Abstract
The removal of Cr(VI) has attracted extensive attention since it causes serious harm to public health. Herein, we report a two-step method to synthesize N-doped MoS2 nanoflowers (NFs) with controllable sizes, which are first utilized for Cr(VI) removal and display outstanding removal performance. The N-MoS2 NFs with an average size of 40 nm (N-MoS2 NFs-40 nm) can rapidly remove Cr(VI) in 15 min under optimal conditions. The maximum adsorption capacity of N-MoS2 NFs-40 nm can reach 787.41 mg·g-1, which is significantly larger than that of N-MoS2 NFs-150 and -400 nm (314.46 and 229.88 mg·g-1). Meanwhile, N-MoS2 NFs-400 nm have a higher maximum adsorption capacity than pure MoS2 NFs-400 nm (172.12 mg·g-1). In this adsorption/reduction process, N-MoS2 NFs have abundant adsorption sites due to a high surface area. N doping can generate more sulfur vacancy defects in the MoS2 NF structure to accelerate electron transfer and enhance the reduction of Cr(VI) to low-toxicity Cr(III). This study provides a facile approach to fabricating N-MoS2 nanoflowers and demonstrates their superior removal ability for Cr(VI).
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