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The property variation of magnetic mesoporous carbon modified by aminated hollow magnetic nanospheres: Synthesis, characteristic and sorption Xin Li, Weicheng Cao, Yunguo Liu, Guangming Zeng, Zeng Wei, Lei Qin, and Ting-ting Li ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/ acssuschemeng.6b01207 • Publication Date (Web): 01 Dec 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on December 3, 2016

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The property variation of magnetic mesoporous carbon

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modified by aminated hollow magnetic nanospheres:

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Synthesis, characteristic and sorption

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Xin Li a, b, Wei-cheng Cao a, b*, Yun-guo Liu a, b,*, Guang-ming Zeng a, b, Wei-Zeng a, b, Lei

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Qin a, b, Ting-ting Li a, b

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Juzizhou Street,Changsha 410082, P.R. China

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College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Lushan South Road,

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Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Mini

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stry of Education, Changsha 410082, P.R. China

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* Corresponding author:

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Wei-cheng Cao, E-mail address: [email protected];

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Yun-guo Liu, Tel.: + 86 731 88649208; Fax: + 86 731 88822829; E-mail address:

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[email protected]

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ABSTRACT

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Magnetic mesoporous carbon with particular morphology was fabricated by

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immobilizing uniform aminated hollow magnetic nanospheres (AHMNs) into oxidized

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mesoporous carbon (OC) matrix with different mass ratio (AHMOC-Y, Y = 1:1, 2:1, 5:1).

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This study devoted to explore the effect on morphology,surface charge and the adsorption

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capacity when AHMNs were immobilized onto OC. The morphology and surface properties

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were studied using SEM, BET, XRD, FTIR, XPS and VSM. Batch experiments were carried

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out to study the sorption behavior of methylene blue (MB) by AHMOC-Ys, indicating that a

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good adsorption capacity of cation dye could be obtained at a mild condition (at pH = 8

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compared with pH = 11) which was sustained by point of zero charge (pHpzc). The

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characterizations of adsorption behavior revealed that isotherm and kinetics synthesis were

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well-fitted respectively by pseudo-second-order model and Freundlich isotherm model. The

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rate-limiting step was mainly involved film diffusion and intra-particle diffusion for the

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whole reaction. Thermodynamic analysis indicated that the adsorption reaction was an

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endothermic and spontaneous process. The conclusion revealed that AHMOC-2:1 had

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advantages in adsorption capacity and separation feasibility compared with OC,

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AHMOC-1:1 and AHMOC-5:1, which could be preferable in practical application of

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environment purification.

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KEY WORDS: Mesoporous carbon; Hollow nanospheres; Magnetic; Methylene blue;

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Adsorption mechanism

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INTRODUCTION

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Mesoporous materials especially ordered mesoporous carbon materials, had been 2

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aroused significant concerns since Ryong Ryoo et al. first prepared and denoted as CMK

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materials in 1999 due to their high specific pore volume, high specific surface area, uniform

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pore size distribution, stability and good electrical conductivity.1-4 The ordered mesoporous

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carbon presented the uniform mesopores, larger surface area and ordered structure, which

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might be resulted in more anchoring sites for a variety of applications such as catalysts

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supporter,5 super-capacitor,6 medicine release involving the practical application of large

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hydrophobic molecules (ibuprofen, vitamins, dyes).7-10 However, it still suffered from

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disadvantages relating with its inherent properties, including poor hydrophilicity and difficult

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reclamation, which might possibly cause secondary pollution and severely hinder its

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practical application.11

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Numerous methods and techniques had been applied to modify ordered mesoporous

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carbon to overcome its defect. Previous studies indicated that nitric acid oxidation can

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introduce

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hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance.8 Furthermore, the incorporation of metallic elements (Pd,

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Zn, Co, Fe, Zr etc.) into ordered mesoporous carbon during the preparation or via

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post-synthetic methods that had been led to high performance such as adsorption, catalyst

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and magnetism.12-14 Noteworthily, majority researchers were committed to combine both the

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well-ordering of mesoporous materials with the magnetic property of nanoparticles for

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adsorption of dyes.15-18 Up to know, the current research of magnetic ordered mesoporous

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carbon was commonly synthesized by adding extra iron precursor such as FeSO4,Fe2(SO4)3

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or FeCl3.19-22 For instance, Shanmuga Kittappa et al.15 synthesized Fe3O4 nanoparticles firstly,

