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New Evidence for High Sorption Capacity of Hydrochar for Hydrophobic Organic Pollutants Lanfang Han, Kyoung S. Ro, Ke Sun, Jie Jin, Judy A. Libra, and Baoshan Xing Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02401 • Publication Date (Web): 22 Nov 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on November 22, 2016

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Environmental Science & Technology

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New Evidence for High Sorption Capacity of Hydrochar for

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Hydrophobic Organic Pollutants

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Lanfang Han,

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Libra, § and Baoshan Xingǁ

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Kyoung S. Ro, ‡ Ke Sun, †,* Haoran Sun, † Ziying Wang, † Judy A.

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Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

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Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2611 West Lucas Street, Florence, South

State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment,

Coastal Plains Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center, Agricultural Research

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Carolina 29501, USA

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Potsdam-Bornim, Germany

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Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Max-Eyth-Allee 100, 14469

Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003,

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*Corresponding authors: (86)‐10‐58807493 (phone), (86)‐10‐58807493 (fax), email:

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[email protected] (K. SUN).

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ACS Paragon Plus Environment


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ABSTRACT: This study investigated the sorption potential of hydrochars, produced

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from hydrothermally carbonizing livestock wastes, towards organic pollutants (OPs)

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with a wide range of hydrophobicity, and compared their sorption capacity with that

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of pyrochars obtained from conventional dry pyrolysis from the same feedstock.

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Results of SEM, Raman and

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hydrochars mainly consisted of amorphous alkyl and aryl C. Hydrochars exhibited

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consistently higher logKoc of both nonpolar and polar OPs than pyrochars. This,

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combined with the significantly less energy required for the hydrothermal process,

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suggests that hydrothermal conversion of surplus livestock waste into value-added

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sorbents could be an alternative manure management strategy. Moreover, the

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hydrochars logKoc values were practically unchanged after the removal of

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amorphous aromatics, implying that amorphous aromatic C played a comparable role

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in the high sorption capacity of hydrochars compared to amorphous alkyl C. It was

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thus concluded that the dominant amorphous C associated with both alkyl and aryl

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moieties within hydrochars explained their high sorption capacity for OPs. This

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research not only indicates that animal manure-derived hydrochars are promising

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sorbents for environmental applications, but casts new light on mechanisms

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underlying the high sorption capacity of hydrochars for both nonpolar and polar

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OPs.

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C-NMR demonstrated that organic carbon (OC) of

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INTRODUCTION

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Biochar, an emerging carbon (C) material derived from renewable resources (e.g.,

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biomass, agricultural crop residues and livestock wastes),1 has triggered a new “gold

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rush” based on its broad practical applications in a variety of areas, covering C

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sequestration, potential soil amendments and environmental remediation.2, 3 Biochars

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made via dry pyrolysis (referred to as pyrochars) from woody feedstocks have been

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studied for decades as sorbents in environmental remediation.4, 5 There is a general

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consensus that the physicochemical heterogeneity of biochars is governed by

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feedstock sources along with pyrolysis process conditions.6 Few studies, however,

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have been made on biochars from less traditional feedstocks such as livestock wastes

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or those produced via wet pyrolysis or hydrothermal carbonization (HTC).7,

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Depending upon the process conditions used, the C recovery of HTC can be very

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high, and the majority of the initial C stays bound in the final carbonaceous material

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(so-called hydrochars).8-10 In contrast to conventional dry pyrolysis, HTC can

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process wet biomass without a prior drying step. Although the solids may need to be

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separated and dried after the HTC process, the ease of dewatering is increased,

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which reduces energy requirements for the drying process. As a result, HTC requires

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significantly less energy than conventional dry pyrolysis.11 Additionally, due to the

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different processing conditions experienced by hydrochars and pyrochars, their

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chemical structures can differ significantly, which has been underscored in numerous

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studies, e.g., Titirici and Antonietti,8 Titirici et al.12 and Cao et al.13 Since chemical

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composition, physical conformation and polarity of natural organic sorbents in soils

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and sediments as well as man-made biochars have been shown to affect organic

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compound sorption,14, 15 the diverse structures of hydrochars and pyrochars possibly

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contribute to their different sorption abilities. Sun et al.16 reported that the

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hydrochars derived from poultry litter and swine solids exhibited similar or higher

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sorption capacity toward bisphenol A, 17a-ethinyl estradiol and phenanthrene than

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the pyrochars produced from pyrolyzing poultry litter and wheat straw at 400 °C.

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These findings imply that hydrochar could be utilized as valuable sorbents. However,

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the feedstocks for the hydrochars and pyrochars were different. Therefore, it is

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difficult to draw any meaningful comparison. More importantly, the potential

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mechanism underlying the high sorption capacity of hydrochars was not addressed.

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The HTC process was first used to simulate coal-forming geological environments.

