Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 196, Issue -, Pages 355-363Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.07.047
Keywords
Biochar; Graphene; Sorption; Phenanthrene; Mercury
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31270544, 41473070]
- 863 Major Program [2013AA06A205]
- Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education
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A graphene/biochar composite (G/BC) was synthesized via slow pyrolysis of graphene (G) pretreated wheat straw, and tested for the sorption characteristics and mechanisms of representative aqueous contaminants (phenanthrene and mercury). Structure and morphology analysis showed that G was coated on the surface of biochar (BC) mainly through pi-pi interactions, resulting in a larger surface area, more functional groups, greater thermal stability, and higher removal efficiency of phenanthrene and mercury compared to BC. Pseudo second-order model adequately simulated sorption kinetics, and sorption isotherms of phenanthrene and mercury were simulated well by dual-mode and BET models, respectively. FTIR and SEM analysis suggested that partitioning and surface sorption were dominant mechanisms for phenanthrene sorption, and that surface complexation between mercury and C-O, C=C, -OH, and O=C-O functional groups was responsible for mercury removal. The results suggested that the G/BC composite is an efficient, economic, and environmentally friendly multifunctional adsorbent for environmental remediation. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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