Removal of toxic heavy metals from river water samples using a porous silica surface modified with a new β-ketoenolic host

Said Tighadouini (1) , Smaail Radi (1) , Abderrahman Elidrissi , Khadija Haboubi (2) , Maryse Bacquet (3) , Stéphanie Degoutin (3) , Mustapha Zaghrioui (4) , Yann Garcia (5)

1 LCAE - Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée et Environnement | Laboratory of Applied and Environmental Chemistry [Université Mohammed Premier Oujda]
2 Université Mohammed Premier [Oujda]
3 UMET - Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207
4 GREMAN - UMR 7347 - GREMAN (matériaux, microélectronique, acoustique et nanotechnologies)
5 MOST-Chemistry - Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences

A new hybrid adsorbent material for the efficient removal of heavy metals from natural real water solutions (Moroccan river water samples) was prepared by the immobilization of a new conjugated β-ketoenol–pyridine–furan ligand onto a silica matrix. The thermodynamical properties including pH, adsorption isotherms, competitive adsorption, selectivity and regeneration were studied to investigate the effect of ketoenol–pyridine–furan–silica (SiNL) on the removal of Zn(II), Pb(II), Cd(II) and Cu(II) from aqueous solutions. An increase in adsorption as a function of pH and fast adsorption was reached within 25 min. The maximum sorption capacities for Zn(II), Pb(II), Cd(II) and Cu(II) were 96.17, 47.07, 48.30 and 32.15 mg·g−1 , respectively. Furthermore, the material proved to be very stable – its adsorption capacity remained greater than 98% even after five cycles of adsorption/desorption. Compared to literature results, this material can be considered a high-performing remediation adsorbent for the extraction of Zn(II) from natural real water solution.

Mots clés: heavy metals; hybrid materials; β-ketoenol–pyridine–furan ligands; polluted media; porous silica; remediation; β-ketoenol-pyridine-furan ligands

Domaines: Matériaux; Sciences de l'environnement

Said Tighadouini, Smaail Radi, Abderrahman Elidrissi, Khadija Haboubi, Maryse Bacquet, et al.. Removal of toxic heavy metals from river water samples using a porous silica surface modified with a new β-ketoenolic host. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2019, 10, pp.262-273. ⟨10.3762/bjnano.10.25⟩. ⟨hal-02525684⟩