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.

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Langmuir
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2025-12-23
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c06159
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Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
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Fabrication of Multifunctional Starch Mulch Film for Remediation of Pb(II)/Cr(VI) and Slow Release of NH 4 + in Soil

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Fabrication of Multifunctional Starch Mulch Film for Remediation of Pb(II)/Cr(VI) and Slow Release of NH 4 + in Soil

Zerong Song, Jiahui Wu, Dongfang Wang, Yu Wang, Ruohan Li, Jing Xu, Yanping Zhu, Qingchuan Wu, P. Zhao, Dongqing Cai, Xianghai Kong, Ziyu You
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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.

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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
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