Ruichi Zhang,Yizhong Zhang,Ronn Goei,Wen-Da Oh,Zhao Zhang,Chao He
To realize sound disposal of hyperaccumulator harvested from phytoremediation , hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) has been employed to obtain superior hydrochar adsorbents for removal of phosphate and ammonium from water body. A series of hydrochars have been prepared under tuned HTC conditions to tailor hydrochar with desired properties. Generally, increased temperature and prolonged reaction time facilitated acidic oxygen functional groups on hydrochars, thereby improving adsorption capacity of hydrochar. In single solute system, a superior hydrochar, derived from HTC under 260 °C for 2 h, achieved a maximum phosphate and ammonium adsorption capacity of 52.46 mg/g and 27.56 mg/g at 45 °C, respectively. In binary system, synergistic adsorption was observed only in lower solute concentration , whereas competitive adsorption occurred under higher solute concentration. Characterization and adsorption kinetics suggested chemisorption may dominate the adsorption process , thus the adsorption capacity could be improved by tuning pH pzc of hydrochar. This study firstly demonstrates the sustainable utilization of hyperaccumulators into nutrients-enriched hydrochar as fertilizer for in-situ phytoremediation of contaminated sites with minimized environmental risks towards circular economy .
Lijuan Sun,Xueying Cao,Changyin Tan,Yueqiang Deng,Runzhong Cai,Xi Peng,Jia Bai
Root exudates are the most direct manifestation of the response of plants changes in the external environment. Therefore, based on non-targeted gas chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometry and metabolomics, the response of Sedum plumbizincicola root exudates to Cd stress was used to reveal the possible mechanism of resistance to or accumulation of Cd. The results showed that Cd significantly changed the composition and contents of S. plumbizincicola root exudates. A total of 155 metabolites were identified in S. plumbizincicola root exudates, among which 33 showed significant differences under Cd stress, including organic acids, amino acids, lipids, and polyols. Cd stress suppressed organic acid metabolism and lipid metabolism in S. plumbizincicola and significantly affected amino acid metabolism. There were 16 metabolic pathways related to Cd stress, among which arginine and proline metabolism, valine, leucine, and isoleucine biosynthesis, glycine, serine, and threonine metabolism, glutathione metabolism, and purine metabolism were the key pathways with the highest correlation, and were closely related to the stress resistance of S. plumbizincicola .
Carbon-based functional materials are deemed to be excellent candidates to adsorb contaminants from wastewater, yet their catalytic roles in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are still ambiguous. Therefore, four functional carbons (SPFCx) were fabricated in this study under various pyrolysis temperatures by using Sedum plumbizincicola (SP) residues (a kind of phytoremediation plant) as the precursors. Notably, SPFC800 exhibited the best adsorption capacity (qe= 26.081 mg g−1) toward bisphenol A (BPA) due to its having the largest specific surface area (121.57 m2g−1). By injecting peroxymonosulfate (PMS, 5.0 mM), BPA (10 mg L−1) could be completely removed within 70 min. More importantly, the BPA removal was stable and effective even in complex wastewater. Interestingly, radicals played minor roles in the SPFC800/PMS system, while nonradical mechanisms (i.e.,1O2and electron-transfer regime) were responsible for the BPA elimination, which was verified by quenching tests, solvent exchange experiments (H2O2→D2O), and electrochemical experiments. Overall, this work may provide a facile and green method for BPA contaminated-wastewater purification and promote the application of AOPs in environmental remediation.Keywords:peroxymonosulfate;pre-adsorption;degradation;nonradical oxidation