Highly Efficient Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Immobilized on Cellulose Nanofibril Aerogels for Arsenic Removal from Water
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Synthesis of Mg-Doped Amorphous IONPs
2.3. Preparation of CNF-IONP Adsorbent
2.4. Characterization
2.5. Arsenic Adsorption Experiments
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Arsenic Adsorption Experiments
3.2. Characterization of the Adsorbent
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Adsorption Parameters | As(III) | As(V) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Initial As Concentration (mg-As L−1) | 0.0296 | 0.0302 | ||||
Adsorbent Loading (mg-IONP L-As−1) | 16 | 31 | 63 | 16 | 31 | 63 |
qe (mg-As g-IONP−1) | 15.87 | 9.57 | 4.85 | 20.41 | 9.78 | 4.78 |
Kad (g-IONP mg-As·min−1) | 7.6 × 10−4 | 2.1 × 10−3 | 1.35 × 10−2 | 6.7 × 10−4 | 3.2 × 10−3 | 1.67 × 10−2 |
r2 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 |
As(III) | As(V) | |
---|---|---|
qmax (mg-As g-IONP−1) | 47.75 | 90.90 |
KL | 2.36 | 7.95 |
r2 | 0.99 | 0.99 |
Adsorbent | As Concentration Range, C0 (mg L−1) | Maximum as Adsorption Capacity, qmax (mg g−1) | BET Surface Area (m2 g−1) | pH | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cellulose-g-PDMAEMA | As(III) & As(V): 0.05–8.9 | As(III): 8.96; As(V): 27.93 | — | <10 | [25] |
FeOOH/CuO@WBC | As(III): 20–200 | As(III): 76.1 | — | 3.5 | [26] |
DETA-g-DA-NCC | As(III) & As(V): 0.005–50 | As(III): 10.56; As(V): 12.06 | — | 7.5 | [27] |
Functionalized CNFs | As(V): 0.025–40 | As(V): 24.9 | 0.16 | 4–8 | [28] |
Cellulose-g-GMA-b-TEPA | As(III): ~5–35; As(V): ~20–100 | As(III): 5.71; As(V): 75.13 | 3.68 | As(III): 7 & As(V): 5 | [29] |
Fe(III)-AM-PGMACell | As(V): 25–400 | As(V): 78.8 | 39.9 | 6 | [30] |
AM-Fe-PGDC | As(V): 10–400 | As(V): 105.47 | 31.6 | 6 | [31] |
Cell-N-Cu | As(V): 100–700 | As(V): 98.9 | — | 8.4 | [32] |
CNs/Fe2O3 nanorod | — | As(III): 13.87, As(V): 15.71 | — | 7 & 3 | [21] |
Cellulose@Fe2O3 composites * | — | As(III): 64.33, As(V): 89.19 | 113 | 7 | [20] |
iMNP | As(V): 1–10 | As(V): 12.74 | 145.5 | 6.6 | [33] |
Fe3O4/AC composite | As(III): 2–120 | As(III): 7.5 | — | 8 | [34] |
OMIM | As(III) & As(V): 1–100 | As(III): 67.89, As(V): 93.54 | 154 | 3 | [35] |
IONP@CNF-IONP aerogel * | As(III): 0.055–15.9; As(V): 0.073–21.7 | As(III): 47.75; As(V): 90.90 | 165 | 7 | This work |
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Rahman, M.M.; Hafez, I.; Tajvidi, M.; Amirbahman, A. Highly Efficient Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Immobilized on Cellulose Nanofibril Aerogels for Arsenic Removal from Water. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 2818. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11112818
Rahman MM, Hafez I, Tajvidi M, Amirbahman A. Highly Efficient Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Immobilized on Cellulose Nanofibril Aerogels for Arsenic Removal from Water. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(11):2818. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11112818
Chicago/Turabian StyleRahman, Md Musfiqur, Islam Hafez, Mehdi Tajvidi, and Aria Amirbahman. 2021. "Highly Efficient Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Immobilized on Cellulose Nanofibril Aerogels for Arsenic Removal from Water" Nanomaterials 11, no. 11: 2818. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11112818