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Typical experimental HTC conditions (150-350 oC under saturated water vapor

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pressure) are quite similar to those used to simulate the diagenesis of natural organic

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matter (NOM) in soils.13,

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hydrochar was analogous to naturally occurring kerogen, organic carbon (OC) that is

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not soluble in acid, base and organic solvents. Therefore, hydrochar from the HTC

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process, in essence, could play a role similar to NOMs in soils. The NOMs have

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been already identified as the key soil components in adsorbing a wide range of

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hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs) in soils.14, 15, 19 In addition, the important

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role of alkyl domains within NOMs in the interaction with HOCs has been

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highlighted in extensive studies.19-22 In previous research,14 we selected humic acids,

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humins and nonhydrolyzable organic carbon (NHC, i.e., nonhydrolyzable residue

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Wu et al.18 have reported that cellulose-derived

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after the treatment with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and HCl) as representatives of

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NOMs, and clearly demonstrated that it was the alkyl C rather than aromatic C that

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regulated the sorption of HOCs by NOMs. Based on this, we hypothesized that just

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like NOMs, hydrochars may have the potential to efficiently remove the HOCs in

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soils or wastewaters, and the alkyl moieties of hydrochar may be responsible for its

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sorption behavior.

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The major objectives of this study were therefore to: 1) evaluate the potential of

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hydrochars in removing selected organic contaminants with a wide range of logKow,

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and compare the sorption capacity of hydrochars and pyrochars derived from the

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same feedstock, and 2) explore the mechanisms accounting for their high sorption

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capacity. To achieve these goals, the physico-chemical structurees of hydrochars and

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pyrochars were characterized using X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS), scanning

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electron microscopy (SEM), Raman spectra and solid-state cross-polarization

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magic-angle-spinning 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectra (13C CP-MAS NMR).

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Pyrene (PYE), and four pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs)

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(triclosan (TCS), estrone (E1), carbamazepine (CBZ) and acetaminophen (AMP))

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were selected as sorbates to span a wide range of hydrophobicity.

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Sorbates and Sorbents. PYE (97+%), TCS (99+%), E1 (99+%), CBZ (99+%)

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and AMP (99+%) were used as sorbates and obtained from Sigma-Aldrich Chemical

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Co. Selected physicochemical properties of five chemicals are summarized in Table

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S1. The preparation methods of hydrochars and pyrochars from swine solids and 5



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poultry litter were described elsewhere.23 Briefly, hydrochars were prepared by

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hydrothermally carbonizing swine solids or poultry litter at 250 oC. Dried and

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ground (less than 2 mm) swine solids and poultry litter were mixed with distilled (DI)

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water to obtain a slurry of 20% (w/w) solids. This slurry was placed into a 1-L

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non-stirred T316 stainless steel reactor with an external heater (Parr Instruments,

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Moline, IL). The operating pressure of the system ranged from 3.4 to 9.0 MPa,

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representing subcritical conditions. Afterwards, the reactor was cooled to room

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temperature before the reaction products were filtered and dried at 105 °C.

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Subsequently, swine solid- and poultry litter-derived hydrochars were washed with

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DI water (denoted as HSS250 and HPL250, respectively). After drying at 105 °C,

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HSS250 and HPL250 were gently ground and homogenized to pass through a 0.25

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mm sieve. For pyrochars, swine solids and poultry litter with a prior drying

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treatment were carbonized at 250, 450, 600 °C for 4 h under N2 condition in a

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Lindburg electric box furnace equipped with a gas tight retort (Model 51662;

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Lindburg/MPH, Riverside, MI). The temperature control of the retort system was

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based on input temperatures allowing for accurate control of pyrolytic exposure

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temperature. The HTTs were raised to the desired values (250, 450 and 600 °C) at a

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ramp rate of about 8 °C/min. The pyrochars were washed with DI water,

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subsequently oven-dried at 105 °C. Then, these pyrochars were gently ground, and

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homogenized to pass through a 0.25 mm sieve. The pyrochars are hereafter referred

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to by their abbreviation based on their individual initial capitals of feedstock source

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and HTTs (i.e., PSS250, PSS450, PSS600, PPL250, PPL450 and PPL600). 6


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The bleaching (BL) procedure, which was used to remove the non-condensed

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aromatic C (e.g., such as lignin-like and polyphenol units) of samples, was described

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in detail elsewhere.24 Briefly, the bleaching involved treating 1 g of each sorbent

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three times (7 h for each time) with 10 g of sodium chlorite (NaClO2), 10 mL of

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acetic acid (CH3COOH) and 100 mL of DI water. All BL samples (i.e., HSS250-BL,

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HPL250-BL, PSS250-BL, PSS450-BL, PSS600-BL, PPL250-BL, PPL450-BL and

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PPL600-BL) were freeze-dried, ground, and stored for their characterization and

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sorption work.

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Sorbent Characterization. The bulk OC, H, N and O compositions of all samples

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were determined by an Elementar Vario ELIII elemental analyzer via complete

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combustion. Ash content of biochars was measured by heating samples at 750 °C for

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4 h.25 X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS), which can provide specific information on

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the surface elemental composition (depth: 3-5 nm) of samples and analysis of large

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sections (about 100 µm) of the particles, were recorded with a Kratos Axis Ultra

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electron spectrometer using monochromated Al Ka source operated at 225 W.

