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Preparation of Fe3O4@SiO2@MnO2 microspheres as an adsorbent for Th(IV) removal from aqueous solution

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A magnetic nano-composites Fe3O4@SiO2@MnO2 were fabricated for efficient removal of Th(IV) from aqueous solutions, and characterized by SEM, TEM, XRD, FT-IR, BET, VSM, TGA and XPS. And the sorption of Th(IV) on Fe3O4@SiO2@MnO2 were investigated as a function of pH, adsorbent dosage and initial Th(IV) concentration. The results showed that the adsorption maximum was 53.19 mg g−1 for Th(IV) at pH = 3.5 and T = 298 K. In addition, the adsorption kinetics followed the second-order kinetic model, and the adsorption isotherm could be perfectly depicted by the Langmuir model. Finally, XPS analysis illustrated that the lattice oxygen (M–O) and the surface hydroxyl oxygen (M–OH) participated in adsorption. In brief, the Fe3O4@SiO2@MnO2 material could efficiently eliminate Th(IV) from aqueous solutions, which might become a promising material for adsorbing Th(IV) from environmental wastewater.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.11875161); the Program of Innovative Research for Postgraduate of Hunan Province [CX20200926]. The authors are very grateful for the computing resources provided by the high-performance computation center (HPCC) of University of South China.

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Zhou, W., Wang, H., Hou, S. et al. Preparation of Fe3O4@SiO2@MnO2 microspheres as an adsorbent for Th(IV) removal from aqueous solution. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 329, 253–263 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07752-6

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