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Green synthesis of nanoparticles is an eco-friendly treatment technique. Bimetallic nano zero-valent Fe/Cu was successfully prepared by green synthesis by Ficus Benjamina leaves (FB-ZVI/Cu). The nanoscale FB-ZVI/Cu was characterized by scanning electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The characterization revealed that synthesis and presence of iron–copper nanoparticles and biomolecules which could help in capping the bimetallic nanoparticles. Subsequently, nanoscale zero-valent Fe/Cu particles were used to remove carbamazepine from the aqueous medium under varying experimental conditions, including pH, initial carbamazepine concentration, Fe/CuNPs dose, stirring rate, and contact time. The removal efficiency of carbamazepine reached 95% under the condition of dose 0.4 g L−1, time 20 min, and pH 5. The results were analyzed according to the Freundlich and Langmuir adsorption isotherms. The adsorption data are more appropriate by the Langmuir adsorption model (R2 = 0.998) with qmax = 26.15 mg g−1. Overall, FB-nZVFe/Cu is a promising green substance to remove carbamazepine from aqueous solutions. The effect of different operating parameters was investigated using linear regression analysis, they were found to account for more than 97% of the variables affecting the removal process.
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Bimetallic nZVFe/Cu was synthesized using the Ficus Benjamina leaves’ extracts.
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Nanoparticles were characterized by SEM, EDAX, and FTIR.
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The green-synthesized FB-nZVFe/Cu nanoparticles can remove carbamazepine from aqueous solutions.
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Removing mechanism based on adsorption and reduction is proposed.
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A high removal percentage of carbamazepine was 95%.
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Lower FB-nZVI/Cu PZC values.
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Introduction
Carbamazepine (CBZ) is an antiepileptic drug and one of the most persistent pharmaceuticals in the ecosystem. This drug had been found in various surface water, at a concentration more than other pharmaceutical drugs (Gurung et al. 2018; Li et al. 2015; Yang et al. 2016; Baghdadi et al. 2016; Liu et al. 2018). CBZ could endure intact after 8–10 years without exposure to adsorption or to degradation due to its high resistance to photodegradation and biodegradation (Samara et al. 2016; Gurung et al. 2018; Rajendran and Sen 2018). Annual global consumption of CBZ is more than 1000 tons and about 28% of it is finished at wastewater treatment plants as unmetabolized forms (Gurung et al. 2018; Domínguez et al. 2010; García-Gómez et al. 2014). CBZ causes several harmful effects; therefore, it is necessary to remove these contaminants from industrial wastewater prior to discharge in wastewater (Cunningham et al. 2010; Li et al. 2015; Nielsen et al. 2015). The removal of CBZ via different techniques, such as sedimentation, rapid sand filtration, chemical precipitation, metal salt coagulation, and reverse osmosis, is limited (Baghdadi et al. 2016; Chtourou et al. 2018; Liu et al. 2018).
Many researchers have focused on developing new methods using nano-catalysts technology to overcome these limitations (Mahmoud et al. 2018b; Abdel-Gawad et al. 2016; Farag et al. 2018a, b). Since the 1990s, iron nanoparticles (FeNPs) have been used to treat water because of its characteristics viz. high surface area, wide dispersion of reactive surface sites, and unique adsorption (Mahmoud et al. 2018a, 2019b, Mostafa et al.). Copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) have significant chemical and physical properties, less cost, and high surface area (Khani et al. 2018; Fathima et al. 2018). CuNPs is the highest stable in comparison with these zero-valent metals (Zhang et al. 2017; Wu et al. 2009). FeNPs and CuNPs play a crucial role in the removal of various contaminants from the aquatic environment. Nowadays, most of the nanoparticles are prepared by sodium borohydride, but they are classified from the monocrystals that cause significant contamination if used extensively. It is, therefore, necessary to find alternative, low-cost, environmentally friendly methods (Zhu et al. 2018; Danish et al. 2017). Traditional methods adopted for the synthesis of FeNPs or CuNPs by sonochemical synthesis, vacuum sputtering, physical method (attrition), and thermal decomposition. These methods have many limitations viz. high temperature and pressure or energy requirement, so they are relatively expensive (Devatha et al. 2016; Danish et al. 2017).
