Abstract
Char-based adsorbents (char-FeCl3, char-FeCl2, and char-FeCit) derived from cotton textile waste (CTW) were synthesized by one-step low-temperature pyrolysis approach with different iron salts. The properties of the samples were conducted by BET, SEM, EDS, XRD, XPS, TEM, and FTIR. The results suggested that the surface areas of char-FeCl3 and char-FeCl2 were higher than those of char-FeCit. The presence of Fe2O3 as well as pyrolysis gas (HCl (g) and H2O (g)) could catalyze the formation of porosity. Meanwhile, FeCl3 showed the strongest catalysis effect to decompose cellulose to produce char. The pyrolysis process analysis was investigated by means of thermogravimetry-DSC. FeCl3 and FeCl2 could accelerate the breakage of cellulose structure whereas FeC6H5O7 was not beneficial to form char at low temperature as the incomplete decomposition of citrate. The adsorption property of Cr(VI) for the chars was evaluated. Adsorption processes were fitted well with the Freundlich model, and char-FeCl3 presented the best adsorptive capacity (70.39 mg/g). Thus, this low-temperature pyrolysis method was economical and technologically simplified as well as efficient adsorption capacity of Cr(VI) removal.
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Xu, Z., Gu, S., Sun, Z. et al. Synthesis of char-based adsorbents from cotton textile waste assisted by iron salts at low pyrolysis temperature for Cr(VI) removal. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 11012–11025 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07588-4
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