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Processing of the spectra was accomplished with the Xpspeak41 software. Four

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components were identified and quantified in the C1s spectra: 284.8 eV

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(representing C-C and C-H bonds), 286.3 eV (C-O bonds), 287.5 eV (C=O bonds)

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and 289.0 eV (COOH bonds). The particle structure and surface topography of

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hydrochars and pyrochars were investigated using SEM imaging analysis with a

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Hitachi S4800 scanning microscope (Japan). 13C CP-MAS NMR spectra of biochars

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were obtained using a Bruker Avance 300 NMR spectrometer (Karlsruhe, Germany) 7



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for structural composition. The NMR running parameters and chemical shift

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assignments were depicted elsewhere.19 Raman measurements of samples were

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performed on a Labram aramis exciting with a 532 nm laser. Pore and surface

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characteristics were examined by gas (N2 and CO2) adsorption using an Autosorb-1

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gas analyzer (Quantachrome Instrument Corp., Boynton Beach, FL). Surface area

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(SA) using CO2 isotherm at 273 K was calculated using nonlocal density functional

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theory (NLDFT) (Figure S1). The SA using N2 was determined by the

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Brunaer-Emmett-Teller (BET) equation with multipoint adsorption isotherms of N2

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at 77 K.

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Sorption Experiments. All sorption isotherms were obtained using a batch

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equilibration technique at 23 ± 1 °C. An appropriate amount of the investigated

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biochar samples was added to the background solution, which contained 0.01 M

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CaCl2 in DI water with 200 mg/L NaN3 to minimize biodegradation. The amount of

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sorbents was chosen to result in 20-80% uptake of the initial solute amount. The

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solutes were added to the vials to achieve initial concentrations from 0.001-0.12

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mg/L for PYE, 0.1-10 mg/L for TCS, 0.2-20 mg/L for E1 and 0.2-100 mg/L for both

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CBZ and AMP, in order to cover the range between detection limit and aqueous

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solubility of solutes. Our preliminary test indicated that apparent equilibrium of PYE,

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TCS, E1 and CBZ was reached within 7 d for hydrochars and pyrochars, while AMP

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reached apparent equilibrium within 2 d. The blank experiments included solute

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without any sorbent, and sorbent without solute. Headspace was kept to a minimum

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to reduce solute vapor loss. After being shaken on the rotary shaker for 9 d of PYE, 8


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TCS, E1 and CBZ and for 3 d for AMP, all vials were placed upright for 24 h. Then,

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about 2 mL supernatant was taken out and analyzed directly by HPLC (1260 Series,

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Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA) equipped with a reversed-phase C18 column

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(5 µm, 4.6 mm × 250 mm). Concentration of PYE was analyzed with a fluorescence

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detector at 272 nm (excitation wavelength) and 419 nm (emission wavelength),

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while the investigated PPCPs were quantified on a diode array detector operated at a

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wavelength of 220 nm for TCS, 280 nm for E1, 280 nm for CBZ and 249 nm for

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AMP. The mobile phases for the sorbates were: PYE - methanol/water (90/10, v:v),

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TCS - acetonitrile/water (80/20, v:v), E1 and CBZ - acetonitrile/water (70/30, v:v)

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and AMP - acetonitrile/water (60/40, v:v). The flow rates for all sorbates were 0.8

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mL/min, and the column temperature was set at 35 °C. All samples coupled with

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blanks were conducted in duplicate. The analysis of blank experiments showed that

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the sorption of each sorbate by the vials and the decomposition of each sorbate were

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insignificant, and the concentration of each sorbate potentially released from

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hydrochars and pyrochars was all below the detection limit.

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Data Analysis. The sorption data were fitted to the logarithmic form of the Freundlich isotherm logqe = logKF + n logCe

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where qe [µg/g] is the solid phase concentration; Ce [µg/L] is the solution phase

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concentration; KF [(µg/g)/(µg/L)n] is the Freundlich affinity coefficient; and n is the

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Freundlich exponential coefficient.

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The sorption distribution coefficient (Kd) and the OC-normalized Kd (Koc) were 9



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obtained by the Eq. (2) and (3).

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Kd = qe/Ce

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Koc=Kd/foc

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where foc is OC content. The logKd and logKoc values (Ce = 0.01, 0.1 and 1Sw, water

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solubility of solutes) of hydrochars and pyrochars were calculated according the

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above equations. The investigated correlations among properties of sorbents as well

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as their sorption coefficients of each sorbate (Pearson correlation coefficients: p and

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r values) were obtained from the Pearson correlation analysis by SPSS 16.0 software

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(SPSS Inc., USA).

