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Synthesis of novel flower-like layered double oxides/carbon dots nanocomposites for U(VI) and 241Am(III) efficient removal: Batch and EXAFS studies

2017; Elsevier BV; Volume: 332; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.cej.2017.09.011

ISSN

1873-3212

Autores

Wen Yao, Xiangxue Wang, Liang Yu, Shujun Yu, Pengcheng Gu, Yubing Sun, Chao Xu, Jing Chen, Tasawar Hayat, Ahmed Alsaedi, Xiangke Wang,

Tópico(s)

Chemical Synthesis and Characterization

Resumo

Herein, a practical and simple calcination method was used to synthesize layered double oxides (denoted as LDO) and layered double oxides/carbon dots nanocomposites (denoted as LDO-C) for U(VI) efficient removal. The U(VI) adsorption on LDO and LDO-C were investigated under various experimental conditions, and the results indicated that U(VI) uptake on LDO and LDO-C were consumingly dependent on pH and ionic strength at pH > 6, and independent of ionic strength at pH < 6. The adsorption processes of U(VI) on LDO and LDO-C were spontaneous and endothermic, and well simulated by pseudo-second-order model. The maximum adsorption capacity of U(VI) on LDO-C was calculated to be 354.2 mg/g at pH = 5.0 and T = 298 K, which was significantly higher than that of U(VI) on LDO (237.6 mg/g). Particularly, BET, F T-IR, XPS and EXAFS analysis suggested that the higher adsorption capacity of LDO-C was mainly attributed to higher specific surface area and more abundant surface oxygen-containing functional groups (e.g. C-OH), and the main interaction mechanisms were surface complexation and electrostatic interactions. In addition, LDO-C also showed higher adsorption capacity of 241Am(III) than LDO. All in all, the efficient removal performance and superior versatility of LDO-C indicated that it could be applied as promising candidate for efficient immobilization of radioactive pollutant in environmental pollution management.

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