Journal
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 350, Issue -, Pages 692-702Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2018.05.130
Keywords
MoS2 nanoflakes; Recovery; Precious metal; Gold; Palladium; Platinum
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21505106]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2452017177]
- Young Talent Fund of University Association for Science and Technology in Shaanxi, China [20170703]
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The design and synthesis of efficient adsorbing materials for recovery of precious metal are of paramount importance for fulfilling high-tech industry's need. Herein, a one-step hydrothermal synthesis method was employed to construct the sulfur-rich MoS2 nanoflakes under a mild condition. The first experiment evidence proved that MoS2 nanoflakes were capable of capturing gold, with an extremely high uptake capacity (1133 mg g(-1)) and excellent selectivity. More importantly, MoS2 nanoflakes showed preferential Au3+ uptake behaviour compared with other precious metal ions such as Pd2+ (47.6 mg g(-1)) and Pt4+ (38.5 mg g(-1)). Different factors affecting the sorption process such as pH, adsorbent amount, contact time, ion strength, and reusability were systematically studied. The adsorption mechanism may be attributed to their intrinsically sulfur-rich characteristic for the strong soft-soft interactions between S atoms and Au atoms. These findings open up the possibility to expand the applications of sulfur-rich nanomaterials in the recovery of precious metal.
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