Biosorption of uranium(VI) from aqueous solution by dead fungal biomass of Penicillium citrinum
Biosorption of uranium(VI) from aqueous solution by dead fungal biomass of Penicillium citrinum
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DOI:
10.1016/j.cej.2010.10.068
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发表时间:
2011-05
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15.1
通讯作者:
Cui Pang;Yunhai Liu;Xiaohong Cao;Min Li;G. Huang;R. Hua;Caihua Wang;Yating Liu;Xiaoqiang An-Xiao
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作者:
Cui Pang;Yunhai Liu;Xiaohong Cao;Min Li;G. Huang;R. Hua;Caihua Wang;Yating Liu;Xiaoqiang An-Xiao
The ability of non-living biomass ofPenicillium citrinumhas been explored for the removal and recovery of uranium from aqueous solutions. The biosorbent was characterized by SEM, EDS and FT-IR. The influences of different experimental parameters such as initial solution pH, initial uranium concentration, contact time, biomass dosage and temperature on adsorption were investigated. TheP. citrinumexhibited the highest uranium sorption capacity at an initial pH of 6.0 and at 5 h. Biosorption capacity increased from 103.1 to 127.3 mg g−1with an increase in temperature from 298 to 318 K at an initial uranium concentration of 50 μg/mL. Adsorption kinetics was better described by the pseudo-second-order model and adsorption process could be well defined by both the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms, however, Freundlich isotherm displayed a better fitting model than Langmuir isotherm. The thermodynamic parameters: ΔG° (308 K), ΔH°, and ΔS° for sorption process were determined to be −20.48 kJ mol−1, 10.76 kJ mol−1, and 101.43 J mol−1K−1, respectively. The results presented in this study showed that theP. citrinumoffered great potential as a biosorbent to remove uranium ions from aqueous solutions.