Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2024, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (9): 117-127.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2024-0001

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Study on preparation of nitrogen-doped biochar and its adsorption properties for methylene blue

WANG Ping1(), XU Rongsheng1,2(), SUN Dong1, SHI Xiaohong1, XU Wei1, LI Mei1   

  1. 1.School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,North Minzu University,Yinchuan 750021,China
    2.Key Laboratory for Chemical Engineering and Technology,State Ethnic Affairs Commission,North Minzu University,Yinchuan 750021,China
  • Received:2024-01-02 Online:2024-09-10 Published:2024-04-11
  • Contact: XU Rongsheng E-mail:w0917pp@163.com;xurongsheng6463@163.com

Abstract:

Biomass lycium chinensis stalks were used as raw materials,KHCO3 as activator,and urea as nitrogen source to explore the preparation of nitrogen-doped biochar.The morphology,structure,and surface functional groups of the produced biochar were characterized was performed using scanning electron microscopy(SEM),nitrogen adsorption-desorption instrumentation(BET),X-ray powder diffraction(XRD),Raman spectroscopy(Raman),Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR),and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS).And its adsorption behavior towards methylene blue(MB) in water was explored.The results showed that the optimal conditions for KHCO3 to activate Lycium chinensis stalks were as follows:mass ratio of 1∶2(Lycium chinensis stalks carbonized material and KHCO3),activation temperature of 800 ℃,and activation time of 1 h.The optimal conditions for doping urea on the surface of lycium chinensis stalks biochar(LBC) were as follows:mass ratio of 1∶4(LBC and urea),and nitrogen-doped biochar(LBC-N) was prepared by calcination at 800 ℃ for 1 h.The specific surface area of LBC and LBC-N were 940.29 m2/g and 1 169.78 m2/g,the total pore volumes were 0.57 cm3/g and 0.72 cm3/g,and the average pore sizes were 5.81 nm and 3.20 nm,respectively.All of them were mainly mesoporous biomass activated carbon materials.Under the corresponding experimental conditions,the adsorption capacities of LBC and LBC-N for MB were 542.02 mg/g and 639.20 mg/g,respectively.The Pseudo-second-order model,Intra-particle diffusion model and Langmuir isothermal model could well describe the adsorption process of MB by LBC and LBC-N.According to the physicochemical properties and adsorption experiments of nitrogenous biochar,the adsorption process of LBC-N on MB molecules was mainly a result of π-π interaction,hydrogen bonding,electrostatic attraction and other chemical effects,and the synergistic effect of physical adsorption by pore filling.

Key words: lycium chinensis stalks, nitrogen-doped biochar, urea, adsorption, methylene blue

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