Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 35, Issue 1, 65(2020)

Adsorption of Eu(III) on Alkalized Ti3C2Tx MXene Studied by Batch Experiment and Its Mechanism Investigation

Huan SONG1... Lin WANG2, Hong-Qing WANG1,* and Wei-Qun SHI2,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
  • 2Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    XRD patterns of the synthesized Ti3AlC2, Ti3C2Tx, Na-Ti3C2Tx and Na-Ti3C2Tx-Eu
    SEM images of Na-Ti3C2Tx before (a-b), and after (c-d) adsorption of Eu(III), with EDS analysis resulted of Na-Ti3C2Tx before (e) and after (f) adsorption of Eu(III)
    Effect of sorbent dose on Eu(III) removal by Na-Ti3C2Tx (pH=(4.0±0.1), C0=20 mg/L)
    Effect of solution pH and ionic strength on removal of Eu(III) by Na-Ti3C2Tx (a), Zeta potential of Na-Ti3C2Tx (b), and distribution of Eu(III) species in aqueous solution as a function of pH calculated using the MEDUSA program (c)
    Time-dependent adsorption of Eu(III) on Na-Ti3C2Tx (pH= (4.0±0.1), T = 293 K, m/V = 0.4 g/L) (a), and pseudo-second- order kinetic plots of Eu(III) on Na-Ti3C2Tx (b)
    (a) Isotherms of Na-Ti3C2Tx towards Eu(III) under the conditions of pH (4.0±0.1) and m/V=0.40 g/L, and (b) plot of lnKdvs 1/T
    (A) Eu L 3 edge k3-weighted EXAFS spectra (solid lines) and the best theoretical fits (dots lines) of Eu-loaded Na-Ti3C2Tx samples under different solution pH, and (B) corresponding non-phase shift corrected Fourier transforms
    • Table 1. Optimized parameters of pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetic models

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      Table 1. Optimized parameters of pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetic models

      SamplePseudo-first-order modelPseudo-second-order model
      Na-Ti3C2Txk1/min-1R2k2/(g·mg-1·min-1)R2
      0.02120.41110.13120.9999
    • Table 2. Fitting parameters of Langmuir and Freundlich models

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      Table 2. Fitting parameters of Langmuir and Freundlich models

      ModelsParametersTemperature/K
      298306314322
      Langmuirqm/(mg·g-1)54.0557.1466.6788.50
      KL/(L·mg-1)0.495.003.491.04
      R20.99310.99990.99810.9973
      FreundlichKF/(mg1-n·Ln·g-1)33.5240.8750.3760.87
      1/n9.7810.5010.8810.92
      R20.94360.94870.92120.9645
    • Table 3. Thermodynamic parameters for removal of Eu(III) by Na-Ti3C2Tx

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      Table 3. Thermodynamic parameters for removal of Eu(III) by Na-Ti3C2Tx

      Temperature/KΔH/(kJ·mol-1)ΔS/(J·mol-1·K-1)ΔG/(kJ·mol-1)
      29824.539134.81-15.57
      306-16.65
      314-17.73
      322-18.80
    • Table 4. Fitting parameters extracted from least-squares fitting analysis of EXAFS spectra

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      Table 4. Fitting parameters extracted from least-squares fitting analysis of EXAFS spectra

      SamplePathCNaRb/nmσ2c/(×10-4, nm2)ΔEd/eVR-factore
      Eu3+(aq)Eu-O(9.0±0.6)(0.243±0.001)0.8(3.9±0.6)0.006
      pH=4.0Eu-O(9.1±1.6)(0.243±0.002)0.9(2.4±1.6)0.019
      pH=5.0Eu-O(8.7±1.4)(0.243±0.001)0.9(2.6±1.5)0.016
      pH=6.0Eu-O(7.8±0.9)(0.242±0.001)1.0(2.2±1.1)0.008
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    Huan SONG, Lin WANG, Hong-Qing WANG, Wei-Qun SHI. Adsorption of Eu(III) on Alkalized Ti3C2Tx MXene Studied by Batch Experiment and Its Mechanism Investigation[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(1): 65

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    Category: RESEARCH PAPER

    Received: Feb. 15, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 24, 2021

    The Author Email: WANG Hong-Qing (hqwang2001cn@126.com), SHI Wei-Qun (shiwq@ihep.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20190073

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