Green synthesis has become one of the most important low-cost and environmentally friendly alternative methods for synthesizing nanoparticles through using plant leaf extract, which contains a large amount of both reducing and capping agents via. polyphenols, flavonoids, and other reducing substances, which is capable of reducing iron and copper salts to zerovalent and protecting them from agglomeration (Devatha et al. 2016; Farag et al. 2018a, b). Ficus Benjamina leaves’ extract provides a greener, economic, and fast method for the synthesis of nanoparticles with an appropriate size (Puente et al. 2019; Al-Qahtani 2017). So far, copper and Fe nanoparticles prepared by green synthesis have proven to be efficient to remove many contaminants (Zhu et al. 2018; Danish et al. 2017). Although studies have demonstrated the feasibility of the green synthesis of nZVI, the application of green synthetic iron–copper bimetallic nanoparticles has rarely been reported. Several studies have shown that the bimetallic nanoparticles are more efficient than monometallic NPs (Qin et al. 2016; Sepúlveda et al. 2018; Mahmoud et al. 2019a). We have not known any research related to the green-synthesized bimetallic nanoparticles for removing carbamazepine in industrial wastewater.
The objective of this study is to evaluate the capacity of green synthetic nanoscale zero-valent iron/Cu was prepared by Ficus Benjamina leaves (FB-nZVI/Cu) and applied to remediate carbamazepine from aqueous solutions. The Fb-nZVI/Cu was characterized using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX). The effect of the operating parameter was studied using different operating parameters (e.g., contact time, pH, concentrations, adsorbent dose, and stirring rate). In supplement, the Freundlich, Langmuir isotherms are used to fit the data.
Experimental
Chemicals and Reagents
All chemicals used were of the analytical reagent grade and of the highest purity; such as ferrous sulfate dihydrate (FeSO4·2H2O, ADWIC Co. Ltd.), copper sulfate pentahydrate (CuSO4·5H2O, ADWIC Co. Ltd.), Ficus Benjamina leaves (Ficus tree, Egypt.), carbamazepine (C15H12N2O, Zhejiang Jiuzhou Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.), anhydrous alcohol (Fisher Scientific Co. Ltd.), and anhydrous methanol (Fisher Scientific Co. Ltd.). The change of pH was adjusted using 0.1 M NaOH and 0.1 M HCl solutions.
Methods
Ficus Benjamina Leaves’ Extract
Ficus Benjamina leaves (FB) were washed with Tap water to remove dust, then with distilled water and dried in oven at 50 °C. Then, the leaves were cut into small pieces and sieved using a 2.5 mm sieve. In Erlenmeyer flask, 20 g of leaves was added to 100 mL distilled water and boil the solution at 60 °C for 5 min followed by filtrating using Whatman no. 1 filter paper, and the filtrate will be stored at 4 °C until used as a capping and reducing agent.
Synthesis of Fb-nZVI/Cu
Fe(II) and Cu(II) mixed solution was prepared by dissolving solid 0.94 g FeSO4·2H2O and 0.18 g CuSO4·5H2O in 100 mL of distilled water. For synthesis Fb-nZVI/Cu nanoparticles’ process, 50 mL of Ficus Benjamina leaves’ extract (FBLE) was taken and added to 100 mL of Fe (II)–Cu(II) mixture drop by drop, followed stirred for 20 min to form the nanoparticles. The color of the solution was changed from yellowish to brown then black, and this was showed the formation of FB-nZVI/Cu nanoparticles. The FB-nZVI/Cu nanoparticles were separated using centrifugation for 10 min and the resulting FB-nZVI/Cu was washed with distilled water and with anhydrous alcohol. The FB-nZVI/Cu was then placed at 65 °C in a vacuum dryer oven, and then was stored at 4 °C until used (Zhu et al. 2018).
Characterization of FB-nZVI/Cu
The prepared FB-nZVI/Cu sample was analyzed using Scanning electron microscope (SEM), EDAX, and FTIR spectroscopy. Before field-emission scanning electron microscopy FB-nZVI/Cu nanoparticles were coated by gold which increases electron scatter to give high contrast before definition the morphology and measuring the particle size. EDAX is an analytical technique used to determine the composition of the sample. FT-IR spectroscopy is necessary to prove the formation of nanoparticles. It helps in identifying the chemical composition of prepared FB-nZVI/Cu nanoparticles.
