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Vinasse-based biochar magnetic composites: adsorptive removal of tetracycline in aqueous solutions

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Highly efficient and cost-effective adsorbents for antibiotic removal are the key to mitigate pollution by industrial wastewaters. Pyrolyzing low-cost winemaking waste into biochar is a promising means for waste biomass utilization. This study assembled vinasse-derived biochar with manganese ferrite into vinasse-manganese ferrite biochar-magnetic composites (V-MFB-MCs) through simultaneous pyrolysis of waste biomass and metal (Mn and Fe) hydroxide precipitates. Batch experiments were conducted to evaluate the kinetics and isotherms of tetracycline (TC) adsorption as well as the influence of pH value, humic acid, and ionic strength. Morphological characterization showed that crystalline MnFe2O4 nanoparticles were impregnated within the framework of fabricated V-MFB-MCs. Superior TC adsorption capacity and fast pseudo-second-order kinetics could be achieved by the V-MFB-MCs-800 at pH 3.0. The TC adsorption onto V-MFB-MCs-800 was highly pH-dependent and controlled by the positive influence of ionic strength and humic acid. V-MFB-MCs-800 showed excellent adsorption performance in different natural water. Multiple interaction mechanisms including pore filling effect, π-π stacking interaction, and hydrogen bonding contribute to TC removal by V-MFB-MCs-800, which can be an innovative biowaste-derived material for industrial wastewater treatment.

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This work is supported by the Hong Kong Scholars Program (XJ2018029), science and technology innovation leading plan of high tech industry in Hunan Province (2021GK4055 and 2020SK2019), Youth Science and Technology Talents Development Project of Guizhou Education Department ([2020]220 and 20XYBS18).

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  1. School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China

    Yujia Xiang

  2. College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China

    Yujia Xiang, Yuzhou Zhou, Bin Yao, Jian Yang & Yaoyu Zhou

  3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

    Yuqing Sun

  4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA

    Eakalak Khan

  5. School of Biology and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Synthesis and Environmental Pollution Control-Remediation Technology of Guizhou Province, Xingyi Normal University for Nationalities, Xingyi, 562400, China

    Wei Li

  6. Hunan Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Changsha, 410002, China

    Guihua Zeng

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YX: conceptualization, investigation, writing—original draft, writing—original revise.

YZ: investigation, supervision, writing—review and editing.

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YS: conceptualization, supervision, project administration, writing—review and editing.

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Xiang, Y., Zhou, Y., Yao, B. et al. Vinasse-based biochar magnetic composites: adsorptive removal of tetracycline in aqueous solutions. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 8916–8927 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19012-5

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