N-doped biochar as adsorption material for heavy metal removal has attracted increasing concern in environmental application due to its unique features. Here, N-doped biochar was prepared by hydrothermal carbonization of Camellia sinensis branch waste using KOH/NHCl at 120-280 °C for 2 h under 0.4-6.5 MPa, followed by structural analysis. The results showed that the highest N content determined by elemental analysis could reach up to 6.18% in biochar, and the major N species were involved in graphitic N, pyrrolic N, and pyridinic N. Interestingly, these N-doped biochar exhibited the effective adsorption ability of Cu, Pb, Zn, and Cr. The batch adsorption behavior had a better adjustment to the pseudo-second-order kinetic and the Langmuir adsorption isotherm models. In brief, the present results are attributed to develop low-cost adsorbent for removing heavy metal ions.
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