Magnetic sporopollenin supported magnesium nanoparticles for removal of tetracycline as an emerging contaminant from water

Jari S Algethami; Krishna Kumar Yadav; Amel Gacem; Ismat H Ali; Shahabaldin Rezania; Munirah Sulaiman Othman Alhar; Amine Mezni; Byong-Hun Jeon; Sumate Chaiprapat

doi:10.1007/s11356-023-28134-3

Magnetic sporopollenin supported magnesium nanoparticles for removal of tetracycline as an emerging contaminant from water

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Jun 9. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-28134-3. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Jari S Algethami^{1

2}, Krishna Kumar Yadav^{3

4

5}, Amel Gacem⁶, Ismat H Ali⁷, Shahabaldin Rezania⁸, Munirah Sulaiman Othman Alhar⁹, Amine Mezni¹⁰, Byong-Hun Jeon¹¹, Sumate Chaiprapat¹²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Arts, Najran University, P.O. Box, 1988, Najran, 11001, Saudi Arabia.
² Promising Centre for Sensors and Electronic Devices (PCSED), Najran University, Najran, 11001, Saudi Arabia.
³ Faculty of Science and Technology, Madhyanchal Professional University, Ratibad, Bhopal, 462044, India. envirokrishna@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, PSU Energy Systems Research Institute, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand. envirokrishna@gmail.com.
⁵ Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences Research Group, Scientific Research Center, Al-Ayen University, Thi-Qar, Nasiriyah, 64001, Iraq. envirokrishna@gmail.com.
⁶ Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University 20 Août 1955, 21000, Skikda, Algeria.
⁷ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, P. O. Box 9004, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia.
⁸ Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
⁹ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Ha'il, Ha'il, 81451, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁰ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia.
¹¹ Department of Earth Resources & Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222-Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea.
¹² Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, PSU Energy Systems Research Institute, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand. sumate.ch@psu.ac.th.

PMID: 37294491
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28134-3

Abstract

Since the release of antibiotics as emerging contaminants into the environmental water can cause severe difficulties for human health, their removal from the water is necessary. In this regard, a novel environmentally friendly adsorbent was developed based on green sporopollenin, which was magnetized and modified with magnesium oxide nanoparticles to produce MSP@MgO nanocomposite. The newly developed adsorbent was applied to remove tetracycline antibiotic (TC) from aqueous media. The surface morphology of the MSP@MgO nanocomposite was characterized using FTIR, XRD, EDX, and SEM techniques. The effective parameters of the removal process were studied, and it was confirmed that the chemical structure of TC was highly affected by changes in pH solution due to different pKa; therefore, the results showed that pH 5 was the optimum. Also, the maximum sorption capacity of MSP@MgO for TC for adsorption was obtained at 109.89 mg.g^-1. In addition, the adsorption models were investigated, and the process was fitted with the Langmuir model. Thermodynamic parameters showed that the process was spontaneous (ΔG < 0), endothermic (ΔH > 0) and the adsorption mechanism was following the physisorption mechanism at room temperature.

Keywords: Magnesium oxide nanoparticles; Sporopollenin; Tetracycline.