Author Affiliations
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, China2College of Materials & Environmental Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China3Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia4College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, Chinashow less
. Energy spectrum analysis (ESA) for unidentified black dots adsorbed on p-BN
. (A) SEM and (B) HRTEM images of p-BN, (C) SEM and (D) HRTEM images of p-BN after adsorption, (E) EDS analysis and (F) high-magnification HRTEM image of p-BN after adsorption
. XRD patterns (A) and FT-IR spectra (B) of p-BN before and after adsorption
. BET measurement of p-BN
. (A) Effect of initial pH on Cd(II) adsorption capacity (qe) and adsorption percentage at equilibrium, and (B) effect of p-BN dosage on the adsorption capacity (qe) and adsorption percentage of Cd(II)
. Variation of distribution of Cd(II) hydrolyzate species with pH
. (A) Adsorption capacities of Cd(II) with various contact times at different initial concentrations of Cd(II), and (B) adsorption percentages of Cd(II) on p-BN with various contact time at different initial concentrations of Cd(II)
. Kinetics models for adsorption of Cd(II) on p-BN
. (A) Adsorption isotherms of Cd(II) on p-BN at T=303, 313 and 323 K, equilibrium adsorption isotherms fitted by (B) Langmuir model, (C) Freundlich model, (D) Tempkin model
. Linear plots of lnKdversus 1/T for Cd(II) adsorption on p-BN adsorbent
. (A) XPS surveys for p-BN and adsorbed p-BN(inset: high resolution Cd3d XPS spectrum and background); (B) Experimental bonding enerygy peaks of Cd(II) and the comparisons of primary peaks of Cd3d5/2 and Cd3d3/2 for free Cd(II), CdCO3, Cd(OH)2
. High resolution spectra of B1s (a) and O1s (b) for p-BN before and after adsorption
Cd(II)/p-BN | Model |
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Pseudo-first-order | Pseudo-second-order | Intra-particle diffusion | Liquid-film diffusion |
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Parameters | qe,cal=/(mg·g-1) | 111.7 | qe,cal=/(g·mg-1·h-1) | 193.1 | I | 60.2 | Kf/h-1 | 0.524 | K1-1 | 0.524 | K2(g·mg-1·h-1) | 1.00×10-3 | kd/(g·mg-1·h-1/2) | 49.4 | A | -0.499 | R2 | 0.948 | R2 | 0.999 | R2 | 0.872 | R2 | 0.948 |
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Table 1. Adsorption kinetics models parameters
Modelparameter | Langmuir model | Freundlich model | Tempkin model |
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qm/(mg·g-1) | KL/(L·mg-1) | R2 | 1/n | KF | R2 | KT/(L·mg-1) | f | R2 |
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T/K | 303 | 236 | 0.112 | 0.984 | 0.229 | 1.27 | 0.987 | 43.1 | 2.19 | 0.987 | 313 | 256 | 0.126 | 0.968 | 0.225 | 1.29 | 0.989 | 49.1 | 2.00 | 0.984 | 323 | 290 | 0.121 | 0.983 | 0.223 | 1.32 | 0.994 | 58.3 | 1.63 | 0.991 |
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Table 1. Adsorption isotherm models parameters of Cd(II) on p-BN
Adsorbate | C0/(mg·L-1) | ΔHθ/(kJ·mol-1) | ΔSθ/(J·mol-1·K-1) | ΔGθ/(kJ·mol-1) |
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303 K | 313 K | 323 K |
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Cd(II) | 50 | 16.51 | 72.81 | -5.55 | -6.28 | -7.01 | 60 | 17.58 | 73.40 | -4.66 | -5.39 | -6.13 | 70 | 14.25 | 61.39 | -4.35 | -4.97 | -5.58 | 80 | 16.21 | 66.54 | -3.95 | -4.62 | -5.28 | 90 | 16.08 | 64.60 | -3.49 | -4.14 | -4.79 |
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Table 2. Values of thermodynamic parameters for the adsorption of Cd(II) on p-BN