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High performance agar/graphene oxide composite aerogel for methylene blue removal
Long Chen1, Yanhui Li2, Qiuju Du1
1Laboratory of Fiber Materials and Modern Textile, The Growing Base for State Key Laboratory, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, China.
Abstract:
A novel three-dimensional (3D) agar/graphene oxide (AGO) composite aerogel was prepared by a vacuum freeze drying method. The AGO aerogel was tested for its adsorption capacity of methylene blue (MB) and was found to have a maximum adsorption capacity of 578mg/g, as determined from the Langmuir isotherm. The adsorption kinetic studies revealed that adsorption followed pseudo-second-order model. The thermodynamic parameters calculated from the Van't Hoff equation indicate that the adsorption was an endothermic and spontaneous process. The adsorption mechanism may be attributed to electrostatic interaction between MB and AGO aerogel. Furthermore, the AGO aerogel can easily be recycled with a dilute NaOH solution wash, retaining over 91% of the adsorption capacity after recycling three times.
