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Performance and modeling of Ni(II) adsorption from low concentrated wastewater on carbon microspheres prepared from tangerine peels by FeCl3-assisted hydrothermal carbonization

Publication . Díaz de Tuesta, Jose Luis; Roman, Fernanda; Marques, Vitor da Costa; Silva, Adriano S.; Silva, Ana P. F.; Bosco, Tatiane; Shinibekova, Assem A.; Aknur, Sadenova; Kalmakhanova, Marzhan; Massalimova, Bakytgul Kabykenovna; Arrobas, Margarida; Silva, Adrián; Gomes, Helder

The presence of heavy metals in the environment as a consequence of human activity is an issue that has caught the attention of researchers to find wastewater treatment solutions, such as adsorption. In this work, hydrochars and activated carbon microspheres are prepared from tangerine peels as carbon precursor and FeCl3 as activating and structure-directing agent in the hydrothermal carbonization, allowing to obtain hydrochar microspheres ranging from 50 to 3615 nm. In addition, a pyrochar was prepared by pyrolysis of the same precursor. The activated carbon shows the highest surface area (SBET up to 287 m2 g–1), but the basicity of the pyrochar (1.83 mmol g-1, SBET = 104 m2 g–1) was determinant in the adsorption of Ni, being considered the carbon-based material with the highest uptake capacity of Ni. Isotherm and kinetic adsorption of Ni on the most representative activated carbon microsphere, pyrochar and hydrochar microsphere are assessed by 10 and 7 models, respectively.

2022Journal article

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