Effective Removal of Phosphate from Aqueous by Graphene Oxide Decorated with α- Fe 2O 3: Kinetic, Isotherm, Thermodynamic and Mechanism Study

Lihua Bai, Luyao Yuan, Yi Ji, Hongxia Yan

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Abstract

The excessive phosphate discharged into the environment has damaged the ecosystem seriously. In this work, a kind of 3D adsorbents, α -Fe 2O 3 decorated graphene oxide (GO--Fe 2O 3) , was synthesized to deal with phosphate-polluted water. The phosphate adsorption capacity of GO--Fe 2O 3 reached to 93.28mgg-1, in 50mgL-1 phosphate solution at pH 6.0 and temperature 298 K, and the phosphate adsorption efficiency is very stable between the pH range of 2.0–10.5 and temperature range of 293–333 K. The adsorption progress is rapid, and adsorption equilibrium was reached within 5 min. The phosphate adsorption behavior of GO--Fe 2O 3 fitted the Langmuir model, and the adsorption kinetic fitted the pseudo-second-order model. Ion exchange and electrostatic attraction are the main reactions in the adsorption process. Physical adsorption and chemical adsorption both are in the adsorption process. The phosphate adsorption progress is stable and rapid; thus, it is a good choice to deal with phosphate-polluted water by GO--Fe 2O 3.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3611-3620
Number of pages10
JournalArabian Journal for Science and Engineering
Volume43
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2018

Keywords

  • Adsorption
  • Electrostatic attraction
  • Graphene oxide
  • Ion exchange
  • Mechanism
  • Water treatment

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