Issue 12, 2014

Adsorption property of Cr(vi) on magnetic mesoporous titanium dioxide–graphene oxide core–shell microspheres

Abstract

Novel Fe3O4@mTiO2@GO microspheres for the fast removal of Cr(VI) were synthesized by immobilizing a mesoporous TiO2 shell on the surface of magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles prior to binding with GO. The characterization results from FTIR, SEM, VSM and XRD showed that Fe3O4@mTiO2@GO was successfully prepared with a large surface area and good magnetic responsiveness. It was shown that the sorption of the microspheres for Cr(VI) was strongly dependent on pH value and contact time. As Cr-removal adsorbents, the maximum Cr-removal capability of microspheres was 117.94 mg g−1. The equilibrium adsorptions were well-described by the Freundlich isotherm mode and its kinetics followed pseudo-second-order rate equation. Moreover, the Fe3O4@mTiO2@GO microspheres could be regenerated and used repeatedly by simple treatment without obvious structure and performance degradation. These results demonstrated the potential applications of Fe3O4@mTiO2@GO microspheres in the efficient Cr-removal from wastewater and purification of polluted water.

Graphical abstract: Adsorption property of Cr(vi) on magnetic mesoporous titanium dioxide–graphene oxide core–shell microspheres

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 May 2014
Accepted
02 Sep 2014
First published
02 Sep 2014

New J. Chem., 2014,38, 6008-6016

Adsorption property of Cr(VI) on magnetic mesoporous titanium dioxide–graphene oxide core–shell microspheres

L. Li, H. Duan, X. Wang and C. Luo, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 6008 DOI: 10.1039/C4NJ00782D

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