Removal of cadmium from wastewater using biofunctional reduced graphene oxide synthesized by Lysinibacillus sphaericus
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2023
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Lin, X.
Gan, L.
Owens, G.
Chen, Z.
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Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023; 383(135369):1-10
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Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic contaminant, which is ubiquitous in wastewater and poses a serious threat to the natural environment. In this study, biofunctional reduced graphene oxide (B-rGO) was synthesized using Lysinibacillus sphaericus and subsequently successfully used to remove 99.2% of 10.0 mg L− 1 Cd(II). Extracellular polymericsubstances (EPS) generated by microbes during the reduction of graphene oxide, here significantly enhanced Cd(II) adsorption. Compared to previous studies where only 34.2 and 50.9% of Cd(II) were removed using acommercial graphene oxide and green tea extract-reduced graphene oxide, respectively. The adsorption of Cd(II)by B-rGO was confirmed by advanced characterization techniques and adsorption was fitted well to the Langmuirisotherm and pseudo-second-order adsorption kinetic model. Furthermore, Raman spectroscopy showed that GOwas successfully reduced to B-rGO by L. sphaericus, whereas SEM revealed a rougher B-rGO surface due to EPSbinding. FTIR confirmed that the functional groups on the surface of B-rGO resulted from both rGO and EPS,which was also confirmed by XPS. A potential removal mechanism based on electrostatic attraction, ionexchange and complexation was proposed. Finally, the application of B-rGO was practically evaluated forwastewater treatment exhibiting a 65.9% Cd(II) removal efficiency.
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