Cellulose Fibers Constructed Convenient Recyclable 3D Graphene-Formicary-like ?-Bi2O3 Aerogels for the Selective Capture of Iodide.

Title Cellulose Fibers Constructed Convenient Recyclable 3D Graphene-Formicary-like ?-Bi2O3 Aerogels for the Selective Capture of Iodide.
Authors Y. Xiong; B. Dang; C. Wang; H. Wang; S. Zhang; Q. Sun; X. Xu
Journal ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
DOI 10.1021/acsami.7b03516
Abstract

Radioiodine is highly radioactive and acutely toxic, which could be a serious threat to the health and demand effective control. To fully utilize the adsorbents and reduce the overall production cost, successive recycling application becomes necessary. Herein, 3D formicary-like ?-Bi2O3 (FL-?-Bi2O3) aerogel adsorbents were synthesized through one-pot hydrothermal method. In this hybrid structure, abundant flower-like ?-Bi2O3 (MR-?-Bi2O3) microspheres were inlaid in the interconnected ants nest channel, forming a 3D hierarchical structure, which is applied as an efficient adsorbent with easy recovery for radioiodine removal. Notably, FL-?-Bi2O3 aerogel adsorbent exhibited a very high uptake capacity of 2.04 mmol/g by forming insoluble Bi4I2O5 phase. Moreover, the FL-?-Bi2O3 could work in a wide pH range of 4-10, and displayed fast uptake kinetics and excellent selectivity, due to the 3D porous interconnected network, larger specific surface area. Importantly, the recycling process gets very easy just with tweezers directly taking the 3D aerogel adsorbents from one reaction system to another. Therefore, FL-?-Bi2O3 aerogel could be regarded as a promising practical adsorbent for selective capture radioactive Iodide.

Citation Y. Xiong; B. Dang; C. Wang; H. Wang; S. Zhang; Q. Sun; X. Xu.Cellulose Fibers Constructed Convenient Recyclable 3D Graphene-Formicary-like ?-Bi2O3 Aerogels for the Selective Capture of Iodide.. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2017. doi:10.1021/acsami.7b03516

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