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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Characterization of hydrochars and pyrochars. The bulk elemental

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composition, ash content and SA determined by CO2 (CO2-SA) and N2 (N2-SA) of

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hydrochars and pyrochars are tabulated in Table S2. It has often been reported that

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the bulk C content of plant-derived pyrochars generally rises with HTTs.6,

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However, manure-derived pyrochars in our study, which had high ash contents, did

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not follow this pattern. The pyrochars obtained at 250 °C contained more C than

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ones at 450 °C and 600 °C (Table S2). This was probably due to higher rates of loss

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for C-containing compounds relative to the ash components during pyrolysis, since

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the ash content was approximately doubled at the higher HTTs (Table S2). The OC

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contents of hydrochars were similar to (HPL250) or slightly higher (HSS250) than

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their corresponding pyrochars at 250 °C (PSS250 and PPL250). However, the typical

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van Krevelen diagram showed that they differed in the relationships between the

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H/C versus O/C atomic ratios (Figure 1). Although the H/C ratios of two hydrochars

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were only slightly lower than corresponding pyrochars prepared at 250 °C, the O/C

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ratios were distinctly lower (Figure 1), indicating a higher degree of decarboxylation

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of hydrochars, which was further confirmed by the

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below. The typical transition from the high ratios of H/C and O/C of the primary

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plant macromolecules (e.g., cellulose) to the low ratios of more carbonized

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structures4,

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suggesting that both feedstocks underwent substantial carbonization during the

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pyrolysis carried out at 450 °C and 600 °C. In contrast to conventional dry pyrolysis,

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the experimental conditions required by HTC are close to the real geological

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environment with moisture, and are similar to those of the method used to simulate

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the diagenesis of NOMs in soils.17 From the van Krevelen diagram (Figure 1), it was

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seen that the elemental compositions of HSS250 and HPL250 were similar to those

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of type II and type III kerogen, respectively, which accorded well with the report by

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Wu et al.18 that cellulose-derived hydrochar was analogous to naturally occurring

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kerogen. In addition, the aforementioned OC content and H/C ratios are important

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parameters in the International Biochar Initiative (IBI) guidelines27 and European

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biochar guidelines28. Concerning their OC content, all hydrochars and pyrochars

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belonged to Class 2 biochar (30% ≤ OC content < 60%) according to the IBI

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guidelines. The molar ratios of H/C of 450 and 600 oC pyrochars were also lower

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than the maximum allowable threshold (0.7) required by IBI guidelines and

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European biochar guidelines. However, the H/C of hydrochars and 250 oC pyrochars

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C NMR analyses discussed

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did not meet the requirements. In general, the ratio of H/C is related to aromaticity,

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and has thus been commonly proposed as an indicator of the relative stability of

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biochars in the soil system.29, 30 The biochars with the H/C higher than 0.7 may be

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considered to be labile or be easily decomposed. However, there is emerging

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evidence that shows the H/C ratio or aromaticity level is not the unique factor

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determining the stability of biochars, and other factors (e.g., minerals) can exert an

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additional influence on its stability.31-33 Moreover, there have been studies showing

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that the OC in hydrochar is more stable than we expect.34 For instance, Malghani et

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al.34 reported that the roughly two thirds of hydrochar remained

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after two

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to its behavior in soils as well as longer term field trials are needed.

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cropping seasons. Further studies on matching biochar characteristics

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Table S3 shows the surface elemental compositions of two types of biochars. The

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surface O/C ratios of HSS250 (0.21) and HPL250 (0.49) were in the same range or

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lower than that of their corresponding pyrochars (0.22-0.42 and 0.40-0.67,

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respectively). Also, hydrochars generally contained less surface O-containing

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functional groups (C-O, C=O and COOH) than the corresponding pyrochars,

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implying the relatively higher surface hydrophobicity of hydrochars.

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SEM images in Figure 2 neatly displays the dramatically different morphological

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characteristics of hydrochars and pyrochars. The hydrochars particles (HSS250 and

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HPL250) were relatively small in size and occurred as discrete spheres or as

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aciniform agglomerates (Figure 2), indicative of the amorphous structure of

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hydrochars.35 A similar morphology was not observed in pyrochars (Figure 2). 12


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Compared with hydrochars, the surfaces of pyrochars were more inerratic, and

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became flatter with the increase of HTTs. Moreover, the Raman spectra in Figure 3a

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and b illustrated that HSS250 and HPL250 mainly exhibited the amorphous C peak

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(1357 cm-1), further demonstrating that the OC of hydrochars was primarily

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amorphous. For pyrochars, the influence of HTTs upon their crystallinity was

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observed (Figure 3). Specifically, only a small amorphous C peak was present for the

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250 °C pyrochars, whereas the 450 and 600 oC pyrochars exhibited two typical peaks

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namely, amorphous C (A) and graphite peak (G).36 The A peak of the 450 oC

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pyrochars was comparable to or slightly stronger than their G peak, while the G peak

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of the 600 oC pyrochars was obviously sharper than their A peak (Figure 3a and b).

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The reason why only amorphous carbon peak was observed may be related to the

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alteration of crystallinity of biochars with HTTs. During the pyrolytic process, the

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crystallinity of precursor carbon materials in feedstocks lost around 250-300 °C.6, 37

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For example, Keiluweit et al.6 found that as the temperature increased from 100 to

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300 °C, the crystallinity of precursor materials gradually decreased until it

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disappeared completely. With the loss of crystalline C, the amorphous C was

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gradually formed. Largely because of this process, 250 oC pyrochars in this study

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was mainly composed of amorphous C.

