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International Journal of Environment Science and Technology
Center for Environment and Energy Research and Studies (CEERS)
ISSN: 1735-1472 EISSN: 1735-1472
Vol. 11, No. 6, 2014, pp. 1527-1536
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Bioline Code: st14149
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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International Journal of Environment Science and Technology, Vol. 11, No. 6, 2014, pp. 1527-1536
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Clicking graphene oxide and Fe3O4 nanoparticles together: an efficient adsorbent to remove dyes from aqueous solutions
Namvari, M. & Namazi, H.
Abstract
Nanohybrid of graphene oxide (GO) and azidemodified
Fe3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) were fabricated using
click reaction. First, Fe3O4 NPs were modified by 3-azidopropionic
acid. Then, click-coupling of azide-modified
Fe3O4 NPs with alkyne-functionalized GO was carried out
in the presence of CuSO4 5H2O and sodium L-ascorbate at
room temperature. The attachment of Fe3O4 NPs onto the
graphene nanosheets was confirmed by Fourier-transform
infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy,
thermogravimetric analysis, energy dispersive X-ray
spectrometry and X-ray diffraction spectrometry. As the
FTIR spectroscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry
analysis showed, the final magnetic graphene
nanosheets were also reduced by sodium ascorbate which is
a merit for click-coupling reactions. The specific saturation
magnetization of the Fe3O4-clicked GO was 44.3 emu g-1.
The synthesized hybrid was used in the adsorption of
methylene blue and congo red (CR). The adsorption
capacities in the studied concentration range were 109.5
and 98.8 mg g-1 for methylene blue and CR, respectively.
Keywords
Graphene oxide; Magnetic nanoparticles; Adsorption; Dye removal; Magnetic separation
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