Removal of Cr(VI) by polyaniline embedded polyvinyl alcohol/sodium alginate beads − Extension from water treatment to soil remediation

Efficient nano-scale chromium (Cr) remediating agents used in the water industry may find their application in soil difficult because of the strong aggregation effect. In this study, a millimeter-sized PANI/PVA/SA composite (PPS) was synthesized by embedding polyaniline (PANI) into polyvinyl alcohol...

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Published inJournal of hazardous materials Vol. 426; p. 127809
Main Authors Li, Yangfang, Wen, Jia, Xue, Zhuangzhuang, Yin, Xiyan, Yuan, Li, Yang, Cuilian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.03.2022
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Summary:Efficient nano-scale chromium (Cr) remediating agents used in the water industry may find their application in soil difficult because of the strong aggregation effect. In this study, a millimeter-sized PANI/PVA/SA composite (PPS) was synthesized by embedding polyaniline (PANI) into polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/sodium alginate (SA) gel beads. Additionally, the PPS was used to recover hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) contaminated water and soil to study the remediation impacts and mechanism. Results showed that the PPS was an irregular sphere with a pore size of 24.24 nm and exhibited strong adsorption capacity (83.1 mg/g) for removing Cr(VI) in water. The Cr(VI) adsorption by PPS could be well described with the pseudo-second-order kinetics and the Redlich-Peterson isotherm model, indicating that the chemical reactions were the controlling step in the Cr(VI) adsorption process. PPS also exhibited excellent physicochemical properties (< 13 mg/L TOC release) and reusability (efficiency of 95.25% after four runs) for Cr(VI) removal. Soil incubation results showed that the 5% PPS (5PPS) treatment could efficiently remove 24.17% of total Cr and 52.47% of Cr(VI) in the contaminated soil after 30 days. Meanwhile, the water-soluble and the leaching Cr contents were decreased by 43.37% and 61.78% in the 5PPS group, respectively. Elemental speciation by XPS revealed that Cr(VI) removal from solution and soil proceeded mainly by electrostatic attraction, reduction, and complexation/chelation. The study implied that PPS could be a useful amendment to remediate both the Cr(VI)-contaminated water and soil. [Display omitted] •The first fabrication of PPS composite by embedding PANI into PVA/SA gel beads.•The PPS showed great potential in remediating Cr(VI)-contaminated water and soil.•The PPS also exhibited excellent reusability after four cycles.••Electrostatic attraction, reduction and complexation/chelation regulated removal process.
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ISSN:0304-3894
1873-3336
DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127809