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  • Title: Adsorption of Cu(II) from aqueous solution by anatase mesoporous TiO2 nanofibers prepared via electrospinning.
    Author: Vu D, Li Z, Zhang H, Wang W, Wang Z, Xu X, Dong B, Wang C.
    Journal: J Colloid Interface Sci; 2012 Feb 01; 367(1):429-35. PubMed ID: 22137166.
    Abstract:
    Anatase mesoporous titanium nanofibers (m-TiO(2) NFs) have been synthesized from calcination of the as-spun TiO(2)/polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP)/pluronic123 (P123) composite nanofibers at 450 °C in air for 3h. The structures and the physicochemical properties of m-TiO(2) NFs are characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherm analysis, and determination point of zero charge, respectively. An investigation of Cu(II) adsorption onto m-TiO(2) NFs has been studied in this research. The pH effect, adsorption kinetics, and adsorption isotherms are examined in batch experiments. Experimental data were analyzed using pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order kinetic models. It was found that adsorption kinetics were the best fitting by a pseudo-second order kinetic model. The optimum pH for Cu(II) adsorption was found to be 6.0. The equilibrium data were analyzed by the Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm models, which revealed that the Freundlich isotherm is the best-fit isotherm for the adsorption of Cu(II). Compared to the TiO(2) NFs (regular anatase titanium nanofibers) in the same experimental conditions to elucidate the role of the mesoporous structure of m-TiO(2) NFs, experimental results showed that the m-TiO(2) NFs had a better adsorption capacity for Cu(II) due to its higher surface area.
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