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ACS OMEGA
Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 1612-1622Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c05566
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- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2019M653408, 2018M643482]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2019SCU12055]
- (Postdoctoral Foundation of Sichuan University)
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The study utilized activated AC@CNT composite to effectively adsorb NO3-N from wastewater, showing a maximum adsorption capacity of 27.07 mg.g(-1) and great potential for treatment of acidic wastewater.
Nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) is a common pollutant in aquatic environments and causes many environmental issues and health problems. This study successfully applied the activated AC@CNT composite synthesized by CNTs in-situ growth and post-treated by myristyltrimethylammonium bromide (MTAB) for NO3-N adsorption from wastewater. The results show that the highest NO 3 -N adsorption capacity of AC@CNTs-M was 14.59 mg.g(-1). The in-situ growth of CNTs gave a higher specific surface area and more mesoporous volume, while MTAB uniformly occupied part of the pore structure after the modification process. The AC@CNTs-M had more surface functional groups of hydroxyl and carboxyl, which are favorable for the adsorption of NO3-N. The NO3-N adsorption on AC@CNTs-M was best defined by the pseudo-second-order model, and the isothermal analysis shows that NO3-N adsorption is a multiple process with a maximum adsorption capacity of 27.07 mg.g(-1). All the results demonstrate the great potential of AC@CNTs-M for NO3-N adsorption from water, especially in acidic wastewater.
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