Lei Wang,Min Wang,Haris Muhammad,Yan Sun,Junkang Guo,Minwang Laipan
The aim of current study was to develop a new material for the fast and efficient removal of hexavalent molybdenum (Mo(VI)) from contaminated water. In this work, a novel adsorbent was synthesized through the polypyrrole intercalation modification of bentonite (PPy-BT) via in-situ chemical polymerization method for effectively removal of Mo(VI) from aqueous solution. The surface morphology and chemical composition of PPy-BT composites were investigated by X-ray diffraction, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, scanning electron microscopy techniques and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. PPy and BT could well resist the aggregation of each other, and therefore resulted in a loose-packed structure and good exposure of active sites. Using materials for the adsorption of Mo(VI) revealed has a maximum adsorption capacity of 100.17 mg/g at 25 °C and pH 4.0 by the Langmuir model. The adsorption kinetics and isotherm data are found to be well elucidated through pseudo-second-order and Langmuir models. Moreover, high regeneration ability (>89.3%) of PPy-BT was noted for five consecutive adsorption–desorption cycles. These findings highlight the potential of PPy-BT for practical water treatment applications. The intercalation material of PPy-BT could provide a new strategy to develop cost-effective clay-based nanomaterials for wastewater treatment.
With the aim of developing efficient heterogeneous catalysts for production of clean biodiesel through the transesterification process, a novel Mo catalyst supported on the outer surface of ZSM-22 ( x Mo/ZSM-22) was developed and synthesized successfully with the wet impregnation method. The characterization results showed that the Mo(VI) oxide species were highly dispersed on the surface of catalysts under the Mo-loading not higher than 5%, and the aggregation of the MoO 3 nanoparticles were detected above the Mo-loading of 5%. Meanwhile, the maximum acid intensity was also exhibited in the 5Mo/ZSM-22 catalyst. As a result, the catalytic performance of Mo/ZSM-22 catalysts in the transesterification of waste cooking soybean oil (WCSO) was significantly improved compared with the untreated ZSM-22 catalyst. Especially, the 5Mo/ZSM-22 showed the good activity (X WCSO of 59.29%, S Biodiesel of 99.86%), which was mainly due to the well dispersed Mo species and the larger acidity. Additionally, the 5Mo/ZSM-22 catalyst exhibits good stability and the high biodiesel selectivity , and the fuel properties of the as-synthesized biodiesel meet ASTM D6751 standards. This work provides a useful synthesis strategy of transesterification catalysts for the preparation of biodiesel.