title: Adsorption of Eu(III) onto TiO2: effect of pH, concentration, ionic strength and soil fulvic acid.
abstract: The effects of pH, initial Eu(III) concentration, ionic strength and fulvic acid (FA) on the adsorption of Eu(III) on TiO(2) are investigated by using batch techniques. The results indicate that the presence of FA strongly enhances the adsorption of Eu(III) on TiO(2) at low pH values. Besides, the adsorption of Eu(III) on TiO(2) is significantly dependent on pH values and independent of ionic strength. The adsorption of Eu(III) on TiO(2) is attributed to inner-sphere surface complexation. The diffuse layer model (DLM) is applied to simulate the adsorption data, and fits the experimental data well with the aid of FITEQL 3.2. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is performed to study the species of Eu(III) adsorbed on the surfaces of TiO(2)/FA-TiO(2) hybrids at a molecular level, which suggest that FA act as "bridge" between Eu(III) and TiO(2) particles to enhance the ability to adsorb Eu(III) in solution.
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of New Thin Film Solar Cells, Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, PR China. tanxl@ipp.ac.cn
authors.forename: Xiaoli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Jiaxing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xiangke
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D001578:Benzopyrans; D005063:Europium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001578:Benzopyrans; C009495:titanium dioxide; D005063:Europium; D014025:Titanium; C005023:fulvic acid