao Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd., Fengyang, 233010, China

    Chengxia Chen & Jing Yang

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1. A novel hydrochar was obtained by H2O2 modification.

2. The H2O2-modified hydrochar has excellent property such as large surface areas, CEC and more oxygen containing functional groups.

3. The H2O2-modified hydrochar improved methylene blue adsorption ability by 45.70%.

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Wei, C., Li, F., Yu, Z. et al. Enhanced Adsorption of Methylene Blue Using H2O2-Modified Hydrochar. Water Air Soil Pollut 233, 422 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-022-05885-2

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