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Besides the distinct morphology, 13C NMR spectra (Figure 4 and Table S4) further

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showed that hydrochars and low and high temperature pyrochars were different in

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functional groups. The NMR spectra of hydrochars, being mainly composed of alkyl

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C (0-45 ppm) and aryl C (108-148 ppm), were largely similar to those of NHC in 13



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soils and sediments (Figure 4a) studied by Ran et al.19 and those of kerogen isolated

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from the Borden aquifer,38 from the unweathered Woodford shale39 and from the

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Altrium shales.40 Moreover, Ran et al.41 have previously proposed that

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spectrum of NHC was similar to that of kerogen, and NHC was operationally similar

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to the kerogen. These results well coincided with the above-mentioned similar

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elemental compositions between hydrochars and type II and type III kerogen.

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Furthermore, the broad peak of 0-45 ppm of hydrochars belonged to short chain

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polymethylene (28 ppm) and methyl C in acetyl groups (21 ppm). These peaks all

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belong to amorphous aliphatic C.21, 42, 43 No clear crystalline alkyl C peak (31.5 ppm)

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was observed in hydrochars. This was in satisfactory accordance with the amorphous

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OC structure of hydrochars suggested by SEM and Raman analyses. Additionally,

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consistent with the different elemental compositions of 250 oC pyrochars and 450

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and 600 oC ones, they also contained different OC-containing functional groups.

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Specifically, pyrochars obtained at 250 °C (PSS250 and PPL250) had diverse

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functional groups including carbohydrates besides alkyl and aryl C, while pyrochars

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produced at high HTTs (450 and 600 °C) showed a large contribution of aromatic C

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(108-165 ppm), and a negligible contribution of alkyl C (0-45 ppm) and other

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structural groups (Figure 4b and c).16, 26 In view of the highly different compositions

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and structures, the 250 °C pyrochars could be differentiated from those produced at

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higher temperatures.

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C NMR

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Comparison of PYE and PPCPs sorption between hydrochars and pyrochars.

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The sorption isotherms of PYE and four PPCPs (TCS, E1, CBZ and AMP) by 14


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hydrochars and pyrochars are shown in Figure S2 and the sorption data were well

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fitted with Freundlich model as indicated by the high R2 values (all > 0.80) (Table

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S5-S9). Apart from pyrochars produced at 250 °C, all sorption isotherms of PYE and

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four PPCPs were highly nonlinear as evidenced by the nonlinear coefficient (n)

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ranging from 0.22 to 0.83 (Table S5-S9). The sorption nonlinearity of hydrochars

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was higher than pyrochars prepared at 250 °C but weaker than pyrochars at 450 °C

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and 600 °C (Table S5-S9); for pyrochars, the values of n exhibited a downward trend

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with increasing HTTs. Figure S3a clearly indicated that the differing nonlinearity

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could be interpreted as the result of their different levels of aromaticity, with n and

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aromaticity showing an inverse relationship. It has also been postulated that as more

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molecules entered into micropores, the isotherms became more nonlinear.44 Using

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CO2-SA as a measure of the microporosity, it could be seen that there is a

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significantly negative relationship between microporosity and the nonlinearity index

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n values of PYE and PPCPs (Figure S3b). This relationship, along with the positive

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and significant correlation of CO2-SA of pyrochars to their aromaticity, suggests the

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pore-filling resulted by the nanopores from aromatic C dominates the nonlinear

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sorption of these selected sorbates by pyrochars.

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The logKoc values of PYE, TCS, E1, CBZ and AMP for each biochar followed the

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order at all test solute concentrations: PYE > TCS > E1 > CBZ > AMP,

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corresponding well to the order of their Kow values (Table S1). This suggests the role

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of hydrophobic effect (van der Waals force) in sorption of tested sorbates byeach

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biochar.16, 45 Previous work showed that the hydrochars prepared from swine solids 15



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and poultry litter at 250 °C displayed higher sorption to polar compounds (bisphenol

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A and 17a-ethinyl estradiol) than the pyrochars produced from wheat straw and

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poultry litter at 400 °C.16 In the current study, it was found that when using the same

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feedstock source, hydrochars produced at 250 °C in the presence of water also

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exhibited higher sorption capacity to both nonpolar (PYE) and polar compounds

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(TCS, E1, CBZ and AMP) than corresponding pyrochars obtained at low and high

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HTTs (250, 450 and 600 °C, respectively) (Figure 5). For instance, logKoc values (Ce

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= 0.01Sw) of CBZ were in the range of 4.19 to 4.31 for hydrochars compared to 2.34

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to 3.21 for pyrochars (Table S8). Moreover, the logKoc of PYE for hydrochars

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(6.08-6.19) in this investigation was also higher than those for plant-derived

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pyrochars at low and high HTTs.46, 47 However, in contrast to the the high sorption

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capacity of hydrochars for TCS in this study, Zhu et al.48 reported that the TCS

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adsorption capacity onto the plant-derived hydrochars at similar temperature was low.

