Publications by authors named "Daniel T Oyekunle"

Vanadium(V) is arising wastewater contaminant recently. Although bio-reduction of vanadium(V) is effective, the knowledge of electron transfer pathways and coordination nature by cellular organic functionalities is seriously lacking. Herein, the coordination conduct and kinetic modes for the reduction of V(V) by organic nitrogen and sulfur functionalities in working pHs are comprehensively investigated for the first time.

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Lanthanum-based adsorbents have been used extensively to capture phosphate from wastewater. However, the attenuation effect that arises from the coexistence of sediment and humic acid is the major drawback in practical applications. The Lanthanum-layered rare earth hydroxides (LRHs)-Cl (La-LRH-Cl) was synthesized and achieved high elemental phosphorus (P) adsorption capacity (138.

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Recently, covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have gained significant attention as a promising material for the elimination of various organic pollutants due to their distinctive characteristics such as high surface area, adjustable porosity, high removal efficiency, and recyclability. The efficiency and selectivity of COFs depend on the decorated functional group and the pore size of the chemical structure. Hence, this review highlights the adsorption removal mechanism of different organic contaminants such as (pharmaceutical and personal care products, pesticides, dyes, and industrial by-products) by COFs from an aqueous solution.

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Peroxymonosulfate (PMS) has been activated for the generation of reactive oxygen species by nitrogen-doped carbonaceous material. However, the influence of phosphate on the degradation performance has not been reported. In this study, phosphate ions accelerate PMS decomposition and degradation of target organic compounds such as carbamazepine, atrazine, sulfamethoxazole, and benzoic acid.

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Dealing with unwanted nuclear waste is still a serious issue from the point of view of humans and the environment because of its harmful and dangerous effects. Recently, porous organic frameworks (POFs) have gained an increasing concern as effective materials in the removal of various types of hazardous metal ions, especially radioactive metal ions. POFs are a unique class that included covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with strong covalent bonds, large surface area, high adsorption capacity, tunable porosity, and a porous structure with more efficient than conventional adsorbents.

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The preparation of an adsorbent with highest efficiency, selectivity and stability is usually a challenging task. Herein, we prepared a thio functionalized layered double hydroxide (LDH) denoted as SO LDH by intercalating a strong reducing agent (SO) in the interlayers of trimetallic LDH and was applied to capture vanadium (V(V)) oxyanions from aqueous medium of diverse conditions. The successful preparation of the adsorbent was first confirmed using XRD, FTIR, EDX and CHS analyses.

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Wide-ranging researches have been executed to treat groundwater from different mining areas, although complex behaviors of diverse metal ion species in the groundwater have not been illustrated clearly. This research study explored the mechanisms through which Pb(II) and V(V) are eliminated in single and binary-metal removal processes by oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur-doped biochars also considering the kinetic and characterization techniques. The adsorption efficiency of V (V) was enhanced by oxygen-doped biochar at pH 4 with an adsorption capacity of ~70 mg/g.

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Chloride ion (Cl) is ever-present in aquatic environments. Different Cl concentration have been reported in industrial water (760 mM), surface water (<21 mM), seawater (540 mM) and groundwater (<21 mM) which could potentially accumulate into large concentrations in the sea. This mini-review examines more than 200 studies and found that Cl ions can react with strong oxidants (SO, OH, and HSO) generated from persulfate activation, inducing the formation of chlorine radicals, that can either (1) directly react with organics or (2) generate chlorine radicals that can participate in the conversion of the organic substrate.

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This study considers the kinetics of snail shells demineralization process using acetic acid. It was washed, sundried then ground into four different particle sizes. The ranges of particle sizes are 6.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study used the Central Composite Design (CCD) method to optimize the production of fermentable sugars from alkaline peroxide-treated sugarcane bagasse through enzymatic conversion.
  • MINITAB 16 software was employed to design the experiments and analyze the data, focusing on factors like reaction time, hydrogen peroxide concentration, and temperature.
  • The optimal conditions for maximizing reducing sugar yield were found to be a temperature of 100.2 °C, a reaction time of 4.6 hours, and a hydrogen peroxide concentration of 0.3%, resulting in a yield of 153.74 mg equivalent glucose per gram of biomass.
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