Abstract
Titania nanotubes (TNTs) with high length–diameter ratio are incorporated into reduced graphene oxide (rGO) aerogel to modify the porous structure of the obtained rGO/TNTs aerogel for efficient methylene blue (MB) adsorption. A hydrothermal method along with freeze drying is applied for the preparation of the rGO/TNTs composite aerogel. The uniformly dispersed TNTs in rGO matrix can effectively support the network structure and hinder the π–π bonding interaction between graphene sheets, thus resulting in a three-dimensional mesoporous network with high specific surface area. The rGO/TNTs aerogel shows favorable adsorption property toward MB and the maximum adsorption capacity can be 380.7 mg g−1 with the adsorption efficiency of 92.2%. Besides, the adsorption kinetic analysis reveals that a dispersion process is found to be the rate-limiting step when the adsorbent dosage is low. With the increase of adsorbent content, chemical sorption such as the π–π interaction or the reaction of the polar functional groups between MB and rGO–TNTs-C aerogel becomes the rate-limiting step.
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