Abstract:
The graphene oxide (GO) and the 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) coated ferroferric oxide (Fe
3O
4) were modified by 2-aminoethanethiol and acrylic acid, respectively, to prepare the magnetic graphene oxide (MGO) composite material by the thiol-ene click chemistry. The as-prepared MGO was characterized by FT-IR, XRD, SEM, TEM, and VSM, and then used as adsorbent for removing anionic dye Congo red (CR) from an aqueous solution. Both the effect of MGO on the removal of CR in water and the adsorption kinetics, the adsorption isotherm, as well as the influence of initial pH on the adsorption properties of MGO were investigated. The experimental results showed that the adsorption was optimized when pH was 4.0, the maximum adsorption capacity (321.7 mg•g
−1) was obtained when the adsorption equilibrium reached at about 30 min, the adsorption kinetics accorded with the second-order kinetic model, the adsorption model accorded with the Langmuir model, and the adsorption-desorption performance of MGO was poor.