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Scientific Reports, volume 13, issue 1, publication number 2020

Fabrication of biochar derived from different types of feedstocks as an efficient adsorbent for soil heavy metal removal

Burachevskaya Marina 1
Minkina Tatiana 1
Bauer Tatiana 1
Lobzenko Ilya 1
Fedorenko Alexey 1
Mazarji Mahmoud 1
Sushkova Svetlana 1
Mandzhieva Saglara 1
Nazarenko Alexander 2
Butova Vera 1
Wong Ming Hung 3
Rajput Vishnu D. 1
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Consortium On Health, Environment, Education, and Research (CHEER), and Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, China
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2023-02-03
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Impact factor4.6
ISSN20452322
Multidisciplinary
Abstract

For effective soil remediation, it is vital to apply environmentally friendly and cost-effective technologies following the notion of green sustainable development. In the context of recycling waste and preserving nutrients in the soil, biochar production and utilization have become widespread. There is an urgent need to develop high-efficiency biochar-based sorbents for pollution removal from soil. This research examined the efficacy of soil remediation using biochar made from three distinct sources: wood, and agricultural residues (sunflower and rice husks). The generated biochars were characterized by SEM/SCEM, XRF, XRD, FTIR, BET Specific Surface Area, and elemental compositions. The presence of hydroxyl and phenolic functional groups and esters in wood, sunflower and rice husk biochar were noted. The total volume of pores was in the following descending order: rice husk > wood > sunflower husk. However, wood biochar had more thermally stable, heterogeneous, irregular-shaped pores than other samples. Adsorption of soil-heavy metals into biochars differed depending on the type of adsorbent, according to data derived from distribution coefficients, sorption degree, Freundlich, and Langmuir adsorption models. The input of biochars to Calcaric Fluvic Arenosol increased its adsorption ability under contamination by Cu(II), Zn(II), and Pb(II) in the following order: wood > rice husk > sunflower husk. The addition of sunflower husk, wood, and rice husk biochar to the soil led to an increase in the removal efficiency of metals in all cases (more than 77%). The increase in the percentage adsorption of Cu and Pb was 9–19%, of Zn was 11–21%. The present results indicated that all biochars functioned well as an absorbent for removing heavy metals from soils. The tailor-made surface chemistry properties and the high sorption efficiency of the biochar from sunflower and rice husks could potentially be used for soil remediation.

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Burachevskaya M. et al. Fabrication of biochar derived from different types of feedstocks as an efficient adsorbent for soil heavy metal removal // Scientific Reports. 2023. Vol. 13. No. 1. 2020
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Burachevskaya M., Minkina T., Bauer T., Lobzenko I., Fedorenko A., Mazarji M., Sushkova S., Mandzhieva S., Nazarenko A., Butova V., Wong M. H., Rajput V. D. Fabrication of biochar derived from different types of feedstocks as an efficient adsorbent for soil heavy metal removal // Scientific Reports. 2023. Vol. 13. No. 1. 2020
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1038/s41598-023-27638-9
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41598-023-27638-9
TI - Fabrication of biochar derived from different types of feedstocks as an efficient adsorbent for soil heavy metal removal
T2 - Scientific Reports
AU - Burachevskaya, Marina
AU - Minkina, Tatiana
AU - Bauer, Tatiana
AU - Lobzenko, Ilya
AU - Fedorenko, Alexey
AU - Mazarji, Mahmoud
AU - Sushkova, Svetlana
AU - Mandzhieva, Saglara
AU - Nazarenko, Alexander
AU - Butova, Vera
AU - Wong, Ming Hung
AU - Rajput, Vishnu D.
PY - 2023
DA - 2023/02/03 00:00:00
PB - Springer Nature
IS - 1
VL - 13
PMID - 36737633
SN - 2045-2322
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@article{2023_Burachevskaya,
author = {Marina Burachevskaya and Tatiana Minkina and Tatiana Bauer and Ilya Lobzenko and Alexey Fedorenko and Mahmoud Mazarji and Svetlana Sushkova and Saglara Mandzhieva and Alexander Nazarenko and Vera Butova and Ming Hung Wong and Vishnu D. Rajput},
title = {Fabrication of biochar derived from different types of feedstocks as an efficient adsorbent for soil heavy metal removal},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
year = {2023},
volume = {13},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
month = {feb},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41598-023-27638-9},
number = {1},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-023-27638-9}
}
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