Graphene oxide transport and retention in biochar media

Published by Elsevier Ltd..

This study explores the use of biochar (BC), an inexpensive filtration media, for removing graphene oxide (GO) contaminants from the aquatic subsurface environments. Mass balance approaches and column dissection tests were used to analyze the retention behavior of GO in a series of model fixed-bed columns as a function of ionic strength (IS) and flowrate. The column based on the biochar media (BC) displayed 3.6-fold higher retention compared to the quartz sand (control). To overcome the challenges of unfavorable electrostatic interactions between GO and BC, we used a facile functionalization strategy to modify the BC surfaces with nanoscale zero-valent iron (BC-nZVI). The BC-nZVI (5:1, w/w) retained 2.6-fold higher amounts of GO compared with bare biochar. Furthermore, the performance of BC-nZVI increased with decreasing values of IS, attributed to the attachment of GO to nZVI where nZVI was partially dissolved by the presence of higher chloride ion at high IS. A better GO retention (86%) at higher IS was observed in BC where the GO was primarily retained due to the higher aggregation via straining.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:264

Enthalten in:

Chemosphere - 264(2021), Pt 1 vom: 15. Feb., Seite 128397

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hasan, Md Sazadul [VerfasserIn]
Geza, Mengistu [VerfasserIn]
Petersen, Jacob B [VerfasserIn]
Gadhamshetty, Venkataramana [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

16291-96-6
7782-42-5
Biochar
Charcoal
E1UOL152H7
Graphene oxide
Graphite
Iron
Journal Article
Nanoparticle transport
Nanoscale zero-valent iron modified biochar

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 22.12.2020

Date Revised 22.12.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128397

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316022659