Abstract
In the current study, microporous spongy chitosan monoliths doped with small amount of graphene oxide (CSGO monoliths) with high porosity (96–98%), extraordinary high water absorption (more than 2000%) and low density (0.0436–0.0607gcm−3) were prepared by the freeze-drying method and used as adsorbents for anionic dyes methyl orange (MO) and Cu2+ ions. The adsorption behavior of the CSGO monoliths and influencing factors such as pH value, graphene oxide (GO) content, concentration of pollutants as well as adsorption kinetics were studied. Specifically, the saturated adsorption capacity for MO is 567.07mgg−1, the highest comparing with other publication results, and it is 53.69mgg−1 for Cu2+ ions. Since they are biodegradable, non-toxic, efficient, low-cost and easy to prepare, we believe that these microporous spongy CSGO monoliths will be the promising candidates for water purification.
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