Point of Zero Charge
Dissolve 7.46 g of KCL in 1000 mL H2O. Take 20 mL of 0.1 M KCl solution in a series of 100 mL Erlenmeyer flasks and the initial pH was adjusted to 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 by adding 0.5 N NaOH or 0.5 N HCl (pHi). To each flask was added, 10 mg of FB-Fe/Cu nanoparticles and the samples were left for 24 h at room Temp. Then, the final pH of each suspension was measured (pHf). The point of zero charge was calculated by plotting ΔpH (final pH − initial pHi) vs initial pH value (pHi).
Batch Adsorption Studies
The stock solution containing 1000 mg L−1 of carbamazepine was prepared by dissolving 100 mg of carbamazepine in 100 mL methanol then diluted to 1000 mL with distilled water, and the desired solutions were prepared by dilution of the stock solution. The removal process was carried out by mixing that 0.2 g L−1 of Fb-nZVI/Cu nanoparticles was added to carbamazepine solution with different concentrations (1, 3, 5, and 7 mg L−1). Using different operating parameters, effect of pH, contact time, dose, stirring rate, and concentrations stirring rate was mixed with carbamazepine solution. The removal percentages were calculated using the following equation (SaryEl-deen et al.; El-Shafei et al. 2016):
where C0 is the initial concentration (mg L−1) of carbamazepine in solution and Ce is the equilibrium concentration (mg L−1) of carbamazepine in solution. The amount of carbamazepine removed by FB-nZVI/Cu nanoparticles was calculated using the following equation:
where qe is the equilibrium adsorption capacity (mg g−1), V is the volume of aqueous solution (L), and m is the weight of the adsorbent (g).
Adsorption Study
Freundlich Isotherm
The Freundlich isotherm is an empirical equation employed for describing heterogeneous adsorption surface (Freundlich 1906; Abdel-Gawad and Abd El-Aziz 2019a, b) and is given by
where n (dimensionless) and Kf ((mg g−1) (mg L−1)−1/n) are Freundlich constant related to the adsorption intensity and adsorption capacity, respectively. (Kf) and (n) evaluated by plotting ln qe and ln Ce.
Langmuir Isotherm
Langmuir isotherm supposes monolayer coverage of adsorbate over a homogeneous surface of adsorbent (Langmuir 1918; Abdel-Gawad and Abd El-Aziz 2019a, b). The Langmuir linearized is given by the following equation:
where qe (mg g−1) is the mass of carbamazepine adsorbed per mass of adsorbent used, Ce (mg L−1) is equilibrium concentration of carbamazepine, qmax (mg g−1) is the maximum monolayer capacity of adsorption, and KL (L mg−1) is the Langmuir constant related to binding sites affinity and adsorption energy. The plot of Ce/qe vs Ce employed to generate the values of qmax and KL.
Results and Discussion
Characterization and Analysis of FB-nZVI/Cu
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and EDAX
Figure 1 shows the image of SEM of a semi-spherical shape FB-nZVI/Cu particles, and the size of these particles ranges around 19–63 nm. The SEM image shows formed large nano-clusters as a result of the magnetic forces between the FB-nZVI/Cu nanoparticles, and also may be due to the centrifugation process for the sample. There are many pores that allow the carbamazepine to be transported better and the spread of contamination mass to the inner FB-nZVI/Cu nanoparticles.
Figure 2 shows EDAX analysis of gold-coated FB-nZVI/Cu nanoparticles. Fe and Cu peaks indicate the formation of nanoparticles. Other beaks via C, O, Si, and S of leaves extract (Dong et al. 2017, Selvan et al. 2018).
FTIR Measurements
Figure 3 shows the FTIR spectrum of GT-nZVI/Cu before the reaction in the range of 400–4000 cm−1. The broadband at 3400–3000 cm−1 was attributed to O–H-stretching vibration and indicates the presence of polyphenols which can improve material stability (Soliemanzadeh and Fekri 2017; Al-Qahtani 2017). The band at 1615 cm−1 was attributed to the stretching vibration of C=O (Zhu et al. 2018); the peak at 1539 cm−1 indicates the presence of Ficus amide(Al-Qahtani, 2017); the peak 1362 cm−1 indicates the presence of polyphenols aromatic ring C=C stretching vibration (Fathima et al. 2018); and the peak 1102 cm−1 indicates the presence of C–O–C symmetric stretching vibration (Zhu et al. 2018). According to Fig. 3, the presence and intensity of phenolic compounds peaks can reduce Fe/Cu, and is a strong indicator for FB-nZVFe/Cu synthesized.
