PMID- 33296995 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201221 LR - 20221207 IS - 1879-1298 (Electronic) IS - 0045-6535 (Linking) VI - 263 DP - 2021 Jan TI - Efficient removal of bisphenol-A from water and wastewater by Fe(2)O(3)-modified graphene oxide. PG - 127563 LID - S0045-6535(20)31758-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127563 [doi] AB - Bisphenol-A (BPA) has been widely used as a plasticizer in modern society and persistently released into aquatic environments. Herein, a novel Fe(2)O(3)-graphene oxide (GO) hybrid containing 22.8% of GO was prepared to enhance BPA removal from contaminated water and wastewater. This hybrid material afforded outstanding BPA adsorption capacities of 3293.9 mg g(-1) under optimized conditions, which led to 1.9 times and 1.2 times of BPA removal as compared to GO and reduced GO (rGO), respectively. In addition, Fe(2)O(3)-GO showed higher thermal stability, greater solid/liquid separation performance, and better anti-fouling performance. Moreover, the coexistence of natural or effluent organic matter caused 6.7-16.8% decline in BPA adsorption capacity of Fe(2)O(3)-GO, which was lower than those of GO and rGO (11.8-39.4%). Further characterization experiments revealed that BPA removal by Fe(2)O(3)-GO was enhanced because of the formation of Lewis acid-base (AB) interactions between the active sites on Fe(2)O(3) (Lewis base) and BPA anions (Lewis acid). The existence of the AB interaction is beneficial for practical application considering the low environmental concentrations of BPA in water and wastewater. Besides, the distinctly lowered GO content of the hybrid saved 77.2% of the adsorbent cost. In conclusion, this study demonstrated the potential of Fe(2)O(3)-GO as a novel material for the treatment of BPA-contaminated water and wastewater. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Wang, Yifei AU - Wang Y AD - National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology, Key Laboratory of Beijing for Water Quality Science and Water Environment Recovery Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China; State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, 100875, China. FAU - Wei, Xiuming AU - Wei X AD - State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, 100875, China. FAU - Qi, Yunchuan AU - Qi Y AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, 100875, China. FAU - Huang, Haiou AU - Huang H AD - State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, 100875, China. Electronic address: huanghaiou@bnu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200902 PL - England TA - Chemosphere JT - Chemosphere JID - 0320657 RN - 0 (Waste Water) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - 0 (graphene oxide) RN - 059QF0KO0R (Water) RN - 7782-42-5 (Graphite) SB - IM MH - Adsorption MH - Graphite MH - Wastewater MH - Water MH - *Water Pollutants, Chemical MH - *Water Purification OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adsorption OT - Bisphenol-A OT - Endocrine disrupt compound OT - Fe(2)O(3)-GO COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2020/12/11 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/22 06:00 CRDT- 2020/12/10 01:01 PHST- 2020/05/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/06/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/06/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/10 01:01 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/22 06:00 [medline] AID - S0045-6535(20)31758-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127563 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chemosphere. 2021 Jan;263:127563. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127563. Epub 2020 Sep 2.