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then the nano-magnetite encapsulated with silicon dioxide (SiO2) was synthesized by Stöber

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method23 to fabricate nanocomposite mesoporous materials for removal of methylene blue. It

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exhibited the higher and faster adsorption capacity for MB than other silicic mesoporous

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materials. Lin Tang et al.11 synthesized ordered mesoporous carbon composite which was

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functionalized with carboxylate groups and iron oxide nanoparticles to adsorb

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2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. The materials exhibited good magnetic properties and large

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adsorption capacity at low pH and temperature. However, these studies only focused on

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magnetizing the ordered materials by impregnating ferric chloride solution into carbon/silica

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source.18, 19, 24 According to the above literatures, these synthesis methods couldn’t get the

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uniform and controllable morphology of magnetic nanoparticles, meanwhile, it might lead to

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instability and aggregation, which would lower the particle reactivity and mobility. In

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addition, the decrease in surface area of ordered mesoporous carbon after incorporating

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magnetic nanoparticles should be concerned because it was significant for contaminant

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removal successfully.

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It was worth mentioning that, hierarchically structured magnetic iron oxide materials

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especially hollow iron nanospheres had been paid extensive attentions as potential materials

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for sequestering hazardous dyes,25 toxic heavy metal,26 drug delivery27, 28 and so on.25, 26,

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non-toxic, hydrophilic, chemically stable, easily in synthesis and excellent recycling

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capability.36 Manickam Sasidharan and his groups synthesized hollow α-Fe2O3 and Fe3O4

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nanospheres using FeCl3.6H2O as iron precursor and micelles of poly (styrene-b–acrylic

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acid-b–ethylene oxide) (PS–PAA–PEO) as soft template to release ibuprofen sustainably.33

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Mahmood Iram et al.25 fabricated Fe3O4 hollow nanospheres via a simple one-pot

The functionalized hollow iron nanospheres possessed the properties such as magnetic,

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template-free hydrothermal method and investigated their application as an adsorbent for

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neutral red dye contaminants removal from water. These studies were depend on that hollow

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Fe3O4 nanospheres enclosed a vacant volume at their centers and presented shell-like ordered

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independent nanoparticles outside. The structure provided a high surface area, high polarity,

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large interior space, quantum sizes, low density, thermal and chemical stability and high

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permeability. As a consequence, these properties provided a higher removal capacity for

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heavy metal ions and dyes as well.26, 37

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The above studies emphasized that the functional groups existed on the surface and

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metallic nanoparticles encapsulated within the porous carbons played a key role in particle

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application.8, 38 It might be an alternative choice to combine ordered mesoporous carbon with

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hollow iron nanospheres to affect the surface charge each other and improve separation

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capacity. However, grafting hollow iron nanospheres directly to ordered mesoporous carbon

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was instability and might greatly reduce adsorption capacity due to the aggregation of

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magnetic iron oxide. Therefore not only ordered mesoporous carbon should be improved but

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the hollow iron nanospheres should be modified as well before assembled with each other. In

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this study, ordered mesoporous carbon was oxidized by nitric acid and hollow iron

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nanospheres were aminated by urea in one-step simple template-free hydrothermal method.

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Then the synthesized aminated hollow magnetic nanospheres (AHMNs) were immobilized

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into the oxidized ordered mesoporous carbon matrix (OC) by post-synthesis.39 The

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functionalized AHMNs and OC obtained functional groups (e.g. carboxyl, amino) which

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possibly resulted in that the AHMNs well dispersed and encapsulated in the matrix of OC at

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the presence of ultrasound when they were compounded covalently with each other. The final 5

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sample was noted as AHMOC and the charged surface of the composition could greatly

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enhance the dispersion and morphology of the particles. In addition, the acylamino generated

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by combination of carboxyl and amino groups was also negative charged and favorable for

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catching cation dye molecules. This research synthesized a novel functional uniform

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magnetic carbon framework which not only maintained the structural and geometrical

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features of hollow Fe3O4 nanospheres and ordered mesoporous carbon, but also protected the

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magnetic spheres to a certain extent to guarantee its adsorption capacity.

