Preparing Biochars from Cow Hair Waste Produced in a Tannery for Dye Wastewater Treatment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Characterization of Cow Hair Waste
2.3. Pre-Treatment of Cow Hairs
2.4. Preparation of Cowhair-Based Char Materials
2.4.1. The Carbonization
2.4.2. KOH Activation
2.5. Preparation of Char Materials by the Template Method
2.6. Characterization of Porous Carbon Materials
2.7. Adsorption and Regeneration Experiments
2.7.1. Adsorption Experiment
2.7.2. Desorption and Regeneration Experiment
3. Results
3.1. Properties Analysis of Cow Hair Waste
3.2. The Preparation of Biochars
3.3. Element Composition Analysis of Biochars
3.4. Morphology Observation
3.4.1. Morphology of CCMs
3.4.2. Morphology of KCMs
3.5. BET Analysis
3.6. Characterization
3.6.1. XPS Analysis
3.6.2. XRD and Raman analysis
3.7. Adsorption and Regeneration Experiments
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
Full Name | Abbreviation |
Cowhair-based char material-carbonization | CCMc |
Cowhair-based char material-activation | CCMa |
Keratin-based char material-carbonation | KCMc |
Keratin-based char material-activation | KCMa |
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Song, J.; Li, Y.; Wang, Y.; Zhong, L.; Liu, Y.; Sun, X.; He, B.; Li, Y.; Cao, S. Preparing Biochars from Cow Hair Waste Produced in a Tannery for Dye Wastewater Treatment. Materials 2021, 14, 1690. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14071690
Song J, Li Y, Wang Y, Zhong L, Liu Y, Sun X, He B, Li Y, Cao S. Preparing Biochars from Cow Hair Waste Produced in a Tannery for Dye Wastewater Treatment. Materials. 2021; 14(7):1690. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14071690
Chicago/Turabian StyleSong, Jinzhi, Yun Li, Yang Wang, Lei Zhong, Yang Liu, Xinyue Sun, Bo He, Yanchun Li, and Shan Cao. 2021. "Preparing Biochars from Cow Hair Waste Produced in a Tannery for Dye Wastewater Treatment" Materials 14, no. 7: 1690. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14071690