China Plastics ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 45-51.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2020.05.008

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Preparation and Adsorption Performance of Graphene Oxide/Attapulgite Composites

Jiaheng LIU, Dongqin WANG, Sheng HU(), Weibing HU   

  1. Key Laboratory of Biologic Resources Protection and Utilization of Hubei Province, School of Chemical and Environment Engineering, Hubei Minzu University, Enshi 445000, China
  • Received:2020-01-06 Online:2020-05-26 Published:2020-05-26

Abstract:

Graphene oxide (GO)/attapulgite (AT) composites were prepared by a solution blending method. The effect of the mass ratio of GO/AT on the adsorption capacity of the composites was investigated, and the phase composition and microstructure of the composites were analyzed. The results indicated that the composites gained a maximum adsorption capacity when the mass ratio of GO/AT was 3/4, and their adsorption rate reached 93.06 %. The effects of adsorption time, the initial concentration of tetracycline hydrochloride, and the pH values on the removal of tetracycline hydrochloride from aqueous solution were further investigated, and the mechanism and process of tetracycline hydrochloride adsorption were explored. The adsorption behavior of the composites for tetracycline hydrochloride was found to comply with the Langmuir isothermal equation and quasi second?order kinetic model with apparent adsorption activation energy of 37.19 kJ/mol. This indicated that the adsorption behavior was dominated by electrostatic adsorption. Moreover, the adsorption process was determined as an endothermic, spontaneous and entropy increasing process in the temperature range of this study according to the important parameters of ΔHO=7.77 kJ/mol, ΔGO<0 and ΔSO=57.62 J/(mol·K).

Key words: attapulgite, graphene oxide, composite, adsorption performance

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