Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2009, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (6): 936-940.

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Fe3O4 Nanoparticles Decorated Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes and Their Sorption Properties

DONG Cun-ku1, LI Xin1,2*, ZHANG Yan2, QI Jing-yao3 and YUAN Yun-fang3   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, P. R. China;
    2. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Binzhou University, Binzhou 256600, P. R. China;
    3. School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, P. R. China
  • Received:2008-11-03 Revised:2008-12-11 Online:2009-11-25 Published:2010-01-25
  • Contact: LI Xin. E-mail: lixin@hit.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.50878061), the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(No.2007AA06Z303), State Key Lab of Urban Water Resource and Environment Fund (No.ESK200801) and Scientific Research Foundation of Harbin City, China(No.2007RFXXS022).

Abstract:

This paper reports a simple and efficient chemical method to decorate multi-walled carbon nanotubes(MWCNTs) with iron oxide nanoparticles. The TEM, FTIR, Raman and UV analysis demonstrate that iron oxide nanoparticles were well deposited on the outer walls of MWCNTs. The size of the nanoparticles ranges from 30 to 50 nm. The sorption property of MWCNTs/Fe3O4 composites for the removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol(2,4-DCP) and Cu2+ ions from aqueous solution was explored. The results present that MWCNTs decorated with Fe3O4 possessed higher sorption capability for removing 2,4-DCP and Cu2+ ions, which favour the highly potential applications for pollutants removal from water.

Key words: Multi-walled nanotube; Decoration; Iron oxide; 2, 4-Dichlorophenol; Copper(II)