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The different results may be related to the different kind of feedstock used for

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hydrochar production. It has been largely reported that feedstock source is one of

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key factors influencing the composition and structure of the final biochars, thereby

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affecting their sorption capacities.49, 50 Qiu et al.26 observed that due to the much

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higher surface OC content than bulk OC of animal manure-derived pyrochars, they

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exhibited higher sorption of dibutyl phthalate and phenanthrene compared to the

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plant-derived hydrochars. The animal manure-derived hydrochars in this work

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showed the much lower O contents (8.95-12.51 %) than plant-derived one (27.2 %)

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reported by Zhu et al.48, which may partly explain the higher sorption capacities of 16


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hydrochars in this study to TCS. Therefore, animal manure-derived hydrochars could

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be an effective sorbents for environmental remediation. However, biochar itself may

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be considered as one type of potential contaminants, metals/metalloids and

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polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)) within hydrochars and pyrochars should

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be compared before using hydrochars instead of pyrochars for remediation purposes.

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For

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concentrations depended on feedstocks of biochars, while HTTs exerted very little

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influence.51 In this respect, hydrochars and pyrochars from swine solids or poultry

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litter in this study may have comparable metals/metalloids concentrations. For PAHs,

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their content and composition in the biochars were found to strongly depend on

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HTTs.51 However, a large amount of PAHs within biochars were observed to be

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generally produced at relatively high temperature (> 300 oC).51,

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suggests the use of hydrochars instead of pyrochars for remediation purposes as

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sorbents would be promising.

metals/metalloids,

it

has

been

demonstrated

that

metals/metalloids

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This further

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Role of amorphous alkyl domain of hydrochars in their sorption. The high

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sorption capacity of hydrochar may be tied to its distinct structure. Wang et al.53

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proposed that geosorbents of higher polarity (characterized by O/C or O+N/C or

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total polar functional groups) would have lower sorption for organic compounds,

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since they have substantial hydrophilic moieties facing outside, which can facilitate

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the formation of water cluster at their surfaces through H-bonding. Water clusters

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would reduce the surface hydrophobicity of sorbents and the accessibility of organic

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molecules to sorption domains, thereby decreasing their sorption capacity. This, 17



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along with the aforementioned lower contents of surface O-containing functional

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groups of hydrochars (Table S3), indicates that the higher sorption capacity of

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hydrochars may be partly explained by their comparatively lower surface

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O-containing functional groups. However, the surface O-containing functional

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groups of hydrochars were only slightly lower than the corresponding pyrochars

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(Table S3), and thus were less likely to be the major factor accounting for their high

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sorption capacity. As discussed above, HTC resulted in hydrochar with kerogen-like

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structure. With respect to kerogen, the important role of their alkyl domains in the

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interaction with HOCs has been highlighted before.19, 20 In our previous research,14 it

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was clearly demonstrated that the alkyl C dominated the sorption of HOCs by NOMs

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including kerogen. Hence, just like kerogen, alkyl C of hydrochars may also be the

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main structural components accounting for the sorption capacity. This was supported

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by the results for HSS250, which had a higher level of aliphaticity than HPL250 and

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showed a higher logKoc for each chemical (Table S5-S9). The molecular flexibility of

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amorphous alkyl domains has been proposed to endow them with better structural

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compatibility with organic compounds.54 Moreover, an overview by Chefetz and

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Xing

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alkyl regions closely resemble that of alkane solvents and they can serve as an ideal

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medium for the sorption of HOCs. In this sense, it could be assumed that the

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amorphous alkyl C of hydrochars primarily accounted for their high sorption

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capacity to PYE and PPCPs. However, hydrochars were demonstrated to be

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composed of both alkyl and aryl C, the role of aryl C in the sorption of hydrochars

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has also suggested that the relatively low density of the mobile amorphous

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should be further clarified. The bleaching technique, which has been previously

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employed to selectively degrade non-condensed aromatic moieties in organic

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geosorbents,14 was used to treat the hydrochars and pyrochars. It removed substantial

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amounts of OC (Table S2). For the hydrochars, approximately one third of the

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original OC was recovered, while the OC recovery of pyrochars ranged from 12.34%

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up to 55.33%. The NMR results in Figure 4b and c clearly illustrated that bleaching

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treatment successfully removed part of aryl C of the hydrochars, which was further

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supported by the significantly positive relationship between the OC mass loss and

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the decreased aromaticity of all samples by bleaching (Figure S4). Furthermore,

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Raman spectra for bleached samples showed that bleaching treatment largely

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decreased the amorphous C peak of hydrochars (Figure 3). These results revealed

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that the amorphous aryl C was the main component which was degraded by

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bleaching procedure. Table S4 presents the percentage of the removed aromatic C

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(amorphous aromatic C) by bleaching to the total aromatic C of their untreated

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counterparts. The contribution of amorphous aromatic C accounted for

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78.40-79.06% to the total aromatic C of hydrochars. Moreover, we determined the

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logKoc values (Ce = 0.01, 0.1 Sw) of bleached hydrochars to nonpolar (PYE) and

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polar (E1) organic contaminants. It was seen that after the removal of amorphous

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aryl C, the logKoc values of PYE and E1 by HSS250 and HPL250 were practically

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unchanged (Table 1). For example, logKoc (Ce = 0.01 Sw) of PYE by HSS250 and

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HPL250 changed from 6.19 and 6.08 to 6.27 and 6.12, respectively (Table 1). It was

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clear that in addition to amorphous alkyl C, amorphous aryl C should also contribute 19



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to the sorption of hydrochar, otherwise the removal of amorphous aryl C and the

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decrease of OC after bleaching treatment should result in the increase of logKoc if

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alkyl C exclusively dominated the sorption; moreover, amorphous aromatic C should

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play a comparable role in the high sorption capacity of hydrochars compared to

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amorphous alkyl C.

