Green removal of pyridine from water via adsolubilization with lignosulfonate intercalated layered double hydroxide

In this work, lignosulfonate intercalated Mg2Al layered double hydroxide was fabricated by coprecipitation method, which was used as a functional adsorbent for removing pyridine from wastewater. The X-ray powder diffraction and Fourier transformed infrared were carried out to investigate the structure of the product. In the removal process, the as-prepared lignosulfonate intercalated Mg2Al layered double hydroxide sample exhibited good adsolubilization property for pyridine, with maximum capacity of 400.8 mg g−1 in initial pyridine concentration of 400 mg/l and the removal percentage achieved about 87.9%. In addition, the influence of pH, time, and initial concentration of pyridine on the adsorption capacity was also examined. Moreover, the adsorption kinetic followed the pseudo-second-order model. Furthermore, after regeneration, the adsorbent can still show high adsorption capacity even for 10 cycles of desorption–adsorption. It hoped that lignosulfonate intercalated Mg2Al layered double hydroxide can be used as adsorbent for the removal of organic pollutants in wastewater.