Adsorption of phosphorus on lanthanum doped carbon films guided by self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystalline

Abstract

Phosphorus has been an important main reason for water eutrophication. Reducing the concentration of phosphate to prevent eutrophication is one of the crucial goals of sewage engineering and surface water management. For the first time, cellulose nanocrystalline was used as biomass template and tetramethoxysilane as mesoporous template. A highly efficient and selective self-supporting mesoporous composite membrane adsorbent was prepared by one-step method. The film material has a highly ordered chiral nematic phase structure. It adsorbed phosphate well. In batch adsorption test, through lanthanum loading, the adsorbent material can selectively adsorb phosphate, and the adsorption kinetics followed a pseudo second-order model, especially in the case of phosphate. At the same time, cellulose nanocrystalline doped with trace lanthanum have been investigated to achieve high phosphate adsorption performance. The effect of Lanthanum on flocculation of cellulose nanocrystalline was discussed, and the adsorbent material with the best adsorption performance was obtained. The adsorption isotherm Langmuir model of the adsorbent was more representative than the Friedrich model. In addition, the adsorbent was achieved a high adsorption capacity in the range of pH values between 3.0 and 7.0. Phosphate selectivity was also soaring. The mesoporous films adsorbent has the advantages of high cycle times, repeatability and easy separation from solution.