Fabrication and characterization of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide decorated diatomite composite materials and their adsorption performance for uranium ions
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Sabriye Yusan
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Burak Mumcu
Abstract
In this study, the composite materials based on the incorporation of diatomite of graphene oxide (GO)/reduced graphene oxide (rGO/diatomite) were developed and characterized by different techniques (SEM, XRD, FTIR and BET). Developed composites were used for the first time in the removal of uranium ions from aqueous solutions. In adsorption studies, parameters affecting the adsorption efficiency such as solution pH, temperature, contact time and initial U(VI) concentration were investigated using full factorial experimental design (FFED). ANOVA (analysis of variance) analysis within the 95 % confidence interval of the model applied to control the compatibility of the model and the experimental findings was examined. Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin isotherms were used to determine the adsorption model and related parameters were calculated. In addition, adsorption thermodynamic parameters such as enthalpy, Gibbs free energy change and entropy were calculated. The uranium removal behaviour on GO/diatomite and rGO/diatomite was better characterized by the pseudo-second order and Langmuir models, indicating that uranium ions were chemically adsorbed onto composite materials. Additionally, it was observed that higher temperatures promoted the uranium removal on GO/diatomite and rGO/diatomite, suggesting that the removal process was a spontaneous endothermic and exothermic reaction, respectively. In addition, the adsorption of U(VI) with GO/diatomite and rGO/diatomite was investigated using density functional theory (DFT) study. Configuration and adsorption energy were determined. The GO/diatomite composite materials can be a promising candidate as an adsorbent for the removal of uranium from aqueous solutions.
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Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: Sabriye Yusan: conceptualization, supervision, methodology and writing – review & editing. Burak Mumcu: investigation, data curation, validation. Eduardo A. López-Maldonado: calculation, data acquisition, writing – review & editing. Rachid EL Kaim Billah: calculation, data acquisition. Lahoucine Bahsis: calculation: data acquisition.
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Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Review
- Phytoremediation of radium contaminated soils: recent advances and prospects
- Original Papers
- Kinetic evaluation of the uranyl peroxide synthetic route on morphology
- Fabrication and characterization of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide decorated diatomite composite materials and their adsorption performance for uranium ions
- The performance of iron-silicate-based biochar as a sorbent material towards 133Ba retention from radioactive liquid waste
- Challenges in the solution phase synthesis of PSMA-11 and PSMA-617: organic ligands for radiopharmaceutical preparations in prostate cancer medication
- Synthesis, MTT assay, 99m-Technetium radiolabeling, biodistribution evaluation of radiotracer and in vitro magnetic resonance imaging study of P,N-doped graphene quantum dots as a new multipurpose imaging nano-agent
- Assessment of radioactivity and radiological risk indices in the sediments of the Tam Giang-Cau Hai, Thi Nai, and Nai lagoons in the Center of Vietnam
- Study of gamma, neutron, and proton interaction parameters of some immunotherapy drugs using EpiXs, NGCal, and PSTAR software
- Gamma and neutron attenuation of SiO2–B2O3–BaO–Li2O glasses doped with CeO2
