Iron-engineered mesoporous biocarbon composite and its adsorption, activation, and regeneration approach for removal of paracetamol in water

Ganesan Sivarasan; Velu Manikandan; Selvendiran Periyasamy; Mohamad S AlSalhi; Sandhanasamy Devanesan; Paskalis Sahaya Murphin Kumar; Raghavendra Rao Pasupuleti; Xinghui Liu; Huang-Mu Lo

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2023.115723

Iron-engineered mesoporous biocarbon composite and its adsorption, activation, and regeneration approach for removal of paracetamol in water

Environ Res. 2023 Jun 15:227:115723. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115723. Epub 2023 Mar 30.

Authors

Ganesan Sivarasan¹, Velu Manikandan², Selvendiran Periyasamy³, Mohamad S AlSalhi⁴, Sandhanasamy Devanesan⁴, Paskalis Sahaya Murphin Kumar⁵, Raghavendra Rao Pasupuleti⁶, Xinghui Liu⁷, Huang-Mu Lo⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, 41349, Taiwan.
² Department of Food Science and Technology, Seoul Women's University, 621, Hwarangro, Nowon-gu, Seoul, 01797, Republic of Korea; Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai, Tamilnadu, 600 077, India.
³ Environmental and Water Resources Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 036, India.
⁴ Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, 03722.
⁶ Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁷ Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Jangan-Gu, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea; School of Physics and Electronic Information, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, China. Electronic address: liuxinghui119@gmail.com.
⁸ Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, 41349, Taiwan. Electronic address: hmlo@cyut.edu.tw.

PMID: 37003548
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115723

Abstract

Three-dimensional multi-porous Iron Oxide/carbon (Fe₂O₃/C) composites derived from tamarind shell biomass were synthesized by a single-step co-pyrolysis technique and utilized for Paracetamol (PAC) dismissal in the combined adsorption, and advanced oxidation such as electrochemical regeneration techniques. The Fe₂O₃/C composites were prepared by different pyrolysis temperatures, and named as TS750 (without Fe₂O₃at 750 °C), MTS450 BCs (Low-450 °C), MTS600 BCs (Moderate-600 °C) and MTS750 BCs (high-750 °C), respectively. As-prepared Fe₂O₃/C composite was characterized by FE-SEM, XRD, BET, and XPS analysis. The specific surface area and the spatial interaction between the interlayers of Fe₂O₃ and C were significantly improved by increasing the pyrolysis temperatures from 450 to 750 °C, which improved the adsorption capacity of Fe₂O₃/C composites in terms of higher rate constants and chemisorption kinetics. The Pseudo-second-order kinetics model fitted in the adsorption test results of Fe₂O₃/C composites with the highest correlation co-efficiency. The Langmuir-isotherms model fitted in the adsorption test of the TS750 and MTS450 BCs. The Freundlich isotherms model is more fit with MTS600 and MTS750 BCs. Based on the isotherm results, the MTS750 BCs achieved 46.9 mg/g of maximum PAC adsorption capacity. The optimized MTS750 composites could be completely recovered by using an advanced electrochemical oxidation regeneration approach within 180 min. Also, with the adsorption and recovery process, the TOC removal rate improved to ∼79.4%. After the 6th cycle electrochemical oxidation process, the obtained results of the re-adsorption test showed the stabile adsorption activity of the sorbent material. The data outcomes herein propose that this type of combined adsorption and electrochemical approach will be useful in commercial water treatment plants.

Keywords: Adsorption and electrochemical regeneration; Fe(2)O(3)/C composite; Graphite sheet electrode; Paracetamol removal; Tamarind shell biomass.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acetaminophen
Adsorption
Carbon
Iron / chemistry
Kinetics
Water Pollutants, Chemical* / analysis
Water Purification* / methods

Substances

Iron
Acetaminophen
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Carbon