CHEMISTRY & MATERIALS SCIENCE
BAKU STATE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL of
CHEMISTRY & MATERIALS SCIENCE
ISSN: 3006-7073 (ONLINE);     
OIL ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION OF BIO-NANOADSORBENTS SYNTHESIZED BASED ON POMEGRANATE PEEL+Fe3O4 NANOPARTICLES
Received: 03-Sep-2025 Accepted: 30-Oct-2025 Published: 31-Oct-2025 Read PDF Download PDF
Ulkar Naghiyeva; Sevinj Hajiyeva; Flora Hajiyeva; Luca Di Palma
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of chemically and biodegradable agricultural waste sorbents and their synthesized bio-nanoadsorbents based on nanoparticles in the remediation of water environments contaminated by oil spills. A new bio-nanocomposite was developed by combining pomegranate peel and Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles. Based on the adsorption results, it was determined that the adsorption efficiency of 10% pomegranate peel/Fe₃O₄ bio-nanoadsorbent (pH = 7, 0.5 g adsorbent, 78 g/L oil) was 82%, while the adsorption efficiency of the biosorbent obtained with pomegranate peel alone was 52%. The Brunauer–Emmet–Teller (BET) surface area of the synthesized dried bio-nanoadsorbents ranged from 67 m²/g. The results of regeneration experiments showed that the bio-nanoadsorbent could be reused up to 96%. Based on desorption experiments, it was determined that the pomegranate peel/Fe3O4 bio-nanoadsorbent desorbed 63.28% of oil with ethanol and 71.9% with acetone. According to the experimental results, it can be argued that the pomegranate peel/Fe3O4 bionanocomposite is a new effective adsorbent for the removal of oil and oil products from aqueous solutions and therefore has the potential to be used in environmental pollution cleanup programs.

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