A Generalized Method for the Synthesis of Carbon-Encapsulated Fe3O4 Composites and Its Application in Water Treatment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Properties of the Synthesized Samples
2.2. Adsorption Kinetics of the C@Fe3O4 Composites
2.3. Adsorption Kinetics of the C@Fe3O4 Composites
3. Experimental
3.1. Chemicals
3.2. Synthesis of C@Fe3O4 Nanorods
3.3. Characterization
3.4. Adsorption Experiment
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Sample Availability
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Samples | Nanorod | Nanodisk | Nanoparticle |
---|---|---|---|
Ms (emu·g−1) | 50.94 | 39.10 | 26.46 |
Mr (emu·g−1) | 20.39 | 10.75 | 6.65 |
Hc (Oe) | 238.86 | 285.59 | 195.58 |
Samples | Models | Pseudo-First-Order | Pseudo-Second-Order | ||
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C@Fe3O4 nanorod | Parameters | k1 (min−1) | 0.1531 | k2 (g·mg·min−1) | 0.0205 |
qe (mg·g−1) | 8.4826 | qe (mg·g−1) | 36.36 | ||
R2 | 0.9290 | R2 | 0.9996 | ||
C@Fe3O4 nanodisk | Parameters | k1 (min−1) | 0.0182 | k2 (g·mg·min−1) | 8.5428 × 10−3 |
qe (mg·g−1) | 8.6938 | qe (mg·g−1) | 34.0136 | ||
R2 | 0.9572 | R2 | 0.9985 | ||
C@Fe3O4 nanoparticle | Parameters | k1 (min−1) | 0.0477 | k2 (g·mg·min−1) | 0.0120 |
qe (mg·g−1) | 8.8089 | qe (mg·g−1) | 35.1494 | ||
R2 | 0.8641 | R2 | 0.9997 |
Sample | Langmuir | Freundlich | ||||
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Qmax (mg·g−1) | b (L·mol−1) | R2 | Kf (mg·g−1) | n | R2 | |
C@Fe3O4 nanorod | 34.54 | 9.27 × 106 | 0.9229 | 46.12 | 38.93 | 0.7791 |
C@Fe3O4 nanodisk | 32.94 | 1.12 × 106 | 0.9990 | 208.61 | 6.02 | 0.9549 |
C@Fe3O4 nanoparticle | 33.64 | 2.15 × 106 | 0.9991 | 102.17 | 10.07 | 0.9295 |
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Duan, S.; Liu, J.; Pang, Y.; Lin, F.; Meng, X.; Tang, K.; Li, J. A Generalized Method for the Synthesis of Carbon-Encapsulated Fe3O4 Composites and Its Application in Water Treatment. Molecules 2022, 27, 6812. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27206812
Duan S, Liu J, Pang Y, Lin F, Meng X, Tang K, Li J. A Generalized Method for the Synthesis of Carbon-Encapsulated Fe3O4 Composites and Its Application in Water Treatment. Molecules. 2022; 27(20):6812. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27206812
Chicago/Turabian StyleDuan, Shengxia, Jian Liu, Yanling Pang, Feng Lin, Xiangyan Meng, Ke Tang, and Jiaxing Li. 2022. "A Generalized Method for the Synthesis of Carbon-Encapsulated Fe3O4 Composites and Its Application in Water Treatment" Molecules 27, no. 20: 6812. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27206812