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Synthesis and characterization of Cu2O@Cu/Al-CLDH for efficient adsorption of iodide anions in aqueous solutions

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A HKUST-1 derivative composite based on LDH was synthesized to efficiently adsorb iodide anions in aqueous solutions. Specifically, Cu/Al-LDH, HKUST-1, HKUST-1@Cu/Al-LDH, Cu/Al-CLDH, Cu-C and Cu2O@Cu/Al-CLDH were synthesized and characterized. HKUST-1@Cu/Al-LDH kept the desirable characteristics of both Cu/Al-LDH and HKUST-1. Cu2O@Cu/Al-CLDH maintained the morphology of HKUST-1@Cu/Al-LDH, with its iodine anions absorption mechanism being chemical adsorption. Cu2O@Cu/Al-CLDH exhibited a significantly higher adsorption capacity than previously reported Cu-based adsorbents, with an adsorption capacity of 240.7 mg g−1 at pH 3, taking about 240 min to reach adsorption equilibrium. Thus, Cu2O@Cu/Al-CLDH is a promising adsorbent for removing iodide anions from aqueous solutions.

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The present work was supported by Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11905106); the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 30921013110); the Provincial Ecological Environment Research Project of Jiangsu (Grant No. 2022017); Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2022M711631).

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Gong, CH., Li, ZY., Chen, KW. et al. Synthesis and characterization of Cu2O@Cu/Al-CLDH for efficient adsorption of iodide anions in aqueous solutions. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 2793–2805 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08943-z

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