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Synergistic effect of hydrogen bonding and π-π interaction for enhanced adsorption of rhodamine B from water using corn straw biochar

2023; Elsevier BV; Volume: 320; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121060

1873-6424

Songjun Guo, Zhiyuan Zou, Yang Chen, Xinxin Long, Meng Liu, Xiaoping Li, Jihua Tan, Rongzhi Chen,

Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal

Dyes adsorption to biochar via hydrogen bonding, and π-π interaction alone have attracted much research attention, however, their synergism in adsorption mechanisms remains largely unnoticed. The synergistic effects of the hydrogen bonding and π-π interaction might improve the adsorption capacity and need more understanding to prepare high-capacity biochar. In this work, we evaluated the adsorption of various dyes on biochar prepared via the activation of potassium bicarbonate and urea (named BC-KN) to explore their synergistic effects. Batch experiments indicated the BC-KN showed a high adsorption capacity to rhodamine B at 4839.0 mg/g, azure B at 4477.7 mg/g, and methylene blue at 2223.0 mg/g, respectively. The mechanism of such significant adsorption was investigated by their comparative experiments, characterizations, and computational analyses. The computational analyses suggested that the synergism of the hydrogen bonding and π-π interaction improves the adsorption energies of BC-KN/RhB system from −10.35 kcal/mol to −20.49 kcal/mol. It can be concluded that the hydrogen bonding and π-π interaction can synergize to significantly improve the adsorption by increasing the π-electron density and shortening the distance of aromatic rings, thus dyes with H-donor show significantly better adsorption capacities. The insight of hydrogen bonding being the governing factor in the synergistic system will help produce high-capacity biochar in removing aromatic dyes and suggest a sustainable technology for the efficient decolorization of dye effluent to minimize its damage to the health and environment.