Nanostructured spinel-type M(M = Mg,Co, Zn)Cr2O4 oxides: novel adsorbents for aqueous Congo red removal |
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| Authors: | H.J. Gao S.F. Wang L.M. Fang G.A. Sun X.P. Chen S.N. Tang H. Yang G.Z. Sun D.F. Li |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Chongqing Three Gorges University, Chongqing, Wanzhou, 404000, China;2. Chongqing Key Laboratory of Geological Environment Monitoring and Disaster Early-warning in Three Gorges Reservoir Area, Chongqing Three Gorges University, Chongqing, Wanzhou, 404000, China;3. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China;4. Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Sichuan, Mianyang, 621900, China;5. School of Science, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nan''an District, 400065 Chongqing, China |
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| Abstract: | Nanostructured spinel-type M(M = Mg, Co, Zn)Cr2O4 oxides with novel adsorbents for aqueous Congo red removal were synthesized by a polyacrylamide gel method and studied for their phase structure, microstructure, adsorption performance, and multiferroic behavior. The phase structure and purity analysis revealed that the nanostructured spinel-type M(M = Mg, Co, Zn)Cr2O4 oxides presented a spinel-type cubic structure, and the formation of a secondary phase such as Cr2O3, MgO, ZnO, or Co3O4 was not observed. The microstructure characterization confirmed that the spinel-type MCr2O4 oxides grew from fine spherical particles to large rhomboid particles. Adsorption experiments of spinel-type MCr2O4 oxides for adsorption of Congo red dye were fitted well with the pseudo-second-order kinetics. The adsorption capacity of the ZnCr2O4 oxide (44.038 mg/g, pH 7, temperature 28 °C, initial dye concentration 30 mg/L) was found to be higher than that of MgCr2O4 oxide (43.592 mg/g, pH 7, temperature 28 °C) and CoCr2O4 oxide (28.718 mg/g, pH 7, temperature 28 °C). The effects of initial adsorbent concentration, initial dye concentration, pH, and temperature between the ZnCr2O4 oxide and Congo red dye at which optimal removal occurs, were performed. The thermodynamic studies confirmed that a high temperature favors the adsorption of Congo red dye onto ZnCr2O4 oxide studied. The nanostructured spinel-type M(M = Mg, Co, Zn)Cr2O4 oxides that exhibited high adsorption performance for adsorption of Congo red dye can be ascribed to the synergistic effect of electrostatic interaction, pore filling, and ion exchange. The present work suggested that the nanostructured spinel-type M(M = Mg, Co, Zn)Cr2O4 oxides have excellent adsorption performance and multiferroic behavior, which shows potential applications for removal of the Congo red dye from wastewater, magnetic memory recording media, magnetic sensor, energy collection and conversion device, and read/write memory. |
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| Keywords: | Adsorbent Polyacrylamide gel method Adsorption performance Synergistic effect Thermodynamic studies |
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