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A simple synthesis of magnetic ammonium 12-molybdophosphate/graphene oxide nanocomposites for rapid separation of Cs+ from water

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A new nanoadsorbent A/Fe3O4/GO (AFG) is developed for eliminating Cs+ from water by anchoring Fe3O4 nanoparticles onto graphene oxide (GO/Fe3O4) and in situ controllable growing nanocrystal of ammonium 12-molybdophosphate (A) on the surface of GO/Fe3O4 with a simple procedure at room temperature. AFG shows a high adsorption capacity for Cs+ (Qmax = 82.71 mg g−1) and fast kinetics (> 88.83% elimination efficiency within only 1 min and reaches the end equilibrium in about 10 min). It presents good selectivity for Cs+ in a wide pH range (2.0–10). Furthermore, it can be recovered from water with easily magnetic separation.

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This study was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFC0505904), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21507006), Scientific R&D Projects of Colleges and Universities in Shandong Province (J15LD51), Scientific Research Start-up Funds for Doctor’s Degree of Binzhou University (2015Y11, 2014Y04) and Binzhou University research project (BZXYSYXM201616).

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    Hongjun Yang, Qian Cui, Wenjun Xie, Jiangbao Xia, Yong Li, Linlin Xing, Hui Xu & Xinming Zhang

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Yang, H., Yu, H., Cui, Q. et al. A simple synthesis of magnetic ammonium 12-molybdophosphate/graphene oxide nanocomposites for rapid separation of Cs+ from water. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 318, 955–966 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-6120-x

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