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The primary objective of this research was not only to study the formation mechanism

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of AHMOC, including its physical and chemical properties, but also to identify the optimum

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synthesis proportion of material for removal of cationic dye (methylene blue) from aqueous

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solution. The innovative adsorbent (AHMOC) was prepared successfully with different mass

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ratio (1:1, 2:1, 5:1), and a batch equilibrium technique was applied to investigate the effect of

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various experimental factors, such as pH, initial dye concentration, ionic strength, contact

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time and temperature. The adsorption isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamics were

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performed to analyze the adsorption behaviors. The results indicated that AHMOC-2:1 was

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promising for further application as an efficient low cost and recyclable adsorbent for dye

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removal.

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EXPERIMENT SECTION (MATERIALS AND METHODS)

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The samples were synthesized by combining oxidized ordered mesoporous carbon (OC)

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and aminated hollow magnetic nanospheres (AHMNs) in a mild condition. Experiment

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section (Materials, methods, Materials characterization and Sorption experiments) and part

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of the Sample characterization (SEM and BET) were presented in Supplementary 6

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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Sample characterization

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Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images displayed the surface morphologies of

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CMK-3, OC and AHMOC-Y (Y = 1:1, 2:1, 5:1), which were set out in Fig. 1. It was clear to

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find that the pristine CMK(Fig. 1a) displayed a typical ordered mesoporous structure,

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which was consistent with the previous studies.2, 4 However, the oxidized mesoporous carbon

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(Fig. 1b) consisted of many rope-like domains which exhibited a similar structure with initial

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mesoporous carbon in average diameter of 350−450 nm.8 Fig. 1c and Fig. 1d presented the

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special sphere-rhabditiform macrostructures which was resulted from distribution of AHMNs

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on OC with different density,indicating that the AHMNs were successfully grafted onto

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mesoporous carbon structure and uniformly dispersed on the surface of oxidized carbon

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rods.39 Fig. 1c presented that the load of AHMNs onto OC surface had a little agglomeration,

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which slightly aggravated the order of mesoporous but without destroying the skeleton

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structure of OC.40 It was obviously to find in the patterns of AHMOC-Ys that the AHMNs

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were not only grafted on the surface of OC (Fig. 1c), but also encapsulated by several

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segments of OC fabricating cage-like domains (Fig. 1d). These were attributed to the

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covalent binding between amino groups and carboxy groups. However, the SEM images of

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AHMOC-Ys were considerably different from other magnetic carbon.22, 41

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Fig. 1. SEM images of CMK (a), OC (b), AHMOC-2:1 (c) and (d), AHMOC-1:1 (e),

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AHMOC-5:1 (f).

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Fig. 2a displayed the Wide-angle X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of as-prepared each

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sample. It was noted that the pristine OC exhibited two widen scattering peaks at around 24°

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(002) and 44°(100), which were consistent with graphitic lattice of oxidized mesoporous

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carbon and demonstrated a high degree of graphitization.42, 43 However, the XRD patterns of 8

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AHMOC-Ys presented similar characteristic peaks at 2θ = 30.0º, 35.5º, 37.1º, 43.2º, 53.6º,

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57.1º and 62.7º, which were assigned to the (112), (211), (202), (220), (422), (511) and (440)

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reflection respectively.26, 44 These results corresponded to the standard orthorhombic phase of

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Fe3O4 (JCPDS card No.65−3107) indexing to the good crystallinity of these nanospheres

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with a face-centered cubic structure.45 It was obviously that these three samples using

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different amount of AHMNs exhibited the similar diffraction patterns, and all of the

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diffraction peaks could be indexed to the special structures of AHMOC-Ys and there were no

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evidence of impurities could be observed in the XRD patterns.44 In addition, the

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characteristic peaks of OC (2θ = 23.4º) in AHMOC-Ys which converted from 23.4º to 21.5º

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were also observed, which could be attributed to the polymerization between amino-iron and

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carboxyl groups onto the oxidized mesoporous carbon with different amount.42, 43 These

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results demonstrated that AHMOC-Ys were prepared successfully.

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Fig. 2b revealed the FTIR spectra of OC, AHMOC-Ys and AHMOC-2:1-MB and

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confirmed the functional groups on the surface of materials. Several common characteristic

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peaks were clearly observed in all samples, such as 3430 and 1122 cm-1, which corresponded

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to the N−H/O−H and C−O stretching vibration, respectively.46, 47 The band at 1640 cm-1 was

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also presented in the OC spectra, which could be attributed to the C=O stretching vibration.

