Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 35, Issue 3, 373(2020)

Carbothermic Synthesis of Carbon-supported Zero-valent Iron Material for Removal of U(Ⅵ) from Aqueous Solution

Jiaqi WANG1... Hongwei PANG2, Hao TANG2, Shujun YU2, Hongtao ZHU1, and Xiangxue WANG1,23,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Hebei Key Lab of Power Plant Flue Gas Multi-Pollutants Control, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, China
  • 2MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
  • 3Fundamental Science on Nuclear Wastes and Environmental Safety Laboratory, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
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    SEM image (a), element mapping (b) and EDS pattern(c) of Fe-CB
    XRD patterns (a) and N2 adsorption-desorption isotherm (b) of SA, nZVI and Fe-CB; FT-IR spectra (c) of SA and Fe-CB; magnetization curve (d) of Fe-CB
    Effect of contact time on the sorption of U(VI) by Fe-CB (a), and corresponding simulation of kinetics data by pseudo-first-order model (b) and pseudo-second-order model (c)
    Adsorption isotherms (a) and linear plots of lnKd against Ce (b) for the elimination of U(Ⅵ) by Fe-CB at 328, 313 and 298 K
    Effect of pH (a) and ionic strength (b) on U(Ⅵ) sorption by Fe-CB, Zeta-potential of Fe-CB (c), and relative distribution of U(VI) species in different pH (d)
    XPS survey spectra of Fe-CB before and after reaction with U(Ⅵ) (a), high resolution XPS spectrum of U4f (b), and deconvolution analyses of Fe2p (c); O1s (d) for Fe-CB before and after U(Ⅵ) adsorption
    • Table 1. BET results of nZVI, SA and Fe-CB

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      Table 1. BET results of nZVI, SA and Fe-CB

      MaterialSpecific surface area/(m2·g-1)Pore diameter/nm
      nZVI4.11.03
      SA0.22.12
      Fe-CB346.620.12
    • Table 2. Kinetic model parameters for remove of U(Ⅵ) by Fe-CB

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      Table 2. Kinetic model parameters for remove of U(Ⅵ) by Fe-CB

      Pseudo-first-order modelPseudo-second-order model
      k1/min-1Qe/(mg·g-1)R12k2/(g·mg-1·min-1)Qe/(mg·g-1)R22
      0.438857.30.4890.002664.30.998
    • Table 3. Fitting parameters of adsorption isotherms for U(Ⅵ) on Fe-CB

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      Table 3. Fitting parameters of adsorption isotherms for U(Ⅵ) on Fe-CB

      T/KLangmuir modelFreundlich model
      Qm/(mg·g-1)kL/(L·mg-1)R12kF/(mg1-n·Ln·g-1)nR22
      29877.31.400.97162.618.620.788
      31389.71.540.97071.116.290.884
      328103.71.250.95976.412.150.901
    • Table 4. Thermodynamic parameters at different temperatures

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      Table 4. Thermodynamic parameters at different temperatures

      T/KΔGθ/(kJ·mol-1)ΔSθ/(J·K-1·mol-1)ΔHθ/(kJ·mol-1)
      298-5.7434.844.64
      313-6.61
      328-7.72
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    Jiaqi WANG, Hongwei PANG, Hao TANG, Shujun YU, Hongtao ZHU, Xiangxue WANG. Carbothermic Synthesis of Carbon-supported Zero-valent Iron Material for Removal of U(Ⅵ) from Aqueous Solution[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(3): 373

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    Paper Information

    Category: RESEARCH PAPER

    Received: Jul. 23, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 27, 2021

    The Author Email: WANG Xiangxue (xxwang@ncepu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20190378

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