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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 192, Issue 3, Pages 1114-1121Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.06.013
Keywords
Zn-Al LDHs; Hierarchical porous structures; Hollow microspheres; Phosphate; Adsorption isotherm; Kinetics
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20877061, 51072154]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province [2010CDA078]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2007CB613302]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [20090460998]
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Hollow microspheres of hierarchical Zn-Al layered double hydroxides (LDHs) were synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method using urea as precipitating agent. The morphology and microstructure of the as-prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms and fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. It was found that the morphology of hierarchical Zn-Al LDHs can be tuned from irregular platelets to hollow microspheres by simply varying concentrations of urea. The effects of initial phosphate concentration and contact time on phosphate adsorption using various Zn-Al LDHs and their calcined products (LDOs) were investigated from batch tests. Our results indicate that the equilibrium adsorption data were best fitted by Langmuir isothermal model, with the maximum adsorption capacity of 54.1-232 mg/g: adsorption kinetics follows the pseudo-second-order kinetic equation and intra-particle diffusion model. In addition, Zn-Al LDOs are shown to be effective adsorbents for removing phosphate from aqueous solutions due to their hierarchical porous structures and high specific surface areas. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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