Point of Zero Charge (pzc)
Lower FB-nZVI/Cu point of zero charge (pzc) values can be explained as a result of the high acidity of leaf extracts which were about 4.85 for Ficus Benjamina, as shown in Fig. 4.
Effect of Operating Parameters
Effect of pH
Effect of pH is a significant influence for controlling the adsorption process; pH solution controls both the adsorbent surface capacity and charge; and charge of contaminant species in medium. Figure 5 shows the removal efficiency of carbamazepine at different values of pH (3, 5, 7, and 9) at different times (10, 20, and 30 min), respectively, when the dosage of FB-nZVI/Cu 0.2 g L−1, concentration 5 mg L−1, and stirring rate 100 rpm at room temp. The removal efficiency of carbamazepine by FB-nZVI/Cu was (28, 51, 45, and 15%), (29, 56, 47, and 16%), and (30, 58, 48, and 17%), respectively. It was observed that the optimum pH for the removal was 5. At pH > pHpzc, the surface of FB-nZVI/Cu was negatively charged, whereas for pH < pHpzc, the surface of FB-nZVI/Cu was positively charged. In contrast, since carbamazepine is neutral in the range of pH 3–10 (To et al. 2017). At pH 3, low removal efficiency due to the presence of H+ ions that occupy available vacant sites, which interfere with the FB-nZVFe/Cu particles (Misra et al. 2018). At pH 9, the removal efficiency was very low, due to the repulsion, and occurs between OH− ions and negative charged surface of nanoscale particles, thus leading to steric hindrance and weak interaction (Misra et al. 2018; Shan et al. 2016), or may be the low availability of nanoparticles (Misra et al. 2018). Based on the above, pHpzc is the optimum removal of carbamazepine. This was consistent with the results of Gurung et al. (2018), Liu et al. (2018), Zhu et al. (2017) and Yang et al. (2016).
Effect of Contact Time
The contact time is another important operational parameter effect removal efficiency. The effect on carbamazepine removal studied at different times (10, 20, 30, 45, 60, and 90 min) using 0.2 g L−1 of FB-nZVI/Cu at pH 5 and the stirring rate was fixed at 100 rpm; carbamazepine concentration was (5 mg L−1), and the removal percentages were (51, 57, 58, 59, 60, and 60%). From the data given in Fig. 6, it is shown that increase in contact time leads to an increase in removal efficiency. Increase in time leads to an increase in the contact between the carbamazepine to a lot of free vacant sites for the adsorption of FB-nZVI/Cu.
Effect of Adsorbent Dose
Figure 7a depicts carbamazepine removal efficiency as a function of the adsorbents dose. FB-nZVI/Cu doses were varied between 0.1 and 0.4 g L−1. Other operational factors such as pH, contact time, and stirring rate were 5, 20 min, and 100 rpm, respectively. Carbamazepine concentration was 5 mg L−1 and the removal percentages were 38, 56, 83, and 95. The optimum adsorbent dose for carbamazepine removal was found to be about 0.2 g L−1, as shown in Fig. 7b. As expected, increase in the adsorbent dose leads to an increase in the number of vacant adsorption sites; then, the removal increased.
Effect of Stirring Rate
Figure 8 depicts carbamazepine removal efficiency by FB-nZVI/Cu as a function of stirring rate. The stirring rate was varied between 100 and 250 rpm. The other operational factors such as pH, contact time, and adsorbents dose were 5, 20 min and 0.2 g L−1, respectively. Carbamazepine concentration was 5 mg L−1 and the removal percentages were 56, 57, 57, 58, and 58%. The optimum stirring rate for carbamazepine removal was found to be 100 rpm. Increase in stirring rate may be enhanced the carbamazepine diffusion to the surface of the adsorbent. The increase in stirring rate from 100 to 250 rpm has not a significant effect on the removal efficiency compared to 100 rpm.
