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. 2022 Jan 24:1–10. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s11814-021-1013-z

Nano-sized hematite-assembled carbon spheres for effectively adsorbing paracetamol in water: Important role of iron

Ton That Loc 1,2, Nguyen Duy Dat 3, Hai Nguyen Tran 1,2,✉
PMCID: PMC8786625  PMID: 35095157

Abstract

This study developed a new α-Fe2O3 (hematite) nanoparticles-loaded spherical biochar (H-SB) through the direct pyrolysis of glucose-derived spherical hydrochar and FeCl3. The optimal impregnation ratio (hydrochar and FeCl3) was 1/1.25 (wt/wt). H-SB was applied to remove paracetamol (PRC) from water. Results indicated that H-SB exhibited a relatively low surface area (127 m2/g) and total pore volume (0.089 cm3/g). The presence of iron particles in its surface was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy. The dominant form of iron nanoparticles (α-Fe2O3) in its surface was confirmed by X-ray powder diffraction and Raman spectrum. The crystallite size of α-Fe2O3 in H-SB was 27.4 nm. The saturation magnetization of H-SB was 6.729 cmu/g. The analysis of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy demonstrated that the C-O and O-H groups were mainly responsible for loading α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles in its surface. The adsorption study indicated the amount of PRC adsorbed by H-SB slightly decreased within solution pH from 2 to 11. The adsorption reached a fast saturation after 120 min. The Langmuir maximum adsorption capacity of H-SB was 49.9 mg/g at 25 °C and pH 7.0. Ion-dipole interaction and π-π interaction played an important role in adsorption mechanisms, while hydrogen bonding and pore filling were minor. Therefore, H-SB can serve as a promising material for treating PRC-contaminated water streams.

Electronic Supplementary Material

Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at 10.1007/s11814-021-1013-z.

Keywords: Adsorption, Hematite, Ion-dipole Interaction, Nanoparticle, Paracetamol, Spherical Biochar

Acknowledgements

The study was supported by The Youth Incubator for Science and Technology Program, managed by Youth Development Science and Technology Center-Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and Department of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City, the contract number is “37/2020/HĐ-KHCNT-VU” (30/12/2020).

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Nano-sized hematite-assembled carbon spheres for effectively adsorbing paracetamol in water: Important role of iron

Footnotes

Authors’ Contribution

Ton That Loc: Data Curation, Formal analysis, Project Administration. Nguyen Duy Dat: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing — Review & Editing. Hai Nguyen Tran: Visualization, Validation, Funding acquisition, Project Administration, Supervision, Writing — Review & Editing. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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