Facile Preparation of Magnetic CuFeO on Sepiolite/GO Nanocomposites for Efficient Removal of Pb(II) and Cd(II) from Aqueous Solution

Overview

Journal ACS Omega

Publisher American Chemical Society

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2023 Oct 30

PMID 37901569

Authors

Israa Othman

Fawzi Banat

Shadi W Hasan

Cyril Aubry

Sundaramurthy Suresh

Mika Sillanpaa

Mohammad Abu Haija

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Abstract

CuFeO nanoparticles were synthesized and immobilized on sepiolite fibers and graphene oxide sheets, producing a CuFeO/sepiolite/GO (CFSG) nanocomposite via a facile single-pot method. The synthesized nanocomposite was characterized using TEM, FTIR, SEM-EDX, XRD, and TGA techniques to determine its composition, structure, and thermal stability. The adsorptive removal of Pb(II) and Cd(II) heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions was studied using the synthesized CFSG nanocomposite. Adsorption parameters such as CFSG loading, pH, contact time, and temperature were investigated. The CFGS nanocomposite showed a higher Pb(II) removal ( = 238.1 mg/g) compared to Cd(II) ( = 14.97 mg/g) in a Pb(II) and Cd(II) binary system. The Pb(II) and Cd(II) adsorption fitted well with the Langmuir model, followed by the pseudo-second-order model, and was found spontaneous. Adsorption thermodynamic analysis showed that the Pb(II) adsorption process was exothermic while Cd(II) adsorption was endothermic. The CuFeO nanoparticles on the CFSG surface could facilitate the adsorption of heavy metal ions through electrostatic interaction and complexation processes.

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