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Efficient Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycling mediated by L-cysteine functionalized zero-valent iron for enhancing Cr(VI) removal

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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
卷 456, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131717

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Zero-valent iron (ZVI); L-cysteine (Cys); Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)); Electron transfer; Fe(III); Fe(II) cycling

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In this study, L-cysteine was successfully modified on zero-valent iron (ZVI) through a mechanical ball-milling method, leading to improved surface functionality and enhanced removal efficiency of Cr(VI). The modified C-ZVIbm showed a significantly higher Cr(VI) removal efficiency of 99.6% compared to ZVIbm (7.3%) within 30 minutes. The surface characterization revealed the formation of a-COO-Fe complex through specific adsorption of Cys on the oxide shell. The adsorption process followed the Freundlich isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic model. Electrochemical and spectroscopic analysis demonstrated that Cys facilitated the Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycling on the surface of C-ZVIbm, resulting in the reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III).
Herein, L-cysteine (Cys) was modified on zero-valent iron (C-ZVIbm) by using a mechanical ball-milling method to improve the surface functionality and the Cr(VI) removal efficiency. Characterization results indicated that Cys was modified on the surface of ZVI by the specific adsorption of Cys on the oxide shell to form a-COO-Fe complex. The Cr(VI) removal efficiency of C-ZVIbm (99.6%) was much higher than that of ZVIbm (7.3%) in 30 min. The attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) analysis inferred that Cr(VI) was more likely to be adsorbed on the surface of C-ZVIbm to form bidentate binuclear inner-sphere complexes. The adsorption process was well-matched to the Freundlich isotherm and the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. Electrochemical analysis and electron paramagnetic resonance (ESR) spectroscopy revealed that Cys on the C-ZVIbm lowered the redox potential of Fe(III)/Fe(II), and favored the surface Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycling mediated by the electrons from Fe0 core. These electron transfer processes were beneficial to the surface reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III). Our findings provide new understandings into the surface modification of ZVI with a low-molecular weight amino acid to promote in-situ Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycling, and have great potential for the construction of efficient systems for Cr(VI) removal.

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