Graphene oxide wrapped copper-benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate metal organic framework as efficient absorbent for gaseous toluene under ambient conditions

Dai, Yexin; Li, Meng; Liu, Fang; Siuvai, Ming; Wang, Yongqiang; Zhao, Chaocheng

Graphene oxide wrapped copper-benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate metal organic framework as efficient absorbent for gaseous toluene under ambient conditions

2019

The ultrasonic-assisted hydrothermal and ethanol activation method was proposed to synthesize copper-benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate (Cu-BTC) metal organic framework and Cu-BTC/graphene oxide (GO) composites (Cu-BTC@GO). The dynamic adsorption behavior of toluene on two adsorbents was studied and compared with that of GO and reduced graphene oxide (RGO). The Cu-BTC@GO exhibited high adsorption capacity (183 mg/g) for toluene, which is nearly three times as much as that of Cu-BTC (62.7 mg/g) with the GO mass fraction of 20%. Furthermore, the adsorption of toluene on Cu-BTC@GO composites was positively correlated with the initial concentration of toluene and the adsorbent dosage, and negatively correlated with the temperature. The adsorption data of toluene on Cu-BTC@GO composites were well in accordance with pseudo-first kinetics model. Langmuir model had a better fit than Freundlich model. The adsorption thermodynamic results showed that the adsorption process was mainly physical adsorption and the adsorption process was spontaneous at low temperature. After five adsorption–desorption cycles, the adsorption efficiency can still reach 82.1%.This study will help to draw a promising roadmap to describe the adsorption performance of Cu-BTC@GO composites for toluene.

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