Efficient Phosphate Sequestration in Waters by the Unique Hierarchical 3D Artemia Egg Shell Supported Nano-Mg(OH)2 Composite and Sequenced Potential Application in Slow Release Ferti

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• 作者：Sufeng Wang ; Mengxuan Ma ; Qingrui Zhang ; Guiqing Sun ; Tifeng Jiao ; Robert K. Okazaki
• 刊名：ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 5, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：3
• 期：10
• 页码：2496-2503
• 全文大小：521K
• ISSN：2168-0485

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Artemia nauplii are important bait or food sources in aquaculture, but the egg shells after incubation are always subjected to discarding as natural wastes; therefore, application and utilization of the Artemia egg-shell wastes will be an important issue. Herein, we reported a new hybrid biomaterial by encapsulating nano-Mg(OH)₂ onto discarded Artemia egg shells for phosphate sequestration enhancement. The unique hierarchically 3D-layered structure of Artemia egg shells can endow well-defined nano-Mg(OH)₂ morphology and efficient phosphate adsorption performances. The results of the final hybrid biomaterial exhibit a wide pH dependent sorption process, strong affinity toward phosphate removal, and large sorption capacity. Moreover, the exhausted adsorbent shell鈥揗g-P can be further utilized as slow-release fertilizer without regular chemical regeneration. The efficient slow-release behaviors of phosphorus onto Shell鈥揗g鈥揚 for 30 days indicated the potential applicability as fertilizers. Additionally, the actual seedling tests further confirm that the shell鈥揗g鈥揚 can be readily used as a slow-release fertilizer for the soil improvement and crop productivity.