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Efficient Removal of Micro-Sized Degradable PHBV Microplastics from Wastewater by a Functionalized Magnetic Nano Iron Oxides-Biochar Composite: Performance, Mechanisms, and Material Regeneration
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Researchers developed a magnetic iron oxide-biochar composite capable of removing biodegradable PHBV microplastics from wastewater with over 98% efficiency. The material worked through a combination of surface adsorption and magnetic separation, maintained performance across a wide pH range, and retained over 92% removal efficiency after four regeneration cycles.
The co-occurrence of the synthesis of a functionalized magnetic nano iron oxides-biochar composite (MFe@BC) via impregnation-thermal pyrolysis and its use to remove micro-sized poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) microplastics from simulated wastewater was demonstrated in this study. The results showed that PHBV removal efficiency correlated positively with MFe@BC dosage, achieving an adsorption capacity of 13.14 mg/g and a removal efficiency of 98.53% at an optimal dosage of 1.5 g/L. Adsorption kinetics fit a pseudo-second-order model (R2 = 0.9999), and the isotherm followed the Langmuir model (R2 = 0.8440), yielding a theoretical maximum capacity of 31.96 mg/g. Characterization indicated chemisorption-driven monolayer adsorption via surface complexation and hydrogen bonding. Magnetic nano-iron transfer from MFe@BC to the PHBV surface imparted magnetic properties to PHBV, enabling synergistic adsorption and magnetic separation. Removal efficiency remained above 95% across pH 4-9 and COD 0-500 mg/L. Regeneration experiments indicated that the MFe@BC showed robust reusability, maintaining >92% PHBV removal efficiency after four adsorption-regeneration cycles. The results of this study may provide a feasible pathway for PHBV microplastic removal from secondary effluent, indicating that MFe@BC prepared in this study can be used for the removal of PHBV microplastics in a wide range of water bodies.
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