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High efficacy on diclofenac removal by activated carbon produced from potato peel waste

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In the present study, a novel porous carbon obtained by K2CO3 activation of potato peel waste under optimized conditions was applied for the first time as liquid-phase adsorbent of sodium diclofenac in parallel with a commercial activated carbon. The biomass-activated carbon presented an apparent surface area of 866 m2 g−1 and well-developed microporous structure with a large amount of ultramicropores. The obtained carbon presented leaching and ecotoxicological properties compatible with its safe application to aqueous medium. Kinetic data of laboratory-made and commercial sample were best fitted by the pseudo-second-order model. The commercial carbon presented higher uptake of diclofenac, but the biomass carbon presented the higher adsorption rate which was associated with its higher hydrophilic nature which favoured external mass transfer. Both adsorbents presented adsorption isotherms that were best fitted by Langmuir model. The biomass carbon and the commercial carbon presented adsorption monolayer capacities of 69 and 146 mg g−1, and Langmuir constants of 0.38 and 1.02 L mg−1, respectively. The better performance of the commercial sample was related to its slightly higher micropore volume, but the most remarkable effect was the competition of water molecules in the biomass carbon.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) for the financial support with the Post-Doc grants SFRH/BPD/93407/2013 and SFRH/BPD/84542/2012, respectively. The authors also thank FCT for the financial support to CQB and LAQV/REQUIMTE through the projects UID/MULTI/00612/2013 and UID/QUI/50006/2013, respectively. The authors thank Quimitejo for providing carbon CP.

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  1. LAQV, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal

    M. Bernardo, S. Rodrigues, I. Matos, M. K. S. Batista & I. Fonseca

  2. LAQV, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia da Biomassa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal

    N. Lapa

  3. IBB - Centro de Engenharia Biológica e Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal

    F. Lemos

  4. Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal

    M. K. S. Batista & A. P. Carvalho

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Bernardo, M., Rodrigues, S., Lapa, N. et al. High efficacy on diclofenac removal by activated carbon produced from potato peel waste. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 13, 1989–2000 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-016-1030-3

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