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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER INT PUBL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s41742-022-00432-7
Keywords
Nanocomposite; Fish scale biochar; Adsorption mechanism; Kinetics; Equilibrium
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- Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan under NRPU [10377]
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In this study, novel fish scale biochar (FSB) and its nanocomposite with zinc oxide nanoparticles (FSB/ZnO) were used to treat chromium (Cr (VI))-contaminated wastewater. Results showed that maximum Cr removal was achieved with FSB/ZnO, and the adsorption capacity of FSB/ZnO was much higher than that of previously explored materials.
Surface and subsurface water resources are polluted with various anthropogenic activities and exert deleterious impact on the ecosystem. In this study, novel fish scale biochar (FSB) and its nanocomposite with zinc oxide nanoparticles (FSB/ZnO) were used to treat chromium (Cr (VI))-contaminated wastewater. Batch scale experiments were designed by varying initial Cr (VI) concentration (25-200 mg L-1), interaction time (15-180 min), solution pH (2- 8), and dosage of FSB and FSB/ZnO (1-4 gL(-1)). The surface characteristics of adsorbents were characterized with Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) analysis and point of zero charge (PZC). Results discovered that maximum Cr removal was achieved with FSB/ZnO (98.70%) followed by FSB (59.40%) at optimum conditions, i.e., pH-4, 50 mg Cr L-1, and 2 g L-1 adsorbent dosage at equilibrium. The FSB and FSB/ZnO showed maximum adsorption capacity of 48.08 and 90.09 mg g(-1), respectively, which is much higher than many previously explored materials. The isothermal experimental results revealed best fit with Freundlich model (R-2 = 0.982), while kinetic effects were better simulated with Pseudo 2(nd) order (PSO) (R-2 = 0.999) than other models. It is anticipated that the composite (FSB/ZnO) has greater capacity to treat Cr-containing water in contrast to FSB.
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