在全球范围内,水生生态系统中的锑(Sb)污染已成为关键的环境问题。强调迫切需要具有成本效益和用户友好的技术从水源中去除Sb化合物。在这项研究中,一种新型吸附剂,硒纳米颗粒(SeNPs),是使用PsidiumguajavaL.叶的水提取物(AEP)合成的,目的是从水溶液中消除Sb(III)。使用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)表征生物合成的SeNPs,能量色散X射线光谱(EDS),X射线荧光光谱仪(XRF),傅里叶变换红外(FT-IR)光谱,X射线衍射(XRD)拉曼光谱和X射线光电子能谱(XPS)剖析技巧。此外,在SeNPs剂量的影响下,系统研究了SeNPs对Sb(III)的去除效率,温度,pH值和可重用性。研究结果表明,吸附数据很好地拟合了伪二阶模型,而Sips模型证明了SeNPs在303.15K时对水溶液中Sb(III)离子的高吸附能力(62.7mg/g)。-22.59kJ/mol的放热焓变化和负吉布斯自由能变化确保了在所考虑的温度条件下吸附过程的可行性。SeNP上的表面官能团,如羧基,酰胺,羟基,羰基,和亚甲基显著促进吸附过程。此外,两个实际的Sb矿山废水样品中Sb的去除效率非常高,在48小时内使用1.5g/L的SeNPs达到近100%。这一结果强调了SeNPs作为高效修复来自水生环境的Sb的非常有前途的解决方案的潜力,由于其成本效益,易于再生,和快速摄取能力。
Antimony (Sb) pollution in aquatic ecosystems has emerged as a critical environmental issue on a global scale, emphasizing the urgent need for cost-effective and user-friendly technologies to remove Sb compounds from water sources. In this study, a novel adsorbent, selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs), was synthesized using the aqueous extract of Psidium guajava L. leaves (AEP) for the purpose of eliminating Sb(III) from aqueous solutions. The biosynthesized SeNPs was characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF), Fourier Transform-Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis techniques. Additionally, the removal efficiency of the SeNPs for Sb(III) was systematic investigated under the effects of SeNPs dose, temperature, pH and re-usability. The results of this study showed that the adsorption data fitted well into pseudo-second order model, while the Sips modeling demonstrated a high adsorption capacity (62.7 mg/g) of SeNPs for Sb(III) ions at 303.15 K from aqueous solution. The exothermic enthalpy change of - 22.59 kJ/mol and negative Gibbs free energy change assured the viability of the adsorption process under the considered temperature conditions. Surface functional groups on SeNPs like carboxyl, amide, hydroxyl, carbonyl, and methylene significantly facilitate the adsorption processes. Furthermore, the removal efficiencies of Sb in the two actual Sb mine wastewater samples were remarkably high, achieving nearly to 100% with 1.5 g/L SeNPs within 48 h. This outcome underscores the potential of SeNPs as a highly promising solution for efficiently remediating Sb from aquatic environments, owing to their cost-effectiveness, ease of regeneration, and rapid uptake capabilities.