Microwave-assisted synthesis of MnO2 nanosorbent for adsorptive removal of Cs(I) and Sr(II) from water solutions
- Authors
- Asim, Umar; Husnain, Syed M.; Abbas, Naseem; Shahzad, Faisal; Zafar, Shagufta; Younis, Sherif A.; Kim, Ki-Hyun
- Issue Date
- Sep-2022
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Keywords
- Adsorption kinetics; Adsorption mechanism; Competitive adsorption; Equilibrium isotherm study; Flower-like MnO2 nanosorbent; Radionuclides
- Citation
- Chemosphere, v.303, no.2, pp.1 - 12
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Chemosphere
- Volume
- 303
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 12
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/191164
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135088
- ISSN
- 0045-6535
- Abstract
- In this study, a flower-like porous δ-MnO2 nanostructure was synthesized by a microwave-assisted hydrothermal process for adsorptive removal of strontium (Sr(II)) and cesium (Cs(I)) from wastewater. The prepared δ-MnO2 nanosorbent exhibited superior affinity for Sr(II) over Cs(I) in the single-solute system, with partition coefficient (PC) values of 10.2 and 2.3 L/g, respectively, at pH 6.0. In the two-solute system, the flower-like δ-MnO2 also adsorbed Sr(II) (PC = 3.81 L/g) more selectively than Cs(I) (PC 1.15 L/g). Further, their adsorption capacities decreased by 12 and 16%, respectively, relative to the single-solute system. In contrast, adsorption of the ions onto δ-MnO2 was affected less sensitively in dual than in single system when changes occurred in environmental variables such as pH (2–8) and ionic strength (1–100 mM). Adsorption kinetics, thermodynamics, and isotherm studies demonstrated the pivotal role of the monolayer surface active sites of endothermic δ-MnO2 (e.g., a complexation interaction with Mn–OH). Furthermore, the δ-MnO2 nanosorbent exhibited good regenerability, retaining more than 80% of its adsorption capacity when tested over four reuse cycles. The overall results of this study are expected to help establish strategies to effectively remove metal contaminants from wastewater using a green and low-cost hierarchical nanosorbent.
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