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After modification, the intensity of N−H/O−H presented a relatively weak value, which

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could be assigned to the formation of ester group (1725 cm-1).39 Meanwhile, the new

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emergency of C−N (1233 cm-1) and NH−C=O (1590 cm-1) could be found, demonstrating

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that −NH2 might be introduced into the compound successfully attributed to the introduction

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of AHMNs into the OC matrix.48 It was clearly to find a characteristic peak centered at 580 9

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cm-1, which corresponded to the Fe−O and Fe−N stretching vibration, demonstrating that

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magnetic hollow nanoparticles were successfully modified by urea. The above discussions

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clearly revealed that AHMOC-Ys composites consisted of AHMNs and OC, which further

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supported that AHMNs were grafted on or encapsulated by the OC matrix (Fig. 1d).

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Compared the FTIR spectrum before and after adsorption, the adsorption behavior was

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revealed distinctly. Fig. 2b (OC and 2:1-MB) indicated that the band at 1590 cm-1 moved to

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1620 cm-1. The emerging of peaks ranged from 1122 cm-1 to 1590 cm-1 can be assigned to

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C=N stretching of MB molecule, which indicated the composites could combine with MB

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molecules successfully.

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Fig. 2. XRD patterns (a) and FTIR spectrum of OC,1:1, 2:1, 5:1 and AHMOC-2:1-MB (b).

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Fig. 3. XPS full-scan of OC and 2:1 (a); C1s XPS spectrum of OC (b) and 2:1(c); N1s XPS

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spectrum of OC (d) and 2:1 (e); The XPS spectrum of Fe 2p from the fractured surface of the

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Fe3O4 standard sample 2:1 (f);

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to gain further information about the chemical composition of OC and AHMOC-2:1. The

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core-electron lines of ferrous ions and ferric ions could both be detected and distinguished in

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XPS. Therefore, it was used to examine shell structure of the synthesized product.

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The full scan of OC and AHMOC-2:1 were displayed in Fig. 3a and showed the C and

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O peaks at the binding energy of 285.08 and 532.08 eV, respectively. While there were two

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additional peaks centered at 399.08 and 710.08 eV, corresponding to N and Fe respectively,

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which might be assigned to the introduction of amino-hollow magnetic iron nanoparticles.

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The results were consistent with the FTIR analysis.

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Fig. 3b and Fig. 3c displayed the spectra of C1s region for pristine OC and

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AHMOC-2:1. The C1s spectra of OC could be deconvoluted into four primary peak

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components, centered at 284.06, 285.63, 288.08 and 290.08 eV, which were assigned to pure

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graphitic sites C−C, C−O, O−C=O and carbonates, respectively.49 However, there were only

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three fitted-curves observed in AHMOC-2:1 spectrum. The binding energy of 283.73 eV

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corresponded to pure graphitic sites (C−C). 285.38 eV corresponded to sp2 carbon atoms

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bonded to nitrogen in the amorphous CN matrix (C−N). And 287.68 eV corresponded to sp3

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carbon atoms bonded to nitrogen (N−C=O).49 The difference of the two materials might be

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attributed to the reaction between –NH2 and –COOH.

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Fig. 3d exhibited the N1s spectrum of OC, which could be curve-fitted into two primary

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peak components at 401.18 eV, corresponding to quaternary (N-Q) (12.42 %), and 405.38 eV,

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corresponding to oxidized like nitrogen species (N-X) (87.58 %), respectively.50 The N1s

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XPS spectrum of AHMOC-2:1 was also revealed in Fig. 3e. The peaks of N-Q and N-X had

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78.90 % and 11.46 %, respectively. In addition, two new peaks appeared at 401.28 eV and

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402.68 eV, corresponding to acylamino, and indicated that AHMNs were successfully

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combined into the composites.50

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To further confirm the ingredient of magnetic particles, XPS spectrum of Fe 2p from the

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fractured surface of the Fe3O4 standard sample 2:1 was exhibited in Fig. 3f. The Fe 2p

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spectra of AHMOC-2:1 was deconvoluted into two primary peaks at 709.78 eV and 724.93

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eV which corresponded to the peaks of Fe 2p3/2 and Fe 2p1/2 in Fe3O4 respectively, and there

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were no satellite peaks around.25, 51 Therefore, the spectra were typical for stoichiometric

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Fe3O4, and demonstrated that the magnetic ingredient was mainly Fe3O4. The peaks centered

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at 722.88 and 713.13 eV, which attributed to amination of magnetic hollow nanospheres

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(Fe−N). These values were close to the report for Fe3O4 previously that the peak positions of

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Fe 2p3/2 and Fe 2p1/2 were 710.6 (S.D. = 0.05) and 724.1 eV (S.D. = 0.07), respectively.

