SCI和EI收录∣中国化工学会会刊

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering ›› 2018, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (7): 1561-1569.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2018.01.013

• Materials and Product Engineering • 上一篇    下一篇

Hierarchical porous MgBO2(OH) microspheres: Hydrothermal synthesis, thermal decomposition, and application as adsorbents for Congo red removal

Panpan Sun, Liyuan Chen, Lin Xu, Wancheng Zhu   

  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Shandong 273165, China
  • 收稿日期:2017-10-26 修回日期:2017-12-15 出版日期:2018-07-28 发布日期:2018-08-16
  • 通讯作者: Wancheng Zhu,E-mail address:zhuwancheng@tsinghua.org.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21276141) and the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, China (SKL-ChE-17A03).

Hierarchical porous MgBO2(OH) microspheres: Hydrothermal synthesis, thermal decomposition, and application as adsorbents for Congo red removal

Panpan Sun, Liyuan Chen, Lin Xu, Wancheng Zhu   

  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Shandong 273165, China
  • Received:2017-10-26 Revised:2017-12-15 Online:2018-07-28 Published:2018-08-16
  • Contact: Wancheng Zhu,E-mail address:zhuwancheng@tsinghua.org.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21276141) and the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, China (SKL-ChE-17A03).

摘要: A facile eco-friendly hydrothermal route (180℃, 12.0 h) has been developed for the first time to the uniform hierarchical porous MgBO2(OH) microspheres without the aid of any organic additive, surfactant or template, by using the abundant MgCl2·6H2O, H3BO3 and NaOH as the raw materials. The as-obtained porous microspheres exhibit a specific surface area of 94.752 mg·g-1, pore volume of 0.814 cm3·g-1, and ca. 84.0% of which have a diameter of 2.25-3.40 μm. The thermal decomposition of the porous MgBO2(OH) microspheres (650℃, 2.5℃·min-1) leads to the porous Mg2B2O5 microspheres with well-retained morphology. When utilized as the adsorbents for the removal of CR from mimic waste water, the present porous MgBO2(OH) microspheres exhibit satisfactory adsorption capacity, with the maximum adsorption capacity qm of 309.1 mg·g-1, much higher than that derived from most of the referenced adsorbents. This opens a new window for the facile green hydrothermal synthesis of the hierarchical porous MgBO2(OH) microspheres, and extends the potential application of the 3D hierarchical porous metal borates as high-efficiency adsorbents for organic dyes removal.

关键词: Hierarchical porous microspheres, Magnesium borate hydroxide, Adsorption, Congo red, Hydrothermal

Abstract: A facile eco-friendly hydrothermal route (180℃, 12.0 h) has been developed for the first time to the uniform hierarchical porous MgBO2(OH) microspheres without the aid of any organic additive, surfactant or template, by using the abundant MgCl2·6H2O, H3BO3 and NaOH as the raw materials. The as-obtained porous microspheres exhibit a specific surface area of 94.752 mg·g-1, pore volume of 0.814 cm3·g-1, and ca. 84.0% of which have a diameter of 2.25-3.40 μm. The thermal decomposition of the porous MgBO2(OH) microspheres (650℃, 2.5℃·min-1) leads to the porous Mg2B2O5 microspheres with well-retained morphology. When utilized as the adsorbents for the removal of CR from mimic waste water, the present porous MgBO2(OH) microspheres exhibit satisfactory adsorption capacity, with the maximum adsorption capacity qm of 309.1 mg·g-1, much higher than that derived from most of the referenced adsorbents. This opens a new window for the facile green hydrothermal synthesis of the hierarchical porous MgBO2(OH) microspheres, and extends the potential application of the 3D hierarchical porous metal borates as high-efficiency adsorbents for organic dyes removal.

Key words: Hierarchical porous microspheres, Magnesium borate hydroxide, Adsorption, Congo red, Hydrothermal