TY - JOUR
T1 - Phosphate capture by ultrathin MgAl layered double hydroxide nanoparticles
AU - Liu, Chen
AU - Zhang, Meiyi
AU - Pan, Gang
AU - Lundehøj, Laura
AU - Nielsen, Ulla Gro
AU - Shi, Yi
AU - Hansen, Hans Christian Bruun
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 -
Capture of phosphorus from runoff and wastewater is of high priority in order to reclaim phosphorus for food security and to prevent water pollution. Here we report an environmentally friendly method to synthesize ultrathin MgAl layered double hydroxide (LDH)nanoparticles for phosphorus adsorption. Fast co-precipitation of magnesium and aluminum at 25–80 °C in the presence of urea resulted in the desired LDH with variable admixtures of amorphous aluminum hydroxide (16–38%)quantified from solid state
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Al MAS NMR. Freshly synthesized particles appeared as exfoliated single layers that upon drying stacked to form particles with thickness of 3 to 5 nm (four to six LDH layers)and lateral sizes of ~30 nm, as seen by XRD, SEM, TEM, and AFM. Phosphate adsorption on LDH nanoparticles synthesized at room temperature (LDHns-U25)was very fast and reaction reached equilibrium within 15 min at pH 8.5. The freeze-dried LDHns-U25 nanoparticles exhibited phosphate sorption capacity of 98 ± 15 mg P·g
−1
, which is 55% higher than for conventional LDH. Phosphate was bound to LDH electrostatically and via inner-sphere surface complexation as evidenced from a combination of
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P MAS NMR spectroscopy, surface potential measurements, IR spectroscopy, and ionic strength effects on phosphate sorption. This study demonstrates that urea-facilitated synthesis of LDH nanoparticles provides high capacity phosphate sorbents with potentials for phosphate recovery from waste waters.
AB -
Capture of phosphorus from runoff and wastewater is of high priority in order to reclaim phosphorus for food security and to prevent water pollution. Here we report an environmentally friendly method to synthesize ultrathin MgAl layered double hydroxide (LDH)nanoparticles for phosphorus adsorption. Fast co-precipitation of magnesium and aluminum at 25–80 °C in the presence of urea resulted in the desired LDH with variable admixtures of amorphous aluminum hydroxide (16–38%)quantified from solid state
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Al MAS NMR. Freshly synthesized particles appeared as exfoliated single layers that upon drying stacked to form particles with thickness of 3 to 5 nm (four to six LDH layers)and lateral sizes of ~30 nm, as seen by XRD, SEM, TEM, and AFM. Phosphate adsorption on LDH nanoparticles synthesized at room temperature (LDHns-U25)was very fast and reaction reached equilibrium within 15 min at pH 8.5. The freeze-dried LDHns-U25 nanoparticles exhibited phosphate sorption capacity of 98 ± 15 mg P·g
−1
, which is 55% higher than for conventional LDH. Phosphate was bound to LDH electrostatically and via inner-sphere surface complexation as evidenced from a combination of
31
P MAS NMR spectroscopy, surface potential measurements, IR spectroscopy, and ionic strength effects on phosphate sorption. This study demonstrates that urea-facilitated synthesis of LDH nanoparticles provides high capacity phosphate sorbents with potentials for phosphate recovery from waste waters.
KW - Adsorption
KW - Hydrotalcite-like compounds
KW - Nanosheets
KW - Phosphate removal
KW - Wastewater
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clay.2019.04.019
DO - 10.1016/j.clay.2019.04.019
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85065546779
SN - 0169-1317
VL - 177
SP - 82
EP - 90
JO - Applied Clay Science
JF - Applied Clay Science
ER -