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These results confirmed the analysis of XRD patterns, and proved that AHMOC-Ys were

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prepared successfully.

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Adsorption analysis

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The adsorption behavior of MB in aqueous solutions was applied to evaluate the effect

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of AHMNs on surface charge of OC and the adsorption ability of cation molecules by the

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three different adsorbents (1:1, 2:1, and 5:1). The adsorption process was performed in 30

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mL MB solution (200 mg/L) with 0.01 g samples at 318 K. The detailed process and

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mechanism figure of adsorption (Fig. S8) were set out in Supplementary information.

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Effect of initial pH. The initial pH of the solution was one of the most critical

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parameters involved in adsorption capacity and mechanism. The previous reports of pH 13

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revealed that it not only affect the degree of deprotonation and the speciation of surface

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functional groups on absorbent but also affect the status of adsorbate. So it had a significant

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effect on electrostatic charge that was assigned to ionized dye molecules between adsorbent

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and adsorbate. The experiments were carried out by varying solution pH range from 2 to 12

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with different adsorbents (OC and AHMOC-Ys), and the results were presented in Fig. 4a.

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The zeta potential of the each mesoporous carbon composites at different pH was also

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measured and revealed in Fig. 4b. As indicated in Fig. 4a, the removal capacity was

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significantly increased when pH increased from 3.0 to 8.0. However, there was a decreased

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trend with increasing pH value from 8 to 12 by AHMOC-Ys, but the adsorption capacity of

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OC was increased constantly. These results could be explained on the basis of the point of

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zero charge (pHpzc)26. As depicted in Fig. 4b, the pHpzc of OC was nearly 4.5, however the

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pHpzc of AHMOC-Ys were about 1.5. When pH<pHpzc, the adsorbents were positively

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charged due to the protonation of the surface functional groups, which generated electrostatic

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repulsion force restricting the adsorption between adsorbent and adsorbate. In addition, the

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excess hydrogen ions, pore filling and π–π electron donor–acceptor interactions also had

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great competitiveness with dye cations for the adsorption sites, further resulted in the lower

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adsorption capacity.52,53 However, when pH>pHpzc, the surface of absorbents was negatively

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charged, which could be beneficial for MB adsorption due to electrostatic attraction. When

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the solution pH at about 8, the deprotonation of amine groups (on the surface of AHMNs)

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and acylamino groups (between OC and AHMNs) resulted in the formation of anion and led

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to a lower pHpzc value and higher removal capacity of AHMOC-Ys. While the pHpzc value of

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the obstacle for deprotonation velocity of functional groups on AHMOC-Ys. That was also a

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reason to why the pHpzc value and adsorption capacity presented a fluctuation. Otherwise, the

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amide bond was negatively charged functional group, and the formation of amide bond was

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favorable to capture cation molecules. The adsorption capacity of each sample was listed in

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Table 1.

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Table 1. Comparison of the maximum MB adsorption capacity of various adsorbents. Adsorbents

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The mechanism for the removal of the cation contaminant by metal component was

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proposed to involve surface complexation and ion exchange between the iron oxide surface

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and the cations ions in MB aqueous solution.25 The amino-iron oxides located in water had

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≡Fe-OH and ≡Fe-NH-NH2 surface sites. The chemical structure (hydroxyl, amidogen

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coordination and adsorption sites) on the surface depended on the oxidized morphology and

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crystal structure. The ≡Fe-O

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for the adsorption of MB. With the changing of pH, the ≡Fe-OH and ≡Fe-NH-NH2

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groups acquire positive or negative charge by protonation or deprotonation. The magnetite

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surface chemistry could be summarized by the following formulas:26



and ≡Fe-NH-NH− groups were pH dependent active sites

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≡Fe-OH + H+ → ≡Fe-OH2+

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≡Fe-NH-NH2 + H+→ ≡Fe-NH-NH3+ ( at pHpHpzc, deprotonation)





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- The ≡Fe-O and ≡Fe-NH-NH− site were Lewis base and could be coordinated

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with the MB molecules inner or outer of the complexes.26 The above analyses might explain

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the variation of pHpzc values and adsorption capacity of each sample.

