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Preparation of bagasse pith-derived biochar for high-efficiency removal of Cr(VI) and further hydrogenation of furfural

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Porous biochar was prepared from agricultural and forestry wastes to remove Cr(VI) in sewage, which solved the problem of water pollution and realized the reuse of wastes. Herein, in this work, the bagasse pith residues after alkali pre-extraction have been used as the raw material for preparing porous biochars (BPR-BC), which could be further used for efficiently purifying the simulated Cr(VI) wastewater. The results showed that the as-prepared biochars had an ultra-high specific surface area of 2745.7 m3/g and Cr(VI) removal capacity of 185.07 mg/g. The kinetic and isotherms studies were best described by pseudo-second-order model and Langmuir adsorption isotherm model, respectively. The thermodynamic studies showed that the adsorption process was endothermic and spontaneous. Furthermore, based on the concept of “waste to waste,” the Cr-contained waste adsorbent by doping Cu has been converted into a bagasse pith residues biochar supported Copper-Chromium catalyst (Cu-CrOx/BPR-BC) for further hydrogenation of furfural. The catalytic experimental result showed that the furfural 1 can be selectively converted into furfuryl alcohol (FOL) and difurfuryl ether (DEF) catalyzed by the prepared Cu-CrOx/BPR-BC catalyst, provided a new idea for the further utilization of Cr(VI) containing adsorbents.

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Abbreviations

BPR-BC:

Bagasse pith residues biochar

FAL:

Furfural

FOL:

Furfuryl alcohol

DFE:

Difurfuryl ether

BP:

Bagasse pith

η:

Removal efficiency

q:

Adsorption capacity

Co :

Initial Cr(VI) concentration (mg/L)

Ce :

The equilibrium concentration of Cr(VI) in the solution (mg/L)

SSA:

Specific surface area

qe :

The amounts of Cr(VI) adsorbed on BPR-BC (mg/g) at equilibrium state

k1 :

The rate constants of pseudo-first-order (L/min)

k2 :

The rate constants of pseudo-second-order (g/(mg·min))

qt :

The amounts of Cr(VI) adsorbed on BPR-BC (mg/g) at time t

t:

Time (min)

α:

The initial rate of adsorption (mg/(g·min))

β:

Is the constant of desorption (g/mg) in any one experiment

ki :

The rate constants of intra-particle diffusion (mg/(g·min0.5))

I:

Show the effect degree of the boundary layer around the BPR-BC adsorbent during adsorption

Qm :

Maximum amount of Cr(VI) adsorbed on BPR-BC (mg/g) as monolayer coverage

KF :

Freundlich constant (mg/g)

b:

Represents a Langmuir constant related to free adsorption energy (L/mg)

RL :

An essential factor of the Langmuir isotherm is the separation factor

R2 :

Correlation coefficient

ΔG°:

Standard Gibbs free energy (J mol−1) of Cr(VI) adsorption

ΔH°:

Standard enthalpy (kJ mol−1) of Cr(VI) adsorption

ΔS°:

Standard entropy (J mol−1 K−1) of Cr(VI) adsorption

Kc :

Equilibrium constant (L/mol)

R:

8.314 J/mol.K, the universal gas constant

T:

Adsorption temperature (K)

FA:

Furoic acid

DFE:

Diferferal ether

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundationof China (21968014, 22008097), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2019YFC1805904, 2018YFC1902102, 2018YFC1902105), and the Analysis and Testing Foundation of Kunming University of Science and Technology (No.2019T20170031, 2019M20182208063).

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    Dong Chen & Liang He

  2. College of Biomass Sciences and Engineering/College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China

    Shanshuai Chen

  3. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China

    Qingqing Guan

  4. Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China

    Rongrong Miao

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Chen, D., Chen, S., He, L. et al. Preparation of bagasse pith-derived biochar for high-efficiency removal of Cr(VI) and further hydrogenation of furfural. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 14, 1763–1780 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-02547-5

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