Efficiency and mechanism of adsorption for imidacloprid removal from water by Fe-Mg co-modified water hyacinth-based biochar: batch adsorption, fixed-bed adsorption, and DFT calculation
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2024
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Ji, X.
Liu, Y.
Gao, Z.
Lin, H.
Xu, X.
Zhang, Y.
Zhu, K.
Zhang, Y.
Sun, H.
Duan, J.
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Separation and Purification Technology, 2024; 330(C):1-16
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In the study, iron (Fe, III) and magnesium (Mg, II) co-modified water hyacinth-based biochar (Fe/Mg–WHBC) to adsorb imidacloprid from water was prepared by using water hyacinth as raw material, and Fe and Mg salts as modifiers. The results showed that the adsorption capacity of Fe/Mg–WHBC (114 mg/g) was greatly improved, 15.34 times that of the unmodified water hyacinth biochar (WHBC, 7.41 mg/g). The imidacloprid adsorption of Fe/Mg–WHBC follows the pseudo-secondary-kinetics and Sips adsorption isotherm.
The mechanisms of Fe/Mg–WHBC adsorption for imidacloprid included surface complexation, hydrogen bonding, π–π interaction, electrostatic interaction, and pore-filling. DFT calculation indicates that surface complexation between the metal oxides on Fe/Mg–WHBC and imidacloprid has been the major adsorption mechanism. The Fe/Mg–WHBC had good adsorption efficiency for a variety of pollutants, environmental safety, stability, and reusability. Moreover, the adsorption efficiency pattern of Fe/Mg–WHBC for different target pollutants was verified by the DFT calculation on the binding energy of biochar to the pollutants.
The bench scale fixed-bed adsorption experiments indicated that the BJP model could better describe the dynamic adsorption behavior of imidacloprid in the biochar fixed bed. The penetration time was only reduced by 27.6% after five adsorption-regeneration cycles of the fixed-bed. Overall, this study demonstrated that the Fe/Mg–WHBC adsorption to remove imidacloprid from water could be potentially applicable in water treatment engineering.
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Data source: Supplementary data, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2023.125235
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