Fabrication of Multifunctional Starch Mulch Film for Remediation of Pb(II)/Cr(VI) and Slow Release of NH <sub>4</sub> <sup>+</sup> in Soil
White pollution, excessive heavy metals, and fertilizer leaching have become key issues restricting the development of agriculture. In this work, we prepared multifunctional starch mulch film (SMF/MAP/FeS) by loading ferrous sulfide (FeS) and monoammonium phosphate (MAP) onto commercial starch mulch film using poly(vinyl alcohol) for bonding. The removal efficiencies of Pb(II)/Cr(VI) for SMF/MAP/FeS could reach 97% and 93% in the aqueous solution. The adsorption isotherm, thermodynamic, and kinetics studies indicated that the adsorption process was an endothermic multimolecular-layer chemisorption. The main removal mechanisms for Pb(II)/Cr(VI) of SMF/MAP/FeS were precipitation and redox reactions. In addition, SMF/MAP/FeS not only possessed great thermal insulation and moisturizing properties but also could realize the slow release of NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>. Furthermore, the maximum release rate of NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> for SMF/MAP/FeS could reach 93.4% during Pb(II)/Cr(VI) removal. At the same time, SMF/MAP/FeS has a good degradability at 50 d. A pot experiment indicated that SMF/MAP/FeS had a detoxifying effect on the Pb(II)/Cr(VI)-contaminated soil to promote the growth of pakchoi. Therefore, this study not only solves the problem of plastic and heavy metal pollution but also realizes the slow release of nutrients.
Authors
- Zerong Song
- Jiahui Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6778-6764)
- Dongfang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9035-4467)
- Yu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-0778)
- Ruohan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2725-7075)
- Jing Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2466-1466)
- Yanping Zhu
- Qingchuan Wu
- P. Zhao
- Dongqing Cai
- Xianghai Kong
- Ziyu You
Institutions
- Tokyo Gas (Japan) (JP)
- Donghua University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institute of National Economy (RO)
- Institute of Mechanics (CN)
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security
Publication Details
- Journal
- Langmuir
- Published
- 2025-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c06159
- Primary Topic
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00