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  • Title: Graphene oxide-terminated hyperbranched amino polymer-carboxymethyl cellulose ternary nanocomposite for efficient removal of heavy metals from aqueous solutions.
    Author: Kong Q, Preis S, Li L, Luo P, Hu Y, Wei C.
    Journal: Int J Biol Macromol; 2020 Apr 15; 149():581-592. PubMed ID: 31987941.
    Abstract:
    A high-efficiency graphene oxide-terminated hyperbranched amino polymer-carboxymethyl cellulose ternary nanocomposite (GO-HBP-NH2-CMC) was fabricated for adsorbing heavy metals from aqueous solutions. The adsorbent was characterized by SEM, FT-IR, Raman, and XPS analyses showing its porous architecture, rough surface, abundant N- and O-containing functional groups providing enhanced binding ability towards Pb2+ and Cu2+. Experimental adsorption data fitted well to the pseudo-second-order kinetics and Langmuir isotherm models, indicating the adsorption of GO-HBP-NH2-CMC towards Pb2+ and Cu2+ being a chemical and monolayer process. The maximum adsorption capacities of GO-HBP-NH2-CMC for Pb2+ and Cu2+ at 25 °C comprised 152.86 and 137.48 mg/g, respectively. The laboratory-scale experimental study into the Pb2+ and Cu2+ adsorption in a fixed-bed column was undertaken. Effects of flow rate, bed depth and influent metals concentration on the adsorption performance were assessed. Experimental data successfully correlated with the Adams-Bohart, Thomas and Yoon-Nelson models with the R2 exceeding 0.79. Density functional theory calculation was adopted to study interactions between functional groups at GO-HBP-NH2-CMC and heavy metals showing OH, NH2 and COOH moieties in GO-HBP-NH2-CMC being more likely to bind Pb2+ rather than Cu2+, while the binding abilities of CONH towards Pb2+ and Cu2+ were similar.
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