β-Cyclodextrin functionalized graphene oxide: an efficient and recyclable adsorbent for the removal of dye pollutants

Abstract

A novel method for the preparation of β-cyclodextrin grafted graphene oxide (GO-β-CD) has been developed. The GO-β-CD was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, ¹³C NMR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The ability of GO-β-CD to remove fuchsin acid from solution was also studied. The GO-β-CD had an excellent adsorption capacity for fuchsin acid and could be recycled and reused. The adsorption capacities of GO-β-CD for other dye pollutants such as methyl orange and methylene blue were also investigated. The absorption capacities for the three dyes are in the order: fuchsin acid>methylene blue>methyl orange.

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Keywords

graphene oxide / β-cyclodextrin / adsorption capacity / recycle

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (Grant No. 21222608), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (No. NCET-12-0392), the Research Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21106099), the Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China (No. 201251), the Tianjin Natural Science Foundation (No. 11JCYBJC01700) and the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (No. B06006).

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