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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 9, Issue 32, Pages 18641-18651Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02052g
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- National Key Research and Development Plan of China [2016YFC0501702, 2017YFC0504504]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41571225]
- Science and technology Service Network Initiative of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [KFJ-STS-ZDTP-012]
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Phosphate pollution of aquatic ecosystems is of great concern and requires the development of high-performance materials for effective pollution treatment. To realize efficient phosphate removal from aqueous solution, an easily separable magnetic (Fe3O4) Caragana korshinskii biochar/Mg-Al layered double hydroxide composite (denoted as FCB/MAC) was synthesized via two-step electro-assisted modification for the first time. Subsequently, the physical and chemical properties of FCB/MAC were characterized. Furthermore, the sorption mechanism for phosphate removal was investigated in detail. The results indicated that Fe3O4 and the Mg-Al layered double hydroxide were successfully embedded in the biochar matrix. Moreover, FCB/MAC exhibited a high phosphate adsorption capacity and excellent magnetic properties for easy recovery. The maximum phosphate sorption capacity of FCB/MAC was 252.88 mg g(-1), which is much higher than the capacities of most magnetic phosphate adsorbents. In addition, the adsorption kinetics and isotherms indicated that phosphate adsorption by FCB/MAC was controlled by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and the Langmuir-Freundlich isotherm model. The phosphate adsorption mechanism involves anion exchange, electrostatic attraction, and ligand exchange. After five adsorption-desorption cycles, the phosphate adsorption capacity of FCB/MAC was 25.71 mg g(-1) with 51.43% removal efficiency and high recyclability. Thus, the composite prepared in this study is a promising adsorbent for phosphate removal from aqueous solution, and this work provides an excellent reference for constructing novel biochar-based phosphate adsorbents.
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