Skip to main content
Log in

Adsorption of Basic Dyes Using Walnut Shell-based Biochar Produced by Hydrothermal Carbonization

  • Published:
Chemical Research in Chinese Universities Aims and scope

Abstract

Hydrothermal carbon(HC) was prepared from walnut shells, which are abundant in Northeastern China. The prepared HC was used as a precursor to produce nitric acid modified carbon(MC). The hydrothermal carbonization included dehydration and decarboxylation processes wherein the hemicellulose was completely decomposed and the cellulose was partly decomposed, with some oxygen-containing functional groups being produced. The aromaticity, specific surface area and pore content of the HC increased, but its polarity decreased. With 6 mol/L nitric acid and a modification time of 15 min, the specific surface area and pore content decreased, but the proportion of oxygen-containing functional groups on the surface increased significantly, thereby improving the dye adsorption performance. The adsorption of methylene blue and malachite green was best described by the pseudo-second-order kinetic and Langmuir isotherm models. The adsorption capacity of MC was determined to be much larger than that of HC.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Xu Q., Qian Q., Quek A., Ai N., Zeng G., Wang J., ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2013, 1(9), 1092

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Wang Q., Li H., Chen L. Q., Huang X. J., Carbon, 2001, 39(14), 2211

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Sevilla M., Fuertes A. B., Carbon, 2009, 47(9), 2281

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Regmi P., Moscoso J. L. G., Kumar S., Cao X., Mao J., Schafran G., J. Environ. Manage., 2012, 109(17), 61

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Libra J. A., Ro K. S., Kammann C., Funke A., Berge N. D., Neubauer Y., Titirici M. M., Fühner C., Bens O., Kern J., Emmerich K. H., Biofuels, 2011, 2(1), 89

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Manya J. J., Environ. Sci. Technol., 2012, 46(15), 7939

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Liu M. X., Chen L. Y., Zhu D. Z., Duan H., Xiong W., Xu Z. J., Chinese Chem. Lett., 2016, 27, 399

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Miao L., Zhu D. Z., Zhao Y. H., Liu M. X., Duan H., Xiong W., Zhu Q. J., Lv Y. K., Gan L. H., Micropor. Mesopor. Mat., 2017, 253, 1

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Suo L. L., Li S. J., Li Y. T., Zhang L., Zhang X., Chem. J. Chinese Universities, 2016, 37(11), 2043

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Sun K., Ro K., Guo M. X., Jeff N., Hamid M., Xing B. S., Bioresource Technol., 2011, 102(10), 5757

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Zhou Q., Duan Y. F., Mao Y. Q., Zhu C., Proceedings of the CSEE, 2013, 33(29), 10

    Google Scholar 

  12. Lisovskii A., Semiant R., Aharoni C., Carbon, 1997, 35, 1639

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Chen B. L., Chen Z. M., Chemosphere, 2009, 76(1), 127

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Li L., Lu Y. C., Liu Y., Sun H. W., Liang Z. Y., J. Agro-Environ. Sci., 2012, 31(11), 2277

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Pradhan B. K., Sandle N. K., Carbon, 1999, 37(8), 1323

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Nawaz F., Wang L., Zhu L. F., Meng X. J., Xiao F. S., Chem. Res. Chinese Universities, 2013, 29(3), 401

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Unur E., Micropor. Mesopor. Mat., 2013, 168, 92

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Reza M. T., Uddin M. H., Lynam J. G., Hoekman S. K., Coronella C. J., Biomass Conv. Bioref., 2014, 4(4), 311

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Liang F., Mao Y. L., Liu X. P., Chen S. T., Yan Y. S., Shao P. Y., Chemical Reagents, 2015, 37(1), 21

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Jiang L., Zhang C., Wei J. C., Tjiu W., Pan J. S., Chen Y. W., Liu T. X., Chem. Res. Chinese Universities, 2014, 30(6), 971

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Gao Y., Wang W., Pang Y. L., Cao L. Y., Guo Y. P., Zhao C., Chem. J. Chinese Universities, 2017, 38(12), 2156

    Google Scholar 

  22. El-Hendawy A. N. A., Carbon, 2003, 41(4), 713

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Qiao N., Yao D. M., Wang D., Sun Y. C., Tang Q., Chinese J. Environ. Eng., 2016, 10(7), 3841

    CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Tao Tian.

Additional information

Supported by the Scientific and Technological Project of Jilin Province, China(No.20140101008JC).

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Kang, C., Zhu, L., Wang, Y. et al. Adsorption of Basic Dyes Using Walnut Shell-based Biochar Produced by Hydrothermal Carbonization. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 34, 622–627 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-018-8018-0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-018-8018-0

Keywords

Navigation