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Functional wastepaper-montmorillonite composite aerogel for Cd2+ adsorption

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In this study, a composite aerogel (WP-MMT) composed of wastepaper (WP) and montmorillonite (MMT) was prepared by ambient pressure drying technology to adsorb Cd2+. The study of compression performance indicated that the composite aerogel had ideal mechanical strength when the mass ratio of WP to MMT was 1:1. The specific surface areas of the aerogels modified by hydrogen peroxide (WP-MMT-H2O2) and sodium hydroxide (WP-MMT-NaOH) were increased greatly. The sorption isotherms and kinetics of Cd2+ sorption on WP-MMT-H2O2 and WP-MMT-NaOH were investigated. The Cd2+ sorption data could be well described by a simple Langmuir model, and the pseudo-second-order kinetic model best fitted the kinetic data. The maximum sorption capacity obtained from the Langmuir model was 232.50 mg/g for WP-MMT-NaOH. The adsorption mechanism of WP-MMT was chemical adsorption of a single-molecule layer. In general, it was proved that the composite aerogel with high adsorption capacity of Cd2+ could be synthesized from modified WP and MMT by ambient pressure drying. The composite aerogel fabricated by wastepaper and montmorillonite showed bright application prospect in the aqueous heavy metal pollution control.

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51979104), Research Foundation of Education Department of Hunan Province (17K019), Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province of China (2020JJ5019), Science and Technology Planning Project of Changsha (kq1802010), Forestry Science and Technology Planning Project of Hunan Province (XLK201938), and Science and Technology Planning Project of Hunan Province (2018RS3109).

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  1. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China

    Yaoning Chen, Yihuan Liu, Li Zhao, Yanrong Chen, Yuqing Liu, Linshenzhang Li, Fangting Xu & Meiling Li

  2. Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, China

    Yaoning Chen, Yihuan Liu, Li Zhao, Yanrong Chen, Yuqing Liu, Linshenzhang Li, Fangting Xu & Meiling Li

  3. College of Municipal and Mapping Engineering, Hunan City University, Yiyang, 413000, Hunan, China

    Yuanping Li

  4. State Key Laboratory of Utilization of Woody Oil Resource and Institute of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha, 410004, China

    Hui Li

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Chen, Y., Liu, Y., Li, Y. et al. Functional wastepaper-montmorillonite composite aerogel for Cd2+ adsorption. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 38644–38653 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09907-6

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