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Removal of polystyrene nanoplastics from water by Cu Ni carbon material: The role of adsorption
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Researchers developed a copper-nickel carbon material that removed up to 99.18% of polystyrene nanoplastics from water through physical adsorption, with the recyclable material maintaining approximately 75% removal efficiency after four reuse cycles.
Nanoplastics have attracted wide attention worldwide as a new potentially threatening pollutant, and they can cause harm to the organisms and pose threat to the water environment. Therefore, efficient removal techniques for nanoplastics are urgently needed. In this study, CuNi carbon material (CuNi@C) was prepared by hydrothermal method for the removal of polystyrene (PS) nanoplastics from water. CuNi@C was effectively adsorbed on PS nanoplastics. When the CuNi@C dosage increased from 0.1 g/L to 0.3 g/L, the removal efficiency of PS nanoplastics (10 mg/L) elevated from 32.72% to 99.18%. The images of the scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) spectra of CuNi@C confirmed the adsorption of PS nanoplastics on the CuNi@C. The fitting results of adsorption kinetic models and isotherms equations demonstrated that physical adsorption and monolayer coverage were the predominant mechanisms of the PS nanoplastics adsorption on CuNi@C. Thermodynamics analysis illustrated the adsorption of PS nanoplastics on CuNi@C was a spontaneous and endothermic process. The electrostatic attraction occurred in adsorption progress, and the removal efficiency of PS nanoplastics in the acidic system was generally higher than that in the alkaline system. CuNi@C can be recycled via washing and drying treatment and these CuNi@C comparable PS nanoplastics removal performance to the original ones. After four times cycles, CuNi@C can still remove ~75% of total PS nanoplastics from water. This study reveals that CuNi@C can be used as promising techniques for the removal of PS nanoplastics from the aqueous environment.
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