Abstract:In order to improve the adsorption capacity of a single type of adsorbent (geopolymer or biochar), a geopolymer-biochar composite material G3.0BC10 was prepared by using slag and corn straw biochar as raw materials and sodium hydroxide as an activator. The adsorption performance of G3.0BC10 on Pb2+ was tested by aqueous solution adsorption experiments. The effects of solution pH value and G3.0BC10 dosage on its Pb2+ adsorption performance, as well as the effects of metal ions (Cu2+, Zn2+) and organic matter (phenol) on its Pb2+ adsorption performance were investigated. The kinetics, isotherm and recycling performance of G3.0BC10 for Pb2+ adsorption were explored. Based on XRD, SEM, FTIR and BET characterization, the adsorption mechanism of Pb2+ by G3.0BC10 was speculated. The results showed that the specific surface area (55.6m2/g) of G3.0BC10 prepared with a silicon-aluminum ratio of 3.0 and a corn straw biochar addition of 10 % of the total mass of the slag was 258.7 % higher than that of G3.0 (15.5m2/ g) prepared without corn straw biochar. The number of functional groups such as hydroxyl and carboxyl groups increased significantly.When the pH of the solution was 5~7 and the dosage of G3.0BC10 was 1 g, the Pb2+ removal rate of 100 mL lead nitrate with mass concentration of 500 mg/L reached more than 99 %. The adsorption of Pb2+ by G3.0BC10 was a monolayer adsorption process dominated by physical adsorption, which was more in line with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model (R2=0.9354) and Langmuir isotherm adsorption model. The maximum theoretical adsorption capacity was 1274.217 mg/g ; the presence of metal ions (Cu2+, Zn2+) will reduce the adsorption capacity of G3.0BC10 for Pb2+ by 4.61 %, and the presence of organic matter (phenol) will slightly increase the adsorption capacity of G3.0BC10 for Pb2+ by 0.16 %. After 6 cycles, the removal rate of Pb2+ by G3.0BC10 decreased from 99.5 % to 80 %. The adsorption mechanism of Pb2+ by G3.0BC10 includes complexation, ion exchange and structural adsorption. The addition of biochar improves the pore structure of geopolymer, increases its specific surface area and provides abundant oxygen-containing functional groups.