Incorporation of phytic acid into reed straw-derived hydrochar for highly efficient and selective adsorption of uranium(VI)

Hongtao Xia; Yuting Liu; Yang Wang; Zihao Feng; Qi Ren; Jianqi Lv; Yang Li; Yanjun Du; Yun Wang

doi:10.1515/ract-2023-0250

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Incorporation of phytic acid into reed straw-derived hydrochar for highly efficient and selective adsorption of uranium(VI)

Hongtao Xia , Yuting Liu , Yang Wang , Zihao Feng , Qi Ren , Jianqi Lv , Yang Li , Yanjun Du und Yun Wang

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Abstract

An innovative phytic acid modified reed straw-derived hydrochar composite (PA-C-RBC) was prepared by using inexpensive reed straw and non-toxic phytic acid for the removal of uranium(VI) from aqueous environment. Several characterization results showed that PA-C-RBC was rough and porous with a large number of hydroxyl, carboxyl, and phosphate groups. The uranium(VI) adsorption process by PA-C-RBC conformed to pseudo-second-order kinetic and Langmuir models, and the theoretical maximal adsorption capacity could attain 418.78 mg/g at pH 5.0. PA-C-RBC had 72.66 % of selectivity and 6772.99 mL/g of distribution coefficient for U(VI). Due to the strong chelating between the hydroxyl and phosphate groups on PA-C-RBC and U(VI), PA-C-RBC had excellent adsorption selectivity. These finding highlighted a high potential for removing U(VI) from aqueous solutions.

Keywords: uranium(VI); adsorption; reed straw; phytic acid; hydrochar

Corresponding author: Yun Wang, School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China, E-mail: wangyun@ecut.edu.cn

Funding source: National Natural Science Foundation of China

Award Identifier / Grant number: 21966005, 22366003

Research ethics: Not applicable.
Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.
Research funding: This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21966005, 22366003) and Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation (20224BAB203005, 20232BAB213032).
Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.

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Accepted: 2024-01-25

Published Online: 2024-02-09

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