Molecules (Aug 2019)

Dyes Adsorption Behavior of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Nanoparticles Functionalized Polyoxometalate Hybrid

  • Jie Li,
  • Chen Si,
  • Haiyan Zhao,
  • Qingxi Meng,
  • Bowen Chang,
  • Mingxue Li,
  • Hongling Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24173128
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 17
p. 3128

Abstract

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The magnetic adsorbent, Fe3O4@[Ni(HL)2]2H2[P2Mo5O23]·2H2O (Fe3O4@1), is synthesized by employing the nanoparticles Fe3O4 and polyoxometalate hybrid 1. Zero-field-cooled (ZFC) and field-cooled (FC) curves show that the blocking temperature of Fe3O4@1 was at 120 K. Studies of Fe3O4@1 removing cationic and anionic dyes from water have been explored. The characterization of Fe3O4@1, effects of critical factors such as dosage, the concentration of methylene blue (MB), pH, adsorption kinetics, isotherm, the removal selectivity of substrate and the reusability of Fe3O4@1 were assessed. The magnetic adsorbent displayed an outstanding removal activity for the cationic dye at a broad range of pH. The adsorption kinetics and isotherm models revealed that the adsorption process of Fe3O4@1 was mainly governed via chemisorption. The maximum capacity of Fe3O4@1 adsorbing substance was 41.91 mg g−1. Furthermore, Fe3O4@1 showed its high stability by remaining for seven runs of the adsorption-desorption process with an effective MB removal rate, and could also be developed as a valuable adsorbent for dyes elimination from aqueous system.

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