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Preparation and Characterization of Porous Palygorskite/Carbon Composites through Zinc Chloride Activation for Wastewater Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Yan Wang ,
Yu Zhuang ,
Sheng Wang ,
Yin Liu Open the ORCID record for Yin Liu [Opens in a new window] ,
Lingbing Kong ,
Jianjun Li  and
Huayong Chen
Yan Wang
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, Anhui, China
Yu Zhuang
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, Anhui, China
Sheng Wang
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, Anhui, China
Yin Liu*
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, Anhui, China State Key Laboratory of Mining Response and Disaster Prevention and Control in Deep Coal Mines, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, Anhui, China Anhui International Joint Research Center for Nano Carbon-based Materials and Environmental Health, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, Anhui, China
Lingbing Kong*
Affiliation:
College of New Materials and New Energies, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, Guangdong, China
Jianjun Li
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, Anhui, China
Huayong Chen
Affiliation:
Anhui Industrial Innovation Center of lithium Battery Green Recycling, Jieshou 236500, Anhui, China
*
e-mail: yinliu@aust.edu.cn
e-mail: konglingbing@sztu.edu.cn
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Abstract

In order to develop high-performance adsorbents to remove toxic methylene blue (MB) from wastewater, palygorskite (Plg) was utilized as a template to prepare palygorskite/carbon (Plg/C) composites by using a hydrothermal reaction in the presence of glucose. The porous Plg/C composites were then activated with ZnCl2. The effects of the dose of the activator and the activation temperature on the crystal structure, micro-morphology, specific surface area, and adsorption performance of the porous Plg/C composites were studied systematically here. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) results indicated that the crystal structure of Plg was destroyed during the activation process and irregular porous carbon was closely attached to the residual aluminosilicate skeleton. The activation was optimized at 400°C with a ZnCl2:Plg/C impregnation ratio of 2:1. The sample had a specific surface area of 1497.88 m2/g, together with a total pore volume and micropore volume of 1.0355 and 0.5464 cm3/g, respectively. The MB adsorption capacity was 381.04 mg/g. Such inexpensive, high-performance, porous Plg/C composites could find potential applications in wastewater treatment.

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AdsorptionActivationPalygorskitePalygorskite/carbonPorous structure
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 70 , Issue 3 , June 2022 , pp. 450 - 459
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Copyright © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to The Clay Minerals Society 2022

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