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Removal of uranium(VI) from aqueous solution using graphene oxide and its amine-functionalized composite

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A new amine-functionalized graphene oxide (GO-NH2) nanosheet was prepared via covalently grafting reaction. The removal of U(VI) from aqueous solution with GO and GO-NH2 was compared using batch method. The adsorption of uranium ions could be well-described by the Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second kinetic model. The adsorption capacities of GO and GO-NH2 were found to be 97.3 and 215.2 mg g−1 at 298.15 K, respectively. Results showed that adsorption capacity of GO was significantly improved by amine functionalization.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21367001), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (20151BAB203033) and Jiangxi Educational Committee Foundation (GJJ13471).

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Liu, S., Li, S., Zhang, H. et al. Removal of uranium(VI) from aqueous solution using graphene oxide and its amine-functionalized composite. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 309, 607–614 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4654-8

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