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Fig. 4. The effect of initial solution pH on MB adsorption (a) and Zeta-potential of

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AHMOC-Ys at different pH (b).

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Effect of initial concentration and isotherm analysis. The initial MB concentration

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was also an important parameter to affect adsorption capacity and removal efficiency, which

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provided necessary driving force to surmount the resistance between the aqueous and solid

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phases. The experiments were carried out with different initial concentrations (100-1000

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mg·L−1) at pH = 8, and the results were set out in Fig. S3. It was obviously to find that the

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adsorption capacity was enhanced with increasing initial MB concentrations, which might be

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owing to the heterogeneous adsorption sites.

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From Fig. S3a, the AHMOC-2:1 had higher adsorption capacity than other absorbents.

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It could be due to that the co-incorporation of AHMNs and OC in suitable ratio provided

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more functional groups, which could offer additional sites, much higher negative charge and

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removal efficiency of MB at equilibrium by AHMOC-2:1 decreased from 88.5 % to 55 %

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(Fig. S3b). The increased adsorption capacity and decreased adsorption efficiency verified

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with the excessive initial MB concentration. The results also demonstrated that AHMOC-2:1

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had advantages in adsorption capacity compared with other texting materials, and it could be

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better in practical application.

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In order to further study the adsorption behaviors between solid and liquid phase at

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equilibrium, two isothem models (Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm model) were selected

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to analyze the equilibrium data. The Langmuir isotherm model could be expressed as:11

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 =

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 = 

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where  (mg·g−1) is the maximun monolayer adsorption capacity of MB;  (L·mg−1)

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is the Langmuir adsorption free energy constant;  (mg·g−1) and  (mg·L−1) are the initial

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and the equilibrium concentration, respectively;  is the equilimbrium parameter which

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can determine the types of isotherms as follows: favorable (1>  >0), liner ( = 1),

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unfavorable ( >1).

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The Freundlich isotherm model is given as:

 

(1)



(2)



 

308

 =  

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where  (mg·g−1) is adsorption capacity at equilibrium concentration;  (mg ∙ g  ) (L ∙

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mg  )

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adsorption intensity, respectively;  (mg·L−1) is the equilibrium solute concentration. The

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magnitude of n indicates the favorability of the process, and values of 10 > n > 1

# "

(3)

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represent favorable adsorption.11

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The adsorption parameters of the Langmuir isotherm and the Freundlich isotherm

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model were analysed using nonlinear regression method, and the results were displayed in

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Fig. S4 and Table 2. It was obviously that the correlation coefficient  ( of Freundlich

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isotherm model at temperature 328 K of AHMOC-Ys were 0.9334 (1:1), 0.9961 (2:1),

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0.9893 (5:1) accordingly, which were preferable than  ( values of Langmuir isotherm

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model suggesting that the adsoprtion behavior was more suitable for Freundilich model. The

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results suggested that the adsorption onto heterogeneous surfaces with uniform energy

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distribution was reversible attributing to the active groups, which was consistent with the

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previous researchers.54 This predicted that as long as the dye concentration increased in the

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solution the dye concentrated onto the materials increased correspondingly.9, 25, 52 In addition,

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the n value was calculated in the range from 2.19 to 2.51, indicating that the adsorption

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between adsorbents and MB molucules was favorable (10 > n > 1).25

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Table 2. Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm parameters for adsorption of MB onto

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AHMOC-Ys. AHMOC-Y 1:1 2:1 5:1

Langmuir model −1

Freundlich model

−1

2

qm (mg·g )

KL (L·mg )

R

KF (L·mg−1)

n

R2

1755.8 1919.4 1741.0

0.0056 0.0102 0.0085

0.8167 0.9107 0.9033

77.56 146.3 116.7

2.197 2.512 2.445

0.933 0.996 0.989

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Effect of ionic strength. Generally, the wastewater of factories commonly contains

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dyes with high salt concentration. The salt concentration of the solution was one of the

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factors that had influence on the hydrophobic and electrostatic interaction between surface

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functional sites of adsorbent and dye molecules.9, 52 18

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The effect of ionic strength on the MB adsorption by AHMOC-2:1 was carried out by

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adding different NaCl concentration range from 0 to 1.0 mol·L−1. As seen from Fig. S5, the

