Engineering a sustainable cadmium sulfide/polyethyleneimine-functionalized biochar/chitosan composite for effective chromium adsorption: optimization, co-interfering anions, and mechanisms
Abdelazeem S. Eltaweil, Nouf F. Al‐Harby, Mervette El Batouti, Eman M. Abd El-Monaem
Abstract
A novel eco-friendly adsorbent was fabricated by mixing mushroom-derived cadmium sulfide and polyethyleneimine-functionalized biochar that was fabricated from coffee waste with a chitosan biopolymer.
Topics & Concepts
BiocharBiopolymerChitosanAdsorptionChromiumComposite numberCadmiumSulfideChemistryEnvironmentally friendlyCadmium sulfideChemical engineeringHexavalent chromiumMaterials scienceInorganic chemistryOrganic chemistryPolymerComposite materialBiologyEcologyEngineeringPyrolysisAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalExtraction and Separation ProcessesSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication