Nickel removal by biosorption onto medlar male flowers coupled with photocatalysis on the spinel ZnMn2O4

Author:

Chergui Ahmed,Madjene Farid,Trari Mohamed,Khouider Ali

Abstract

Abstract Ni2+ is a highly toxic above 0.07 mg/L and its removal is of high significance. The biosorption of Ni2+ onto medlar male flowers (MMF) was studied in relation with the physical parameters like pH, contact time, biosorbent dosage, Ni2+ concentration and temperature. The interaction biosorbent-Ni2+ was examined by the FTIR technique. The equilibrium was achieved within 40 min and the data were well fitted by the Langmuir and Redlich-Peterson (R-P) models. The maximum Ni2+ uptake capacity was 17.073 mg/g at 25°C and the Ni2+ removal follows a pseudo-second order kinetic with activation energy of 13.3 kJ/mol. The thermodynamic parameters: ΔS°, ΔH° and ΔG° showed that the biosorption was spontaneous and endothermic. MMF was used as a post treatment technique and the biosorption was coupled with the visible light driven Ni2+ reduction over the spinel ZnMn2O4. The effect of the pH, ZnMn2O4 loading and light intensity on the photoactivity was investigated. 77.5% of Ni2+ was reduced after ~140 min under optimal conditions. The Ni2+ removal reached a rate conversion of 96% of with the coupled system biosorption/photocatalysis is very promising for the water treatment.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Pollution,Waste Management and Disposal,Water Science and Technology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Environmental Engineering

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