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A novel Biochar modified by Chitosan-Fe/S for tetracycline adsorption and studies on site energy distribution
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A novel wasted sludge-based Biochar modified by Chitosan and Fe/S (BCFe/S) was prepared for tetracycline (TC) removal from water. To investigate the similarities and differences in adsorption behaviors between Biochar and BCFe/S, characterization, kinetics, isotherms and thermodynamics were discussed. The studies on site energy distribution (SED) were also presented. The results showed that the maximum TC adsorption amount was 51.78 mg/g for Biochar, while it was 183.01 mg/g for BCFe/S-4. Meanwhile, electrostatic attraction, π-π stacking, pore filling, silicate bonding and hydrogen bonding were the main adsorption mechanisms for TC removal by Biochar. Besides above mechanisms, chelating and ion exchange were also accounted for adsorption mechanisms for TC uptake by BCFe/S-4. Moreover, SED results revealed that the surface of Biochar was more homogeneous while the surface of BCFe/S-4 was more heterogeneous at higher temperature. Findings of this work could offer valuable information in designing adsorbents and investigating adsorption mechanisms.
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“Liu etal. (2019b) modified BC by chitosan and FeS x for the TC removal, and the results showed that the maximum capacity of TC removal by BC and modified BC were 51.78 and 193.01 mg/g, respectively.”
From Review of organic and inorganic pollutants removal by biochar and biochar-based composites (2021) · cites this paper as Liu et al. (2019b)
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- Authors
- Liu, J., Zhou, B., Zhang, H., Ma, J., Mu, B., & Zhang, W.
- Affiliations
- Northwest Minzu University (CN)
- Lanzhou Jiaotong University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Zhang, Wenbo
- Venue
- Bioresource Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-12
- Volume
- 294
- Pages
- 122152
- ISSN
- 0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2974565486
- Semantic Scholar
- e04deaf76989fb7fa3e392e5b5cb341fb63a132c
- Cited by
- 250
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 47 · 2023: 47 · 2022: 49 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 18
- FWCI
- 9.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Bioresource Technology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Natural Science Foundation of China (51562033)
- Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province (18JR3RA370)
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (31920180049, 31920190074)
- Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CMAR-2017-5)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Keywords
- biochar, chitosan, tetracycline adsorption, wastewater treatment, site energy distribution, adsorption mechanism, electrostatic attraction, π-π stacking, chelation, ion exchange, sludge-based adsorbent, adsorption kinetics, adsorption isotherms, adsorption thermodynamics
- MeSH terms
- Adsorption, Charcoal, Kinetics, Tetracycline, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Chitosan
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