Abstract
A facile one-pot solvent thermal method was proposed to synthesize magnetic mesoporous carbon (MMC) using Fe(NO3)3·9H2O as a precursor, Pluronic copolymer P123 as template, and chitosan as carbon source, and it was applied for the adsorptive remediation of methyl orange (MO). The characterization results of TEM, XRD, and IR showed that MMC consisted of graphitized carbon matrix and some black spherical particle mixture of Fe3O4 and Fe, and it was rich in hydroxyl and carbonyl groups. Besides, the effect of the content of Fe and the content of chitosan in MMC on the magnetism and adsorption performance of prepared material were investigated. In addition, the effects of pH value, initial concentration of methyl orange, and contact time on the adsorption performance of MO were studied, respectively. At 318K, the maximum adsorption capacity of MO calculated from Langmuir isotherm was from 139 to 400mgg-1 on MMC. Kinetic studies demonstrated that the adsorption process obeyed a pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The regeneration experiments revealed that MMC could be reused at least five times without notable decrease of adsorption performance. These results illustrate that MMC is an efficient and economical adsorbent for the adsorption of MO.
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