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A novel method to prepare a magnetic carbon-based adsorbent with sugar-containing water as the carbon source and DETA as the modifying reagent

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A novel magnetic heavy metal adsorbent was prepared via diethylenetriamine (DETA) modification on magnetic hydrothermal carbon, with glucose and sugar-containing waste water as the carbon source. The prepared materials were characterized by FT-IR, SEM, TEM, EDXRF, TGA, elemental analysis, XPS, and magnetic moment determination. In this paper, the adsorption mechanism of the modified and unmodified adsorbents was well discussed. Four kinds of waste water (watermelon juice, expired sprite, sugar-pressing waste water, and confectionary waste water) were employed to produce heavy metal ion adsorbents; the chemical properties of hydrothermal carbon derived from the proposed sources were analyzed as well. The maximum uptake capacity for Cu2+, Pb2+, and Cd2+ of the adsorbent produced from glucose was 26.88, 103.09, and 25.38 mg g−1, respectively. After 5 cycles, the adsorption ability was still well preserved. This work represents an efficient new direction for the treatment of heavy metal ions in water and the reuse of sugar-containing waste water.

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This study is supported by the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21436007), Key Basic Research Projects of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai (14JC1403100), and The Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning (ZXDF160002).

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    Yunjie Liu, Dezhang Ren, Zhiyuan Song, Xinyan Wan, Chuntao Zhang, Fangming Jin & Zhibao Huo

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Liu, Y., Ren, D., Song, Z. et al. A novel method to prepare a magnetic carbon-based adsorbent with sugar-containing water as the carbon source and DETA as the modifying reagent. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25, 13645–13659 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-1493-5

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