Nanostructured ZnFeZr oxyhydroxide precipitate as efficient phosphate adsorber in waste water: understanding the role of different material-building-blocks
Schneider M, Drenkova-Tuhtan A, Szczerba W, Gellermann C, Meyer C, Steinmetz H, Mandel K, Sextl G (2017)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2017
Journal
Book Volume: 4
Pages Range: 180-190
Journal Issue: 1
DOI: 10.1039/C6EN00507A
Abstract
In the recent years great effort has been made to find materials and technologies for removing and recycling phosphate from waste water. We herein present the detailed study on a nanostructured multicomponent material, which turned out to be a very efficient phosphate adsorber. The role of each constituent is carefully examined to understand the collaborative interaction of the components of the nanostructured adsorber. We found evidence that it is particularly the nanostructure of this material, which has a crucial influence on the phosphate adsorption performance, indicating a synergetic effect of the different components. Moreover, the adsorption mechanism was studied dependent on the concentration of phosphate, changing from a Freundlich/Langmuir-like behaviour to a BET-like multilayer adsorption of phosphate on the material. Our work demonstrates that there is high potential for discovering new adsorber materials for environmental applications through careful engineering of the chemical composition in close connection with the materials (nano) structure.
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Fraunhofer Institut für Silicatforschung (ISC)
Germany (DE)
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Germany (DE)
University of Science and Technology (AGH) / Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza
Poland (PL)
Universität Stuttgart
Germany (DE)
Germany (DE)
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Germany (DE)
University of Science and Technology (AGH) / Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza
Poland (PL)
Universität Stuttgart
Germany (DE)
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APA:
Schneider, M., Drenkova-Tuhtan, A., Szczerba, W., Gellermann, C., Meyer, C., Steinmetz, H.,... Sextl, G. (2017). Nanostructured ZnFeZr oxyhydroxide precipitate as efficient phosphate adsorber in waste water: understanding the role of different material-building-blocks. Environmental Science: Nano, 4(1), 180-190. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6EN00507A
MLA:
Schneider, Michael, et al. "Nanostructured ZnFeZr oxyhydroxide precipitate as efficient phosphate adsorber in waste water: understanding the role of different material-building-blocks." Environmental Science: Nano 4.1 (2017): 180-190.
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