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Improved biosorption of phenol using crosslinked chitosan beads after modification with histidine and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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The ability of chitosan beads modified with histidine and Saccharomyces cerevisiae using glutaraldehyde as a crosslinking agent (SC-HIS-CCBs) for the biosorption of phenol was studied. The surface of SC-HIS-CCBs was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis. Batch biosorption experiments using the SC-HIS-CCBs were then performed by varying contact time, solution pH (2.0 ∼ 7.0), and initial phenol concentration (25 ∼ 250 mg/L). The isotherm and kinetic data were fitted by suitable equations including the Langmuir, Freundlich, pseudo-first-order, and pseudo-second-order equations. Thermodynamic parameters of phenol biosorption on the SC-HIS-CCBs were calculated. Desorption of phenol from the loaded SC-HIS-CCBs was performed with NaOH solution. The biosorption capacity of phenol of 28.4 mg/g on the SC-HIS-CCBs at pH 2.0 and 313 K, determined by the Langmuir equation, indicated the promising potential of such modified chitosan biosorbents.

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    Ruey-Shin Juang

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Nguyen, M.L., Juang, RS. Improved biosorption of phenol using crosslinked chitosan beads after modification with histidine and Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Biotechnol Bioproc E 20, 614–621 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12257-015-0039-7

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