Sustainable and scalable in-situ synthesis of hydrochar-wrapped Ti3AlC2-derived nanofibers as adsorbents to remove heavy metals
- Submitting institution
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The University of Hull
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1399995
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.biortech.2019.03.010
- Title of journal
- Bioresource technology : biomass, bioenergy, biowastes, conversion technologies, biotransformations, production technologies
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- First page
- 222
- Volume
- 282
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- ISSN
- 0960-8524
- Open access status
- Exception within 3 months of publication
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2019
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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8
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Activated carbon and Ti3AlC2 nanofibres are currently used as adsorbents to remediate polluted water. However, these have limited capacity to take up heavy metals. This paper presents a novel one-pot hydrothermal reaction to produce hydrochar-wrapped nanofibres which show adsorption of Cd(II) and Cu(II) up to ten times greater than pure nanofibres. Importantly, the hydrochar precursors are sustainable waste biomass products such as sawdust, cellulose or glucose. The method is fluoride-free, scalable and both product morphology and adsorptive capacity are controllable. It is now being applied in the UKRI Circular Plastic Project (EP/S025537/1) to tackle the challenges of waste plastics.
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- Non-English
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