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Application of biochar from crop residues for the removal of lead and copper José M. De la Rosa 1 , Águeda Sánchez-Martín 1 , María L. Sánchez-Martín 1 , Nikolas Hagemann 2,3 , Heike Knicker 1 , and Paloma Campos 1* (1) Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS-CSIC), Reina Mercedes 10, 41012, Seville, Spain, (2) Agroscope Zurich, Reckenholzstr. 191, Zurich, Switzerland, (3) Ithaka Institute, Arbaz, Switzerland. * [email protected] Acknowledgements: The former Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINEICO) and AEI/FEDER are thanked for funding the projects CGL2016-76498-R and CGL2015-64811-P. MINEICO is also thanked for funding the “Ramón y Cajal” post-doctoral contract of José M. De la Rosa. P. Campos thanks the “Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno” for funding her PhD. Due to the chemical composition and surface properties of biochar, a C-rich porous material produced by pyrolysis of biomass, it can act as an effective tool for the remediation of soils polluted with trace elements [1, 2]. However, its capacity to sorb these contaminants in a solution varies considerably depend on pyrolysis conditions, but also on the feedstock. Biochar properties vary with feedstock, pyrolysis temperature and time of pyrolysis [3]. Objective: to evaluate the capacity of biochars from two crop residues to sorb Pb 2+ and Cu 2+ . INTRODUCTION MATERIALS AND METHODS RESULTS CONCLUSIONS References: [1] Uchimiya, M.; Klasson, K.T.; Wartelle, L.H.; Lima, I.M.; 2011. Chemosphere 82, 1438-1447. [2] Zhao, J., Shen, X.-J., Domene, X., Alcañiz, J.-M., Liao, X., Palet, C., 2019. Sci. Rep. 9, 9869. [3] Campos, P., Miller, A.Z., Knicker, H., Costa-Pereira, Merino, A., De la Rosa, J.M., 2020. J. Waste Manag. 105, 256-267. 00 20 40 60 80 100 120 0 2 4 6 % Removal Cu 2+ concentration (mM) % Removal of Cu 2+ by biochars 2. Batch adsorption experiments 00 20 40 60 80 100 120 0 2 4 6 % Removal Pb 2+ concentration (mM) % Removal of Pb 2+ by biochars 0 5 10 15 20 25 0 2 4 6 q e (mg/g) Cu 2+ concentration (mM) Capacity of adsorbents 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 0 2 4 6 q e (mg/g) Pb 2+ concentration (mM) Capacity of adsorbents High SSA-BET was not related with high adsorption capacity of the biochars. It may be more related to the total acidity. CWB, followed by RHB, showed the greatest capacity for adsorption of Cu 2+ and Pb 2+ . OPB showed the greatest SSA-BET, whereas it also showed the lowest % of removal for both cations. OPB showed few acid sites (only 0.17 meq g -1 ), related with low oxygen content and very low O/C at ratio. Langmuir model well fitted data of RHB and CWB, whereas Freundlich and Temkin fitted better adsorption data in OPB. 1081 1366 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 2881 1060 1550 1430 742 468 805 873 CWB RHB OPB 3700 3300 2964 O-H vibr. 1690 Aromatic C=C bending Alkene C=C stretching Aromatic C=C skeletal vibr. 960 Si-O-Si vibr. C-O strectching vibr. Graphite moieties CO 3 2- out-of-plane C-H aromatic out of the plane C-O-C skeletal vibr. Aliphatic C-H stretching TC (%) TH (%) TN (%) O (%) H/C at O/C at C/N Ash content (%) CWB 75.7 ± 0.3 1.80 ± 0.02 0.30 ± 0.06 18.7 0.3 0.19 252 3.5 ± 0.7 RHB 53.7 ± 0.1 1.61 ± 0.02 0.51 ± 0.24 9.48 0.4 0.13 106 34.7 ± 0.5 OPB 92.7 ± 0.2 2.52 ± 0.06 0.16 ± 0.09 3.58 0.3 0.03 585 1.0 ± 0.3 pH WHC (%) SSA-BET (CO 2 , m 2 g -1 ) Iodine Index Total basicity (meq g -1 ) Total acidity (meq g -1 ) CWB 9.95 ± 0.18 243 ± 39 403 149 0.95 1.69 RHB 10.10 ± 0.01 595 ± 22 292 180 0.51 1.70 OPB 9.34 ± 0.09 70 ± 13 473 123 0.05 0.17 1. Biochar characterization Table 2. Physical and chemical characteristics and Surface properties of biochars. Table 1. Elemental analysis and ash content (%) of biochars. RHB -100 0 100 200 300 ppm Alkyl O/N Alkyl Aryl Carboxyl/amide OPB * * a) b) c) d) Figure 2. % of removal of Cu 2+ and Pb 2+ by biochars (a and b) and capacity of adsorbents (c and d). Figure 1. 13 C-NMR (a) and FT-IR (b) spectra of the studied biochars. (*) Spinning size bands. b) a) TC > 50 % for all biochars. Biochars showed high aromaticity. Greater SSA-BET measured with CO 2 for OPB and CWB than RHB. Greater basic and acid sites for RHB and CWB than OPB. % Removal of the studied cations in the following order: CWB>RHB>OPB. Langmuir isotherm fitted well for RHB and CWB for both cations. Temkin and Freundlich fitted Cu 2+ and Pb 2+ adsorption for OPB, respectively. Continuously feed reactor Pyreka reactor 500 °C 12 min N 2 flux Certified wood biochar produced by Swiss Biochar 620 °C 20 min No inert gas Rice husk (RHB) Olive pit (OPB) Wood chips (CWB) Elemental composition pH, Water Holding Capacity (WHC) SSA-BET, iodine number, total acid and basid sites FT-IR, 13 C-NMR Biochar 20 mg 20 mL 48 h, 25 rpm Centrifugation & filtration (0.45 μm) ICP-OES Supernatant Initial conc. Cu 2+ /Pb 2+ : 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1, 2 and 5 mM OPB RHB CWB CWB

