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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 6, Issue 76, Pages 72479-72486Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6ra13304e
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- National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) [2015AA034701]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2008QNA4008]
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Amino-functionalized nanocomposites with a magnetic CoFe2O4 core and an amorphous SiO2 shell have been designed and synthesized. The core-shell structure was characterized by SEM, EDS, TEM, FTIR and XPS. CoFe2O4@SiO2-NH2 with a high saturated magnetization (28.09 emu g(-1)) can be easily separated under a moderate external magnetic field within one minute. In addition, the adsorption capacity of the CoFe2O4@SiO2-NH2 for Cu(II), Cd(II) and Mn(II) was 170.829, 144.948 and 110.803 mg g(-1), respectively. The removal efficiency was increased from 12 to 85% with an increase in the pH from 4 to 6.5. The adsorbent can be recycled for at least four cycles with a feasible removal efficiency (85.41%). The adsorption process was fitted by pseudo-second-order kinetics and a Langmuir isotherm model. Based on the data of the present investigation, CoFe2O4@SiO2-NH2 could find potential applications in heavy metal ion wastewater treatment.
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