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Facile synthesis of polydopamine-interlinked titanate nanosheets and copper hexacyanoferrate for highly efficient removal of Cs(I)

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A novel efficient adsorbent (TNSs@PDA@CuHCF) was synthesized by polydopamine coating and copper hexacyanoferrate loading on titanate nanosheets and applied to adsorb Cs(I) form aqueous solution. The adsorbent exhibited an excellent adsorption capacity for Cs(I) (374.53 mg/g at 298 K). Adsorption behavious of Cs(I) on TNSs@PDA@CuHCF could be well described by the Langmuir isotherm model and the pseudo-second-order kinetic model, respectively. Thermodynamic analysis revealed that adsorption of Cs(I) was a spontaneous and endothermic process. The interaction of Cs(I) and adsorbent was largely attributed to ion exchange.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support provided by Scientific Research Foundation for High-level Talents of Anhui University of Science and Technology (No. 2022yjrc13), Anhui Provincial Key Research and Development Project (No. S202104a06020064), the Opening Foundation of Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Mine Ecological Remediation (No.KS-2022-002), the Opening Foundation of Anhui Green Mine Engineering Research and Development Center in 2022, the Opening Foundation of Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Water and Soil Resources Comprehensive Utilization and Ecological Protection in High Groundwater Mining Area (No. 2022-WSREPMA-05). The authors express their sincere thanks and gratitude to the anonymous reviewers due to their positive comments and constructive suggestions.

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Zhou, Y., Li, Y., Su, Y. et al. Facile synthesis of polydopamine-interlinked titanate nanosheets and copper hexacyanoferrate for highly efficient removal of Cs(I). J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 3191–3204 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08948-8

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