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Application of biochar from crop residues for the removal of lead and copperJosé M. De la Rosa1, Águeda Sánchez-Martín1, María L. Sánchez-Martín1, Nikolas Hagemann2,3, Heike Knicker1, and Paloma Campos1*

(1) Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS-CSIC), Reina Mercedes 10, 41012, Seville, Spain, (2) Agroscope Zurich, Reckenholzstr. 191, Zurich, Switzerland, (3) Ithaka Institute, Arbaz, Switzerland.

* [email protected]

Acknowledgements:The former Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINEICO) and AEI/FEDER are thanked for funding the projects CGL2016-76498-R and CGL2015-64811-P. MINEICO is also thanked for funding the “Ramón y Cajal” post-doctoral contract of José M. De la Rosa. P. Campos thanks the “Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno” for funding her PhD.

Due to the chemical composition and surface properties of biochar, aC-rich porous material produced by pyrolysis of biomass, it can act asan effective tool for the remediation of soils polluted with traceelements [1, 2]. However, its capacity to sorb these contaminants in asolution varies considerably depend on pyrolysis conditions, but alsoon the feedstock. Biochar properties vary with feedstock, pyrolysistemperature and time of pyrolysis [3].

Objective: to evaluate the capacity of biochars from two crop residuesto sorb Pb2+ and Cu2+.

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS

CONCLUSIONS

References:[1] Uchimiya, M.; Klasson, K.T.; Wartelle, L.H.; Lima, I.M.; 2011. Chemosphere 82, 1438-1447.[2] Zhao, J., Shen, X.-J., Domene, X., Alcañiz, J.-M., Liao, X., Palet, C., 2019. Sci. Rep. 9, 9869.[3] Campos, P., Miller, A.Z., Knicker, H., Costa-Pereira, Merino, A., De la Rosa, J.M., 2020. J. Waste Manag. 105, 256-267.

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• CWB, followed by RHB, showed the greatest capacity for adsorption of Cu2+ and Pb2+.

• OPB showed the greatest SSA-BET, whereas it also showed the lowest % of removal

for both cations. OPB showed few acid sites (only 0.17 meq g-1), related with low

oxygen content and very low O/Cat ratio.

• Langmuir model well fitted data of RHB and CWB, whereas Freundlich and Temkin

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CWB 9.95 ± 0.18 243 ± 39 403 149 0.95 1.69

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Table 2. Physical and chemical characteristics and Surface properties of biochars.

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Figure 1. 13C-NMR (a) and FT-IR (b) spectra of the studied biochars. (*) Spinning size bands.

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• TC > 50 % for all biochars. Biochars showed high aromaticity.

• Greater SSA-BET measured with CO2 for OPB and CWB than RHB.

• Greater basic and acid sites for RHB and CWB than OPB.

• % Removal of the studied cations in the following order: CWB>RHB>OPB.

• Langmuir isotherm fitted well for RHB and CWB for both cations.• Temkin and Freundlich fitted Cu2+ and Pb2+ adsorption for OPB, respectively.

Continuously feed reactorPyreka reactor500 °C12 min N2 flux

Certified wood biocharproduced by Swiss Biochar620 °C20 min No inert gas

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• Elemental composition• pH, Water Holding Capacity (WHC)• SSA-BET, iodine number, total acid and basid sites• FT-IR, 13C-NMR

Biochar20 mg

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Centrifugation & filtration (0.45 µm)

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