Effect of the Concentration
The effect of carbamazepine concentration on the removal efficiency using FB-nZVI/Cu was studied at various concentrations (1, 3, 5, and 7 mg L−1) at pH 5, contact time 20 min, stirring rate 100 rpm and adsorbents dose was 0.2 g L−1, and the removal percentages were 99, 82, 56, and 37%, as shown in Fig. 9. At the beginning of adsorption operation, the removal percentage was higher because of the great number of vacant adsorption sites of FB-nZVI/Cu particles, but it decreased with time progressively, due to the saturation and decrease of these sites.
Adsorption Isotherm Studies for Carbamazepine Removal
The sorption capacity of the adsorbent predicted and evaluated by adsorption isotherm study. The adsorption equilibrium data obtained at different initial carbamazepine concentrations were described using Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm models, and equations are the most two common isotherm applications used for wastewater treatment, under predefined conditions of pH, initial concentrations, adsorbent dose, contact time, and stirring rate) (Abdel-Gawad and Hossam 2018). The acceptability and suitability of the isotherm equation to the equilibrium data were based on the values of the correlation coefficients, and R2 estimated from linear regression of the least square fit statistic on Micro Math Scientist software. Figure 10a, b represents the adsorption isotherms for the four models. The adsorption data were fitted well with the Langmuir isotherm models with the highest R2 in their categories, as shown in Table 1. The n value > 1 from Freundlich and maximum adsorption capacity of 13.07 mg g−1 from Langmuir are the indication that the adsorption is favorable on the investigated adsorbent.
Statistical Analysis
The effect of the following variables on the removal process (e.g., pH, contact time, dose, concentration, and stirring rate have been studied using the entered method, where it was found that R2 = 0.971, as shown in Table 3. This means that the studied variables profane occupy more than 97% of the total of the variables affecting the removal process as that the standard error of the estimate is 2.81477, which means that the percentage of error in this study is very low.
ANOVA program was applied and the data are given in Table 4, which showed the sum of squares and the effect of the whole model. It was observed that the P value (0.000), where the model is considered successful if P value less than 0.05.
The data given in Table 5 [Coefficientsa] showed the sum of squares, P value, and T value for each variable. From the table, it can be inferred that all variables had an effect on the removal process except (contact time and stirring rate), where the P value is larger than 0.05, where this means that it can be neglected during the removal process (Tables 2, 3, 4, 5).
Analysis of Statistical and Practical Results’ Correlation
The effect of different operating parameters was investigated using linear regression analysis using SPSS Statistics, where the obtained results support the practical results. The results showed that the effect of pH and concentration has a significant effect on the removal process, where the P value is less than 0.005, but the effect of the contact time and stirring rate was considered to be not significant, where the P value (0.180, and 0.225) is more than 0.05. By applying the B values shown in Table 5, the removal equation can be deduced, whereas:
Conclusions
In this study, the green nanoscale zero-valent Fe/Cu (FB-nZVFe/Cu) is capable of carbamazepine removal from aqueous solution. Various operating parameters on carbamazepine removal efficiency investigated and optimized. Removal affected by the experimental conditions such as pH, contact time, dose, stirring rate, and carbamazepine concentration. Maximum carbamazepine removal was observed at the pH 5. Carbamazepine removal efficiency between 99 and 37% was achieved after using different carbamazepine concentrations (1, 3, 5, and 7 mg L−1) with 0.2 g L−1 of FB-nZVI/Cu, stirring rate 100 rpm and contact time 20 min. When the nanoscale zero-valent iron/Cu dose was increased from 0.1 to 0.4 mg L−1, the removal of carbamazepine increased by 57% (C0 = 5 mg L−1). The adsorption data were fitted well with the Langmuir isotherm model with the highest (R2 = 0.998). The FB-nZVI/Cu being eco-friendly alternative technique and can lead to success in wastewater treatment and produce high-quality treated effluent.
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Abdel-Aziz, H.M., Farag, R.S. & Abdel-Gawad, S.A. Carbamazepine Removal from Aqueous Solution by Green Synthesis Zero-Valent Iron/Cu Nanoparticles with Ficus Benjamina Leaves’ Extract. Int J Environ Res 13, 843–852 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41742-019-00220-w
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