Sustainable Recovery of Cobalt from Aqueous Solutions Using an Optimized Mesoporous Carbon

  1. Conte, Naby
  2. Díez, Eduardo
  3. Almendras, Brigitte
  4. Gómez, José María
  5. Rodríguez, Araceli
Revista:
Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy

ISSN: 2199-3823,  2199-3831

Año de publicación: 2023

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1007/S40831-022-00644-3 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy

Resumen

The aim of this paper is to employ a factorial design to optimize the activation step in the synthesis process of a mesoporousactivated carbon to be used as adsorbent for removing and recovering cobalt ions from aqueous solutions. This activationhas been carried out in a tubular furnace in the presence of an air stream, following a 23 factorial design. According to theobtained results, the best activation conditions to reach a maximum cobalt removal are mild conditions, low activationtemperatures and large times, while the air fow seems to be positive infuence working in a low level. This is due to theenhancement of superfcial oxygenated groups formation in these conditions, responsible of the adsorption process. Thekinetic curve obtained for the adsorbent prepared at the most favorable conditions showed that the adsorption process wasvery fast and efcient, reaching equilibrium in 15 min, and was properly described by a pseudo-second-order kinetic, typical of the processes in which there are no difusion limitations. Additionally, with the aim of studying the potential of metalrecovery, desorption studies were performed. Sulfuric acid as stripping agent led to twofold Co preconcentration ratio, byreducing the desorption volume to the quarter.

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