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Facile method for the synthesis of [email protected] core–shell porous magnetic microspheres for fast separation of organic dyes from aqueous solution

Pan, Long; Xu, Meng-Ying; Liu, Zi-Lu; Du, Bi-Bai; Yang, Kun-Hao; Wu, Li; He, Peng; He, Yu-Jian

By 12 March 2019March 18th, 2019No Comments

RSC Advances, 2016, vol 6, 53, pp. 47530-47535

DOI:10.1039/C6RA05585K

Abstract

A novel type of porous magnetic microsphere ([email protected]) was firstly synthesized just via one-step Friedel–Crafts alkylation promoted by FeCl3. This universal and facile method to fabricate porous magnetic microspheres possesses distinct advantages such as cheap reactants, mild reaction conditions, a short reaction time and a simple post-treatment process. The core–shell spheres with a well-defined and uniform morphology possess a high Brunauer–Emmett–Teller specific surface area (770 m2 g−1). Besides, the magnetization saturation value reaches up to 18 A m2 kg−1 which is high enough to separate [email protected] from aqueous solution. [email protected] possesses fast adsorption kinetics and an excellent adsorption capacity for organic dyes: methyl orange (211 mg g−1) and fuchsin basic (231 mg g−1). The adsorption-saturated [email protected] composites can be easily collected by an external magnetic field and reused at least 3 times after simple Soxhlet extraction and drying.

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