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Manganese ferrite/porous graphite carbon nitride composites for U(VI) adsorption from aqueous solutions

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Manganese ferrite/porous graphite carbon nitride composites (MnFe2O4/porous g-C3N4[PCN]) were synthesized by template-assisted thermal polymerization and hydrothermal method and applied for high adsorption of U(VI) from aqueous solution. Results indicated that the maximum adsorption capacity of MnFe2O4/PCN (MPCN) was 367.9 mg g−1 under optimum conditions (pH = 5, t = 15 min, and T = 308 K), which was higher than that of g-C3N4 (185.1 mg g−1). Adsorption was well fitted with Langmuir isotherm model and pseudo-second-order kinetic equation. Thermodynamic analysis showed that adsorption is an endothermic, spontaneous process. X-ray photoelectron spectra revealed that amino and metal oxygen groups are involved in the complexing adsorption of uranium. Adsorption efficiency remained 92.5% after five adsorption–desorption cycles. The results of this paper indicated that MnFe2O4/PCN composites can be efficiently used as an ideal material for U(VI) adsorption.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant Numbers NO51904155].

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    Yujie Ge, Zhiqiang He, Jiao Wu, Guohua Wang & Shuibo Xie

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Ge, Y., He, Z., Wu, J. et al. Manganese ferrite/porous graphite carbon nitride composites for U(VI) adsorption from aqueous solutions. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 326, 157–171 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07281-8

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