• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 35, Issue 1, 65 (2020)
Huan SONG1, Lin WANG2, Hong-Qing WANG1、*, and Wei-Qun SHI2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
  • 2Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20190073 Cite this Article
    Huan SONG, Lin WANG, Hong-Qing WANG, Wei-Qun SHI. Adsorption of Eu(III) on Alkalized Ti3C2Tx MXene Studied by Batch Experiment and Its Mechanism Investigation[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(1): 65 Copy Citation Text show less
    XRD patterns of the synthesized Ti3AlC2, Ti3C2Tx, Na-Ti3C2Tx and Na-Ti3C2Tx-Eu
    1. XRD patterns of the synthesized Ti3AlC2, Ti3C2Tx, Na-Ti3C2Tx and Na-Ti3C2Tx-Eu
    SEM images of Na-Ti3C2Tx before (a-b), and after (c-d) adsorption of Eu(III), with EDS analysis resulted of Na-Ti3C2Tx before (e) and after (f) adsorption of Eu(III)
    2. SEM images of Na-Ti3C2Tx before (a-b), and after (c-d) adsorption of Eu(III), with EDS analysis resulted of Na-Ti3C2Tx before (e) and after (f) adsorption of Eu(III)
    Effect of sorbent dose on Eu(III) removal by Na-Ti3C2Tx (pH=(4.0±0.1), C0=20 mg/L)
    3. Effect of sorbent dose on Eu(III) removal by Na-Ti3C2Tx (pH=(4.0±0.1), C0=20 mg/L)
    Effect of solution pH and ionic strength on removal of Eu(III) by Na-Ti3C2Tx (a), Zeta potential of Na-Ti3C2Tx (b), and distribution of Eu(III) species in aqueous solution as a function of pH calculated using the MEDUSA program (c)
    4. Effect of solution pH and ionic strength on removal of Eu(III) by Na-Ti3C2Tx (a), Zeta potential of Na-Ti3C2Tx (b), and distribution of Eu(III) species in aqueous solution as a function of pH calculated using the MEDUSA program (c)
    Time-dependent adsorption of Eu(III) on Na-Ti3C2Tx (pH= (4.0±0.1), T = 293 K, m/V = 0.4 g/L) (a), and pseudo-second- order kinetic plots of Eu(III) on Na-Ti3C2Tx (b)
    5. Time-dependent adsorption of Eu(III) on Na-Ti3C2Tx (pH= (4.0±0.1), T = 293 K, m/V = 0.4 g/L) (a), and pseudo-second- order kinetic plots of Eu(III) on Na-Ti3C2Tx (b)
    (a) Isotherms of Na-Ti3C2Tx towards Eu(III) under the conditions of pH (4.0±0.1) and m/V=0.40 g/L, and (b) plot of lnKdvs 1/T
    6. (a) Isotherms of Na-Ti3C2Tx towards Eu(III) under the conditions of pH (4.0±0.1) and m/V=0.40 g/L, and (b) plot of lnKdvs 1/T
    (A) Eu L 3 edge k3-weighted EXAFS spectra (solid lines) and the best theoretical fits (dots lines) of Eu-loaded Na-Ti3C2Tx samples under different solution pH, and (B) corresponding non-phase shift corrected Fourier transforms
    7. (A) Eu L 3 edge k3-weighted EXAFS spectra (solid lines) and the best theoretical fits (dots lines) of Eu-loaded Na-Ti3C2Tx samples under different solution pH, and (B) corresponding non-phase shift corrected Fourier transforms
    SamplePseudo-first-order modelPseudo-second-order model
    Na-Ti3C2Txk1/min-1R2k2/(g·mg-1·min-1)R2
    0.02120.41110.13120.9999
    Table 1. Optimized parameters of pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetic models
    ModelsParametersTemperature/K
    298306314322
    Langmuirqm/(mg·g-1)54.0557.1466.6788.50
    KL/(L·mg-1)0.495.003.491.04
    R20.99310.99990.99810.9973
    FreundlichKF/(mg1-n·Ln·g-1)33.5240.8750.3760.87
    1/n9.7810.5010.8810.92
    R20.94360.94870.92120.9645
    Table 2. Fitting parameters of Langmuir and Freundlich models
    Temperature/KΔH/(kJ·mol-1)ΔS/(J·mol-1·K-1)ΔG/(kJ·mol-1)
    29824.539134.81-15.57
    306-16.65
    314-17.73
    322-18.80
    Table 3. Thermodynamic parameters for removal of Eu(III) by Na-Ti3C2Tx
    SamplePathCNaRb/nmσ2c/(×10-4, nm2)ΔEd/eVR-factore
    Eu3+(aq)Eu-O(9.0±0.6)(0.243±0.001)0.8(3.9±0.6)0.006
    pH=4.0Eu-O(9.1±1.6)(0.243±0.002)0.9(2.4±1.6)0.019
    pH=5.0Eu-O(8.7±1.4)(0.243±0.001)0.9(2.6±1.5)0.016
    pH=6.0Eu-O(7.8±0.9)(0.242±0.001)1.0(2.2±1.1)0.008
    Table 4. Fitting parameters extracted from least-squares fitting analysis of EXAFS spectra
    Huan SONG, Lin WANG, Hong-Qing WANG, Wei-Qun SHI. Adsorption of Eu(III) on Alkalized Ti3C2Tx MXene Studied by Batch Experiment and Its Mechanism Investigation[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(1): 65
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