在这项研究中,研究了三种酸性矿山排水(AMD)源作为使用绿茶提取物(环保还原剂)或硼氢化钠(化学还原剂)合成铁纳米颗粒的潜在铁源。电导率(EC),总溶解固体(TDS),溶解氧(DO),氧化还原电位(ORP),离子色谱(IC),和电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)技术用于表征AMD,并根据可用性选择最合适的AMD样本。此外,使用还原铁的抗氧化能力(FRAP)和2,2-二苯基-1-吡啶-水合肼(DPPH)表征了三种茶提取物,并根据最高的FRAP(1152µmolFeII/g)和DPPH(71%)值选择最合适的环保还原剂。用XRD对合成的铁纳米粒子进行了表征和比较,STEM,ImageJ,EDS,和FTIR分析技术。该研究表明,使用选定的绿茶(57nm)和AMD产生的新型铁纳米颗粒在空气中稳定,由于绿茶提取物中含有的多酚的表面改性,而使用硼氢化钠(67nm)产生的纳米颗粒在空气中不稳定并产生有毒的上清液。两种基于AMD的铁纳米颗粒均可用作类Fenton催化剂,用于亚甲基蓝溶液的脱色。虽然氢硼化物合成的纳米粒子实现了99%的脱色,使用绿茶合成的纳米颗粒实现81%的脱色。
In this study, three acid mine drainage (AMD) sources were investigated as potential sources of iron for the synthesis of iron nanoparticles using green tea extract (an environmentally friendly reductant) or sodium borohydride (a chemical reductant). Electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), dissolved oxygen (DO), oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), ion chromatography (IC), and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) techniques were used to characterize the AMD, and the most suitable AMD sample was selected based on availability. Additionally, three tea extracts were characterized using ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazine-hydrate (DPPH), and the most suitable environmentally friendly reductant was selected based on the highest FRAP (1152 µmol FeII/g) and DPPH (71%) values. The synthesized iron nanoparticles were characterized and compared using XRD, STEM, Image J, EDS, and FTIR analytical techniques. The study shows that the novel iron nanoparticles produced using the selected green tea (57 nm) and AMD were stable under air due to the surface modification by polyphenols contained in green tea extract, whereas the nanoparticles produced using sodium borohydride (67 nm) were unstable under air and produced a toxic supernatant. Both the AMD-based iron nanoparticles can be used as Fenton-like catalysts for the decoloration of methylene blue solution. While 99% decoloration was achieved by the borohydride-synthesized nanoparticles, 81% decoloration was achieved using green tea-synthesized nanoparticles.