Author Affiliations
School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Liaoning University of Technology, Jinzhou 121001, Chinashow less
1. Schematic diagram of the synthetic process for Q-SBA-15
2. (a, b) SEM images, (c, d) EDX elemental analyses, (e) XRD patterns and (f) TG curves of (a, c) SBA-15 and (b, d) Q-SBA-15 samples
3. (a) N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms, (b) pore size distributions of SBA-15 and Q-SBA-15, (c, d) TEM images of Q-SBA-15
4. (a) FT-IR spectra of Q-SBA-15 and SBA-15, and (b) XPS survey spectrum of Q-SBA-15
5. Effect of solution pH on the adsorption of Cr(III) with Q-SBA-15
6. Effects of ionic strength on Cr(III) adsorption
7. Linearized fitting curves of (a) Langmuir model and (b) Freundlich model for adsorption of Cr(III) on Q-SBA-15
8. XPS spectra of Q-SBA-15
9. Regeneration property of Q-SBA-15
S1. (a) Effect of contacting time on the adsorption capacity of Cr(III) by Q-SBA-15 and (b) EDX analyses of Q-SBA-15 after adsorption of Cr(III)
S2. Fitting curves for adsorption of Cr(III) by (a) pseudo-first-order model and (b) pseudo-first-order model
S3. Plots of lnKcversus 1/T for the adsorption of Cr(III) by Q-SBA-15
Sample | SBET/(cm2·g-1)
| Pore size/nm |
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SBA-15 | 757 | 9.6 | Q-SBA-15 | 283 | 6.7 |
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Table 1. Textural properties of the synthesized samples
Sample | qe,exp/(mg·g-1)
| Pseudo first-order model | Pseudo second-order model |
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K1/ min-1 | qe,cal/(mg·g-1)
| R2 | K2/(g·mg-1·min-1)
| qe,cal/(mg·g-1)
| R2 |
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Q-SBA-15 | 102.3 | 0.0647 | 61.75 | 0.857 | 4.26×10-4 | 119.19 | 0.979 |
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Table 1. Kinetic parameters for Cr(III) adsorption onto Q-SBA-15
Adsorbent | qm/(mg·g-1)
| References |
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Biomass-based hydrogel | 41.7 | [1] | m-MCM-41-NH2 | 36.92 | [2] | Graphene oxide | 13.3 | [3] | Thiol-functionalized MCM-41 | 15.34 | [4] | TS-SBA-15 | 95.68 | [5] | NH2-SBA-15
| 24.88 | [6] | Q-SBA-15 | 102.3 | This work |
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Table 2. Comparison of Cr(III) adsorption performance with different materials selected from literature
Temperature
/℃
| Langmuir | Freundlich |
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qm/(g·mg-1)
| KL | R2 | KF | n | R2 |
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30 | 106.84 | 0.09 | 0.988 | 24.59 | 3.12 | 0.836 | 40 | 108.23 | 0.25 | 0.997 | 48.39 | 5.47 | 0.913 | 50 | 112.74 | 0.41 | 0.997 | 42.72 | 4.27 | 0.697 |
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Table 2. Different model parameters for adsorption of Cr(III) by Q-SBA-15 at different temperatures
Sample | Tempera-
ture/K
| Kc | ΔG/
(kJ·mol-1)
| ΔS/
(kJ·mol·K-1)
| ΔH/
(kJ·mol-1)
|
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Q-SBA-15 | 293 | 1.846 | -4.386 | 0.128 | 33.118 | 303 | 2.095 | -5.666 | 313 | 2.650 | -6.946 | 318 | 2.780 | -7.586 | 323 | 3.088 | -8.226 |
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Table 3. Thermodynamic parameters of Cr(III) adsorption on Q-SBA-15