Synthesis of porous hierarchical MgO and its superb adsorption properties.
The porous hierarchical MgO with superb adsorption properties has been synthesized by a facile and scaled-up method. The X-ray powder diffraction, electron microscopy, Fourier transformed infrared, and N2 adsorption-desorption were carried out to study the microstructure of the as-synthesized precursor and product. It has been demonstrated that the as-prepared MgO has a porous hierarchical structure and a high specific surface area (148 m(2) g(-1)). And the MgO sample exhibited super adsorption properties, with maximum adsorption capacity of 2409 mg g(-1) for Congo red, which is the highest reported value. Moreover, the adsorption process of Congo red on porous hierarchical MgO was systematically investigated, which was found to obey the pseudo-second-order rate equation and Langmuir adsorption model.
State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology , Dalian 116024, China.
Peng
P
Tian
Xiu-ying
XY
Han
Gui-ling
GL
Ning
Hai-xia
HX
Fang
Jun-wei
JW
Ye
Wei-tao
WT
Gong
Yuan
Y
Lin