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Surfactant-assisted adsorption of uranyl ions in aqueous solution on TiO/polythiophene nanocomposite

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, ISSN: 1614-7499, Vol: 28, Issue: 28, Page: 37182-37194
2021
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In this work, hexadecyltrimethylammonium-bromide (HTAB)-modified polythiophene (PTh)/TiO nanocomposite (HTAB/PTh/TiO) was applied to remove uranyl ions (UO). FT-IR, XRD, ζ potential, TGA, SEM, and XPS were utilized to obtain the chemical and physical properties of HTAB/PTh/TiO. The effects of HTAB content, preparation temperature, and adsorption conditions on UO removal were investigated comprehensively. And the UO adsorption process on HTAB/PTh/TiO was fitted to the Sips model with a saturated adsorption capacity of 234.74 mg/g, which was 6 times over TiO. The results suggested that the surfactant of HTAB can significantly improve the adsorption ability of TiO for UO ions. This work provides a strategy of surfactant modification for enhancing the separation and recovery ability of adsorbent toward UO in the radioactive wastewater.

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