Arsenic is a highly toxic element and its contamination in water bodies is a worldwide problem. Arsenic adsorption with metal oxides/hydroxides-based adsorbents is an effective approach to remove arsenic species from ...Arsenic is a highly toxic element and its contamination in water bodies is a worldwide problem. Arsenic adsorption with metal oxides/hydroxides-based adsorbents is an effective approach to remove arsenic species from water for the health of both human beings and the environment. However, no material criterion had been proposed for the selection of potential candidates. Equally puzzling is the fact that no clear explanation was available on the poor arsenic adsorption performance of some commonly used adsorbents, such as active carbon or silica. Furthermore, in-depth examination was also not available for the dramatically different competing adsorption effects of various anions on the arsenic adsorption. Through the arsenic adsorption mechanism study on these highly efficient arsenic adsorbents, we found that ionic potential could be used as a general material criterion for the selection of highly efficient arsenic adsorbents and such a criterion could help us to understand the above questions on arsenic adsorbents. This material criterion could be further applied to the selection of highly efficient adsorbents based on ligand exchange between their surface hydroxyl groups and adsorbates in general, which may be used for the prediction of novel adsorbents for the removal of various contaminations in water.展开更多
Arsenic（As）-contaminated wastewater and groundwater pose a pressing environmental issue and worldwide concern. Adsorption of As using TiO_2materials, in combination with filtration,introduces a promising technology ...Arsenic（As）-contaminated wastewater and groundwater pose a pressing environmental issue and worldwide concern. Adsorption of As using TiO_2materials, in combination with filtration,introduces a promising technology for the treatment of As-contaminated water. This review presents an overview on the recent progress of the application of TiO_2for removal of As from wastewater and groundwater. The main focus is on the following three pressing issues that limit the field applications of TiO_2for As removal： coexisting ions, simulation of breakthrough curves, and regeneration and reuse of spent TiO_2materials. We first examined how the coexisting ions in water, especially high concentrations of cations in industrial wastewater,affect the efficacy of As removal using the TiO_2materials. We then discussed As breakthrough curves and the effect of compounded ions on the breakthrough curves. We successfully simulated the breakthrough curves by PHREEQC after integrating the CD-MUSIC model. We further discussed challenges facing the regeneration and reuse of TiO_2media for practical applications. We offer our perspectives on remaining issues and future research needs.展开更多
Arsenic is one of the most common inorganic contaminants in groundwater worldwide,mainly due to the release of naturally occurring arsenic from aquifer sediments（Amini et al.,2008;Li and Cai,2015;Rahman et al.,2015）...Arsenic is one of the most common inorganic contaminants in groundwater worldwide,mainly due to the release of naturally occurring arsenic from aquifer sediments（Amini et al.,2008;Li and Cai,2015;Rahman et al.,2015）.Naturally occurring arsenic exists predominantly in arsenate and arsenite species in groundwater.展开更多
基金supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of Institute of Metal Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.Y0N5A111A1)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.Y2N5711171)the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,State Education Ministry,China
文摘Arsenic is a highly toxic element and its contamination in water bodies is a worldwide problem. Arsenic adsorption with metal oxides/hydroxides-based adsorbents is an effective approach to remove arsenic species from water for the health of both human beings and the environment. However, no material criterion had been proposed for the selection of potential candidates. Equally puzzling is the fact that no clear explanation was available on the poor arsenic adsorption performance of some commonly used adsorbents, such as active carbon or silica. Furthermore, in-depth examination was also not available for the dramatically different competing adsorption effects of various anions on the arsenic adsorption. Through the arsenic adsorption mechanism study on these highly efficient arsenic adsorbents, we found that ionic potential could be used as a general material criterion for the selection of highly efficient arsenic adsorbents and such a criterion could help us to understand the above questions on arsenic adsorbents. This material criterion could be further applied to the selection of highly efficient adsorbents based on ligand exchange between their surface hydroxyl groups and adsorbates in general, which may be used for the prediction of novel adsorbents for the removal of various contaminations in water.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program (973) of China (No. 2015CB932003)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDB14020201)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41373123, 41425016, and 21321004)
文摘Arsenic（As）-contaminated wastewater and groundwater pose a pressing environmental issue and worldwide concern. Adsorption of As using TiO_2materials, in combination with filtration,introduces a promising technology for the treatment of As-contaminated water. This review presents an overview on the recent progress of the application of TiO_2for removal of As from wastewater and groundwater. The main focus is on the following three pressing issues that limit the field applications of TiO_2for As removal： coexisting ions, simulation of breakthrough curves, and regeneration and reuse of spent TiO_2materials. We first examined how the coexisting ions in water, especially high concentrations of cations in industrial wastewater,affect the efficacy of As removal using the TiO_2materials. We then discussed As breakthrough curves and the effect of compounded ions on the breakthrough curves. We successfully simulated the breakthrough curves by PHREEQC after integrating the CD-MUSIC model. We further discussed challenges facing the regeneration and reuse of TiO_2media for practical applications. We offer our perspectives on remaining issues and future research needs.
文摘Arsenic is one of the most common inorganic contaminants in groundwater worldwide,mainly due to the release of naturally occurring arsenic from aquifer sediments（Amini et al.,2008;Li and Cai,2015;Rahman et al.,2015）.Naturally occurring arsenic exists predominantly in arsenate and arsenite species in groundwater.
