Journal
BIOCHAR
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER SINGAPORE PTE LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s42773-022-00147-0
Keywords
Bismuth oxychloride; Biochar; Reactive red-120; Aqueous media; Oxygen vacancies; Adsorption mechanisms
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11864024]
- Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation [20202BABL214025, 20202BABL214010, 20212BAB214034]
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In this work, a BiOCl/BC nanocomposite with abundant surface oxygen vacancies was successfully prepared by a facile ball milling method. The nanocomposite showed excellent adsorption performance for removing RR120 from aqueous solutions. The effects of key adsorption parameters were studied and the adsorption data were well described by suitable models. The 50%-BiOCl/BC exhibited the best adsorptive performance, attributed to multiple factors.
Fabricating surface oxygen vacancies is considered to be an efficient method to improve the adsorption performance of sorbents. In this work, a bismuth oxychloride/biochar (BiOCl/BC) nanocomposite with abundant oxygen vacancies was successfully prepared by a facile ball milling method. BiOCl/BC nanocomposite was found to have excellent adsorption performance for removing reactive red-120 (RR120) from aqueous solution. The effects of key adsorption parameters, such as RR120 dye concentration, solution pH (2-10), and contact time were studied by batch adsorption test. The adsorption data were well described by the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms and pseudo-second-order kinetic models. The 50%-BiOCl/BC (50 wt% of BiOCl in composite) exhibited the best adsorptive performance (60%), much better than the pristine BM-BC (20%). The high adsorption capacity of 50%-BiOCl/BC (Langmuir maximum capacity of 116.382 mg g(-1)) can be attributed to the electrostatic effect, pi-pi interactions, and hydrogen bond. This work provided a facile method to prepare semiconductor assisted biochar-based adsorbents, which would also contribute to the advance of environmental remediation. [GRAPHICS] .
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