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Role of aromatic domains and porosity of pyrochars in their sorption. It has

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been widely reported that pore-filling mechanism plays a key role in HOCs sorption

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by microporous solids of geosorbents in soils.5,

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correlation between logKoc values of each sorbate for pyrochars and their CO2-SA

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obtained in our case (Figure S3c) further supports that pore-filling is a major

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mechanism regulating sorption interactions of HOCs-pyrochars. In order to test if the

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pore-filling mechanism exclusively controlled sorption of these five chemicals, their

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logKoc values were normalized with the CO2-SA. The values of logKoc/CO2-SA for

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the specific compounds by pyrochars at low and high HTTs still exhibited great

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differences, indicating that apart from the microporosity of pyrochars, other factors

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such as aromatic domains also affected sorption of these chemicals.

14

The significantly positive

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As discussed above, pyrochars, especially ones at 450 and 600 oC, mainly

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consisted of aromatics. It has been documented that aromatic π-systems in low-HTTs

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pyrochars rich in electron-withdrawing functional groups will tend to be

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electron-deficient and thus can act as π-acceptors, and the aromatic sheets of

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high-HTTs pyrochars may theoretically act as both electron donors and acceptors

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towards sorbates.1 Among the sorbate molecules investigated, PYE has been shown 20


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to be able to behave as π-donors.55 Also, -OH on the aromatic ring of AMP, E1 and

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TCS as well as -NH2 in amide group on the aromatic ring of CBZ (Table S1) are all

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electron-donating groups.56, 57 According to the review by Keiluweit and Kleber,58

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PYE and four PPCPs (as electron donors) could be adsorbed to the pyrochars (as

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π-accepters) via π-π electron donor-acceptor interactions or/and polar-π interactions.

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These along with the strikingly positive relationship between the aromaticity of

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pyrochars and the logKoc values of each compound (Figure S3d) indicate that the

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sorption capacity of pyrochars for PYE and PPCPS may also result from the

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contribution of π-π electron donor-acceptor interactions or/and polar-π interactions

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between the sorbates and the aromatic components within pyrochars. In good

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agreement with this conclusion, the removal of amorphous aromatic C of pyrochars

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was noted to lead to the decrease in logKoc of PYE and TCS by pyrochars to varying

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degrees (Table 1).

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Environmental Implications. In this work, we investigated the sorption

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capacities of hydrochars and pyrochars derived from the same manure source

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towards PYE and four PPCPs. Hydrochars were noted to more effectively adsorb

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both polar PPCPs and nonpolar PYE than pyrochars. Additionally, we observed that

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HTC resulted in hydrochars with kerogen-like structure whose alkyl C has already

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been demonstrated to be responsible for their sorption capacity. Further, it was

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observed that the logKoc values of hydrochars were almost unchanged after the

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removal of amorphous aryl C, implying that amorphous aromatic C played a

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comparable role in the high sorption capacity of hydrochars compared to amorphous 21



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alkyl C. We thus concluded the dominant amorphous C associated with both alkyl

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and aryl moieties within hydrochars explained their high sorption capacity for

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organic pollutants. This research clearly provides evidence for mechanisms

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underlying the high sorption capacity of hydrochars for both nonpolar and polar

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organic pollutants. However, it should be noted that although the high sorption

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capacity of animal manure-derived hydrochar was identified in this work, issues

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about the long term environmental behavior of hydrochars, such as the release of

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potential toxic substances from hydrochars into soils and the stability of OC within

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hydrochars in soils, need to be more clearly addressed in the future before widely

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applying hydrochars into the environment for remediation purposes.

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Supporting Information. Four figures and nine tables are included in the

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Supporting Information. This material is available free of charge via the Internet at

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http://pubs.acs.org.

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Corresponding Author

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*Phone: 86-10-58807493; fax: 86-10-58807493; e-mail: [email protected].

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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The authors would like to acknowledge the technical support provided by Mr.

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Melvin Johnson of the USDA-ARS Coastal Plains Soil, Water & Plant Research

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Center, Florence, SC. This research was supported by National Natural Science 22


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Foundation of China (41273106 and 41473087) and National Science Foundation for

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Innovative Research Group (51421065), State Education Ministry, and USDA

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McIntire-Stennis Program (MAS 00028). L. Han also thanks the China Scholarship

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Council to support her study at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Mention

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of trade names or commercial products is solely for the purpose of providing specific

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information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the U.S.

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Department of Agriculture.

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Figure Captions:

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Figure 2. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) of swine solid- and poultry

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litter-derived hydrochars and pyrochars.

