Fe3O4@SiO2 Magnetic Nanoparticles Modified with Cysteine: a New Adsorbent for Environmentally Friendly Adsorption/Desorption of Pb(II) ions

Yuanjing Bi; Ningyan Sun; Ailin Fan; Ming Zhang; Xiangming Liu; Bo Xu; Guihong Lan; Haiyan Qiu

doi:10.54691/740bst76

Authors

Yuanjing Bi
Ningyan Sun
Ailin Fan
Ming Zhang
Xiangming Liu
Bo Xu
Guihong Lan
Haiyan Qiu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/740bst76

Keywords:

Cysteine; Mesoporous Silica; Adsorption; Heavy Metal Ions.

Abstract

In recent years, nanoparticles have become the focus of scientific research because of their wide potential application value. Iron oxides show incredible magnetic saturation, stability, and intuitive properties on the surface, making them ideal for a variety of uses. In this paper, nanometer iron oxide particles are synthesized by co-deposition method, and silica is further used to avoid agglomeration. Functional synthesis of cysteine nanoparticles (FNMs-Cys).The optimum synthesis conditions and adsorption conditions were determined by orthogonal experiments. In addition, the anti-interference and regeneration cycle performance of FNMs-Cys are discussed. The samples were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR), N₂ adsorption and desorption automatic specific surface and porosity analyzer (BET), thermogravimetric analysis (TG) and hysteresis loop test (VSM). The adsorption process of Pb²⁺ by FNMs-Cys accords with quasi-second-order kinetics and Langmuir isothermal adsorption model, which shows that the adsorption is mainly through chemical adsorption of monolayer, In the Langmuir model, the maximum single-layer adsorption capacity of FNMs-Cys for Pb²⁺ reached 174.85 mg/g. After five cycles of adsorption-desorption regeneration, FNMs-Cys still showed good stability and recyclability. At present, it is of forward-looking significance to study the removal effect of Pb²⁺ in water by using amino acid modified mesoporous magnetic silica materials in laboratory.

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