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Iron-modified biochar (Fe-biochar) has been widely developed to attenuate Cr(VI) pollution in both acid and alkaline environments. However, there are few comprehensive studies on how the iron speciation in Fe-biochar and chromium speciation in solution influencing the removal of Cr(VI) and Cr(III) under varying pH. Here, multiple Fe-biochar containing Fe3O4 or Fe(0) were prepared and applied to remove aqueous Cr(VI). Kinetics and isotherms suggested that all Fe-biochar could efficiently remove Cr(VI) and Cr(III) via adsorption-reduction-adsorption. The Fe3O4-biochar immobilized Cr(III) by forming FeCr2O4, while amorphous Fe–Cr coprecipitate and Cr(OH)3 was formed when using Fe(0)-biochar. Density functional theory (DFT) analysis further indicated that pH increase caused more negative adsorption energies between Fe(0)-biochar and the pH-dependent Cr(VI)/Cr(III) species. Consequently, the adsorption and immobilization of Cr(VI) and Cr(III) species by Fe(0)-biochar was more favored at higher pH. In comparison, Fe3O4-biochar exhibited weaker adsorption abilities for Cr(VI) and Cr(III), which were in consistent with their less negative adsorption energies. Nonetheless, Fe(0)-biochar mer

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Author

Lecheng Liu; Ping Sun; Youyuan Chen; Xiaochen Li; Xilai Zheng

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)