Figure 1. Van Krevelen plot of elemental ratios for swine solid- and poultry litter-derived hydrochars and pyrochars.

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Figure 3. Comparison of Raman spectra of original and bleached swine solid- (a)

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and poultry litter-derived (b) hydrochars and pyrochars.

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Figure 4. Comparison of solid-state 13C CP-MAS NMR spectra of nonhydrolyzable

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carbon (NHC) (a), and original and bleached swine solid- (b) and poultry

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litter-derived (c) hydrochars and pyrochars.

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Figure 5. Comparison of logKoc between hydrochars and pyrochars for five sorbates

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including pyrene (PYE), triclosan (TCS), estrone (E1), carbamazepine (CBZ) and

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acetaminophen (AMP).

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Table 1. The logKoc values (Ce =0.01 and 0.1 Sw) of pyrene (PYE) and estrone (E1)

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original and bleached hydrochars and pyrochars.

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Figure 1. Van Krevelen plot of elemental ratios for swine solid- and poultry litter-derived hydrochars and pyrochars. Note that I, II and III are three evolution paths of kerogen; H and P represent hydrochars and pyrochars, respectively; SS and PL refer to the biochars obtained from swine solids and poultry litter, respectively; 250, 450 and 600 are the heating treatment temperature (oC).

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b. HPL250

c. PSS250

d. PPL250

e. PSS450

f. PPL450

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Figure 2. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of swine solid- and poultry litter-derived hydrochars and pyrochars. Note that H and P represent hydrochars and pyrochars, respectively; SS and PL refer to the biochars obtained from swine solids and poultry litter, respectively; 250, 450 and 600 are the heating treatment temperature (oC).

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A

PSS600-BL

Intensity (a.u.)

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PSS600

PPL600

PSS450-BL

PPL450-BL

PSS450

PPL450

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Figure 3. Comparison of Raman spectra of original and bleached swine solid- (a) and poultry litter-derived (b) hydrochars and pyrochars. Note that A and G refer to amorphous and graphite peak, respectively; H and P represent hydrochars and pyrochars, respectively; SS and PL refer to the biochars obtained from swine solids and poultry litter, respectively; 250, 450 and 600 are the heating treatment temperature (oC); “BL” denotes that the bleached samples.

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a NHC5 NHC4 NHC3 NHC2 NHC1 HPL250 HSS250

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Figure 4. Comparison of solid-state 13C CP-MAS NMR spectra of nonhydrolyzable carbon (NHC) (a), and original and bleached swine solid- (b) and poultry litter-derived (c) hydrochars and pyrochars. Note that NHC1 and NHC2 were NHC extracted from surface soils, NHC3, NHC4 and NHC5 were NHC extracted from sediments (data of NHC are cited from the report by Ran et al.19); H and P represent hydrochars and pyrochars, respectively; SS and PL refer to the biochars obtained from swine solids and poultry litter, respectively; 250, 450 and 600 are the heating treatment temperature (oC); “BL” denotes that the bleached samples. 32


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LogKoc, mL/g

PYE

TCS

AMP

CBZ

E1

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PSS600

PSS450

PSS250

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Figure 5. Comparison of logKoc between hydrochars and pyrochars for five sorbates including pyrene (PYE), triclosan (TCS), estrone (E1), carbamazepine (CBZ) and acetaminophen (AMP). Note that H and P represent hydrochars and pyrochars, respectively; SS and PL refer to the biochars obtained from swine solids and poultry litter, respectively; 250, 450 and 600 are the heating treatment temperature (oC).

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Table 1. The logKoc values (Ce =0.01 and 0.1 Sw) of pyrene (PYE) and estrone (E1) by original and bleached hydrochars and pyrochars logKoc (mL/g) Samples

Pyrene (PYE)

Estrone (E1)

Ce = 0.01Sw Ce = 0.1Sw Ce = 0.01Sw Ce = 0.1Sw HSS250 6.19 5.97 4.78 4.58 PSS250 5.56 5.56 3.19 3.05 PSS450 5.85 5.36 3.63 3.16 PSS600 5.71 5.08 4.24 3.46 HPL250 6.08 5.82 4.53 4.29 PPL250 5.33 5.19 3.45 3.20 PPL450 5.70 5.22 3.76 3.11 PPL600 5.78 5.23 4.15 3.37 HSS250-BL 6.27 6.05 4.85 4.64 PSS250-BL 5.15 4.38 2.75 2.50 PSS450-BL 5.48 4.86 3.23 2.94 PSS600-BL 5.61 5.01 4.18 3.37 HPL250-BL 6.12 5.88 4.60 4.35 PPL250-BL 5.19 4.96 3.11 2.87 PPL450-BL 5.57 5.15 3.71 3.03 PPL600-BL 5.71 5.15 4.13 3.33 Koc is the organic carbon (OC) normalized sorption distributed coefficient; Sw: aqueous solubility of pyrene (PYE) and estrone (E1). Note that H and P represent hydrochars and pyrochars, respectively; SS and PL refer to the biochars obtained from swine solids and poultry litter, respectively; 250, 450 and 600 are the heating treatment temperature; BL: bleached samples (oC).

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