title: Highly efficient enrichment of radionuclides on graphene oxide-supported polyaniline.
abstract: Graphene oxide-supported polyaniline (PANI@GO) composites were synthesized by chemical oxidation and were characterized by SEM, Raman and FT-IR spectroscopy, TGA, potentiometric titrations, and XPS. The characterization indicated that PANI can be grafted onto the surface of GO nanosheets successfully. The sorption of U(VI), Eu(III), Sr(II), and Cs(I) from aqueous solutions as a function of pH and initial concentration on the PANI@GO composites was investigated. The maximum sorption capacities of U(VI), Eu(III), Sr(II), and Cs(I) on the PANI@GO composites at pH 3.0 and T = 298 K calculated from the Langmuir model were 1.03, 1.65, 1.68, and 1.39 mmol·g(-1), respectively. According to the XPS analysis of the PANI@GO composites before and after Eu(III) desorption, nitrogen- and oxygen-containing functional groups on the surface of PANI@GO composites were responsible for radionuclide sorption, and that radionuclides can hardly be extracted from the nitrogen-containing functional groups. Therefore, the chemical affinity of radionuclides for nitrogen-containing functional groups is stronger than that for oxygen-containing functional groups. This paper focused on the application of PANI@GO composites as suitable materials for the preconcentration and removal of lanthanides and actinides from aqueous solutions in environmental pollution management in a wide range of acidic to alkaline conditions.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Novel Thin Film Solar Cells, Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science , P.O. Box 1126, Hefei, 230031, PR China.
authors.forename: Yubing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Dadong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Changlun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shubin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiangke
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006108:Graphite / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D056951:Photoelectron Spectroscopy; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D011850:Radioactive Waste / Q000032:analysis; D014878:Water Pollution, Radioactive / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants; D011850:Radioactive Waste; C416807:polyaniline; D006108:Graphite