文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Chen, Hanbo ¹ ; Gao, Yurong ¹ ; Li, Jianhong ¹ ; Sun, Chenghua ⁴ ; Sarkar, Binoy ⁵ ; Bhatnagar, Amit ⁶ ; Bolan, Nanthi ⁷ ; Yang, Xing ¹ ; Meng, Jun ² ; Liu, Zhongzhen ⁹ ; Hou, Hong ¹⁰ ; Wong, Jonathan W. C. ¹¹ ; Hou, Deyi ¹² ; Chen, Wenfu ² ; Wang, Hailong ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Foshan Univ, Sch Environm & Chem Engn, Foshan 528000, Guangdong, Peoples R China

2.Shenyang Agr Univ, Agron Coll, Shenyang 110866, Peoples R China

3.Minist Agr & Rural Affairs, Key Lab Biochar & Soil Improvement, Shenyang 110866, Peoples R China

4.Swinburne Univ Technol, Ctr Translat Atomat, Dept Chem & Biotechnol, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia

5.Univ South Australia, Future Ind Inst, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia

6.LUT Univ, LUT Sch Engn Sci, Dept Separat Sci, Sammonkatu 12, FI-50130 Mikkeli, Finland

7.Univ Western Australia, Sch Agr & Environm, Perth, WA 6001, Australia

8.Univ Western Australia, UWA Inst Agr, Perth, WA 6001, Australia

9.Guangdong Acad Agr Sci, Inst Agr Resources & Environm, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R China

10.Chinese Res Inst Environm Sci, State Key Lab Environm Criteria & Risk Assessment, Beijing 100012, Peoples R China

11.Hong Kong Baptist Univ, Dept Biol, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

12.Tsinghua Univ, Sch Environm, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China

13.Guangdong Green Technol Co Ltd, Foshan 528100, Peoples R China

关键词： Sorption; Heavy metal; Synchrotron; Density functional theory; Contaminated water

期刊名称：BIOCHAR （ 影响因子：11.452； 五年影响因子：11.452 ）

ISSN： 2524-7972

年卷期： 2022 年 4 卷 1 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Removal of antimonite [Sb(III)] from the aquatic environment and reducing its biotoxicity is urgently needed to safeguard environmental and human health. Herein, crawfish shell-derived biochars (CSB), pyrolyzed at 350, 500, and 650 degrees C, were used to remediate Sb(III) in aqueous solutions. The adsorption data best fitted to the pseudo-second-order kinetic and Langmuir isotherm models. Biochar produced at 350 degrees C (CSB350) showed the highest adsorption capacity (27.7 mg g(-1)), and the maximum 78% oxidative conversion of Sb(III) to Sb(V). The adsorption results complemented with infrared (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron (XPS), and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy analyses indicated that the adsorption of Sb(III) on CSB involved electrostatic interaction, surface complexation with oxygen-containing functional groups (C = O, O = C-O), pi-pi coordination with aromatic C = C and C-H groups, and H-bonding with -OH group. Density functional theory calculations verified that surface complexation was the most dominant adsorption mechanism, whilst pi-pi coordination and H-bonding played a secondary role. Furthermore, electron spin resonance (ESR) and mediated electrochemical reduction/oxidation (MER/MEO) analyses confirmed that Sb(III) oxidation at the biochar surface was governed by persistent free radicals (PFRs) (center dot O-2(-) and center dot OH) and the electron donating/accepting capacity (EDC/EAC) of biochar. The abundance of preferable surface functional groups, high concentration of PFRs, and high EDC conferred CSB350 the property of an optimal adsorbent/oxidant for Sb(III) removal from water. The encouraging results of this study call for future trials to apply suitable biochar for removing Sb(III) from wastewater at pilot scale and optimize the process. [GRAPHICS] .