10.1007/s40097-021-00406-9

Rapid removal and mechanism investigation of low-concentration phosphate from wastewater by CuFe2O4/MIL-101(Fe) composite

  • Qian Liu1,
  • Shanshan Lin1,
  • Sara Khan1,
  • Yongjie Zhao1,
  • Qing Guan1,
  • Zhi Geng1,
  • Yingna Guo2,
  • Lei Chen1,
  • Xia Yang*1,
  1. School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun130117, CN
  2. School of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun130024, CN

Published in Issue 21-04-2021

How to Cite

Liu, Q., Lin, S., Khan, S., Zhao, Y., Guan, Q., Geng, Z., Guo, Y., Chen, L., & Yang, X. (2021). Rapid removal and mechanism investigation of low-concentration phosphate from wastewater by CuFe2O4/MIL-101(Fe) composite. Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, 12(1 (February 2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40097-021-00406-9
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Abstract

Abstract Developing easily separable materials for efficient treatment of low-concentration phosphate which causes eutrophication of water bodies are full of challenges. A magnetic CuFe 2 O 4 /MIL-101(Fe) composite composed of hollow spheres CuFe 2 O 4 and octahedrons MIL-101(Fe) was first fabricated via a facile solvothermal approach. CuFe 2 O 4 /MIL-101(Fe) (1.0 g·L −1 ) exhibited above 88.4% adsorption efficiency for low-concentration phosphate (5.0 mg·L −1 ) removal, over a wide pH ranging 2–12 at 293 K. Phosphate adsorption was a spontaneous endothermic process, in good association with Langmuir and pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The XPS and FT-IR analysis elucidated that electrostatic interaction and coordination exchange were main mechanisms. In addition, after four cycles, CuFe 2 O 4 /MIL-101(Fe) displayed 75.0% adsorption of phosphate, by treatment with external magnetic field separated and 0.1 mol·L –1 NaOH desorbed. Therefore, CuFe 2 O 4 /MIL-101(Fe) exhibited high selectivity and recycling for removing phosphate from wastewater. Graphic abstract

Keywords

  • Low-concentration,
  • Phosphate,
  • Adsorption,
  • CuFe2O4/MIL-101(Fe),
  • Mechanism

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