Immobilization of NZVI in polydopamine surface-modified biochar for adsorption and degradation of tetracycline in aqueous solution

doi:10.1007/s11783-018-1066-3

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2018, Vol. 12

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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Immobilization of NZVI in polydopamine surface-modified biochar for adsorption and degradation of tetracycline in aqueous solution

Xiangyu Wang¹, Weitao Lian¹, Xin Sun¹, Jun Ma², Ping Ning¹(

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¹. Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
². School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China

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Abstract

Novel method for polydopamine (PDA) modified biochar (BC) with immobilized NZVI.

PDA/NZVI@BC exhibits significantly enhanced activity for tetracycline (TC) removal.

TC removal efficiency was increased by 55.9% compared with that of pristine NZVI.

The mechanism of tetracycline removal by PDA/NZVI@BC was proposed.

Polydopamine/NZVI@biochar composite (PDA/NZVI@BC) with high removal efficiency of tetracycline (TC) in aqueous solutions was successfully synthesized. The resultant composite demonstrated high reactivity, excellent stability and reusability over the reaction course. Such excellent performance can be attributed to the presence of the huge surface area on biochar (BC), which could enhance NZVI dispersion and prolong its longevity. The carbonyl group contained on the surface of biochar could combine with the amino group on polydopamine(PDA). The hydroxyl groups in PDA is able to enhance the dispersion and loading of NZVI on BC. Being modified by PDA, the hydrophilicity of biochar was improved. Among BC, pristine NZVI and PDA/NZVI@BC, PDA/NZVI@BC exhibited the highest activity for removal of TC. Compared with NZVI, the removal efficiency of TC could be increased by 55.9% by using PDA/NZVI@BC under the same conditions. The optimal modification time of PDA was 8h, and the ratio of NZVI to BC was 1:2. In addition, the possible degradation mechanism of TC was proposed, which was based on the analysis of degraded products by LC-MS. Different important factors impacting on TC removal (including mass ratio of NZVI to BC/PDA, initial concentration, pH value and the initial temperature of the solution) were investigated as well. Overall, this study provides a promising alternative material and environmental pollution management option for antibiotic wastewater treatment.

Keywords Biochar Polydopamine NZVI Modification Tetracycline

Corresponding Author(s): Ping Ning

Issue Date: 03 August 2018

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Xiangyu Wang,Weitao Lian,Xin Sun, et al. Immobilization of NZVI in polydopamine surface-modified biochar for adsorption and degradation of tetracycline in aqueous solution[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 2018, 12(4): 9.

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Fig.1 (a) Comparison of removal efficiency of TC by BC, BC/NZVI, NZVI, and PDA/NZVI@BC (C₀ = 20 mg/L; BC dosage= 0.76 g/L, NZVI dosage= 0.24 g/L and PDA/NZVI@BC dosage= 1 g/L (NZVI: BC= 0.24: 0.76); t = 298 K); (b) Comparison of removal efficiency of TC by BC/NZVI with different mass ratio (C₀ = 20 mg/L; t = 298 K)

Fig.2 SEM images of BC (a and b), BC/PDA (c), and PDA/NZVI@BC (d)

Fig.3 FTIR spectra of BC and PDA/NZVI@BC

Fig.4 XRD patterns of BC, BC/PDA, PDA/NZVI@BC, and NZVI

Fig.5 Full-range XPS spectra of PDA/NZVI@BC (a); the XPS spectra of C 1s from the surfaces of BC/PDA (b); BC (c); the XPS spectra of O 1s from the surfaces of BC (d); BC/PDA (e)

Fig.6 Parameters affecting the degradation of TC: (a) initial TC concentration (PDA/NZVI@BC dosage= 1.0 g/L; pH= 5.58; t = 298 K); (b) pH value (C₀ = 20 mg/L; PDA/NZVI@BC dosage= 1.0 g/L; t = 298 K); (c) temperature (C₀ = 20 mg/L; PDA/NZVI@BC dosage= 1.0 g/L; pH= 5.58)

Tab.1 Fitted data for removal of TC by PDA/NZVI@BC using a two-parameter pseudo-first order decay kinetics model

Fig.7 Conceptual model for possible degradation pathways of TC by PDA/NZVI@BC

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