Freezing/thawing Pretreatment of Dormant Spores to Increase the Cr(vi) Adsorption Capacity: Process and Mechanism

Overview

Journal RSC Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 Apr 15

PMID 35423259

Authors

Binqiao Ren

Luyang Zhao

Yanli Wang

Xiaoxiao Song

Yu Jin

Fengju Ouyang

Chongwei Cui

Hongwei Zhang

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Abstract

Hexavalent chromium is a widespread pollutant that threatens ecological and human health. However, its removal from the environment is limited by the high cost and energy consumption rate of current technologies. In this study, the Cr(vi) biosorption mechanism of spores pretreated by freezing/thawing was studied by batch experiments and surface chemistry analyses. The results indicated that pretreatment enhanced the spores' Cr(vi) removal efficiency. The cell surface, internal functional groups, and morphology of the freezing/thawing-pretreated spores (FTPS) before and after Cr(vi) loading were characterized by advanced spectroscopy techniques such as SEM-EDAX, XPS, FTIR, and FETEM analyses. The SEM and BET data showed that the surface of FTPS was rougher than that of untreated spores. The XPS data showed that FTPS bio-transformed Cr(vi) into Cr(iii). The intracellular localization of chromium was visualized by FETEM, and both surface and intracellular structures removed Cr(vi) following pseudo-second-order biosorption kinetics. The biosorption dynamics of Cr(vi) fit the Langmuir isotherm model describing a monolayer. These results suggest that freezing/thawing pretreatment of spores could lead to the development of a novel, efficient biomaterial for the removal of Cr(vi).

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