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sorption of MB on AHMOC-2:1 slightly improved with increasing NaCl concentration from

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0.00 to 0.01 mol·L−1 and then decreased mildly as the NaCl concentration increased from

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0.01 to 1 mol·L−1. The increasing phenomenon could be explained by the following reasons:

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1) the MB molecules might aggregated due to the increased intermolecular forces with

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increasing NaCl concentrations; 2) the increased ionic strength might screen the electrostatic

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interaction, which was beneficial for MB removal because of the depression of electrostatic

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repulsive.9 However, the decreasing phenomenon occurred in the salt concentration exceeded

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0.1 mol·L−1 and might be due to the competition adsorption between Na+ and MB molecules.

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The addition of abundant NaCl could also enhanced the intermolecular force and effected the

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diffusion of MB molecules.38 These results were consistent with the pH analysis, and further

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proved that electrostatic attraction could be involved in proposal adsorption mechanism.

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Effect of contact time and kinetics model. In order to evaluate the adsorption kinetics

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and rate-limiting step in the adsorption process, two adsorption kinetic models including

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pseudo-first and pseudo-second order rate models were selected to estimate the adsorption

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mechanism and quantify the extent of uptake in adsorption process. These two equations

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were employed to model the sorption data over the entire time range which could be

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generally expressed as following equations, respectively:52

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Pseudo-first-order model

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 )*( − , ) = )*  − (.// 0

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Pseudo-second-order model

-

(4)

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,

(5)



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where  and , (mg·g−1) are donated as the amounts of MB adsorbented at equilibrium ,

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at time t respectively. 3 (min·L−1) and 3( (g·mg−1·min−1) are the rate constant of

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pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order adsorption model respectively.

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Table 3. Correlation coefficients and Kinetic parameters for adsorption of MB onto

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AHMOC-Ys.

AHMOC-Y 1:1

Pseudo-first-order qe,1 k1 (min−1) −1 (mg·g ) 472.7 0.098

R2 0.983

Pseudo-second-order qe,2 k2×103 −1 (mg·g ) (g/mg·min−1) 487.2 0.356

R2 0.963

2:1

513.4

0.129

0.921

531.4

0.423

0.989

5:1

497.6

0.165

0.926

511.5

0.617

0.976

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The kinetic studies for MB adsorption on the AHMOC-Ys were carried out by varying

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contact time from 0 to 48 h, and the results were displayed in Fig. S6. It was clearly to find

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in Fig. S6a that the adsorption capacity was markedly increased in the first 30 min, which

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might be assigned to the existence of plentiful of adsorption sites on the adsorbent surface.

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And then, the removal capacity was slowly increased until the adsorption equilibrium was

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reached in about 2 h. The result might be owing to the insufficient active sites after initial

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adsorption process.55 The correlation coefficients and kinetic parameters were listed in Table

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3 after fitted by the kinetic models.25 The pesudo-second order of AHMOC-2:1 presented

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highest correction coefficients  ((0.989)than others and the calculated adsorption capacity

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(522.4 mg·g–1) was more agreement with the experimental data (531.4 mg·g–1). It indicated

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that the rate-limiting step of adsorption mechanism might be physisorption which involved

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valence force duringsharing or exchanging electrons.52, 54

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mechanism. Therefore, intra-particle diffusion model was necessary to simulate the process

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of MB transportation from aqueous solution to the surface of adsorbents. It could be

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described as follows.10, 52

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The interparticle diffusion model:

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, = 345 0

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where 345 is the interparticle diffusion rate constant (mg·g−1·h1/2), and C (mg·g−1) is the

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constant varied instantly with the boundary layer thickness.

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# (

+

(6)

The plots of , versus 0

# (

were revealed in Fig. S6c. It could be observed that the

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plots were multi-linear and obtained two regions, indicating different stages in adsorption

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process. In the first stage (slope 345 ), a large slope was presented, which might be owing to

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the mass transfer from boundary film to the external surface of AHMOC-Ys by film

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diffusion. However, the second phase (slope 345( ) was a gradual process, which presented

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that the adsorbate migrated to the adsorbent internal structure by intra-particle diffusion. The

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above elaborations demonstrated that rate-limiting step was mainly involved film diffusion

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and intra-particle diffusion for the whole reaction.

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Thermodynamic studies. The thermodynamic parameters involved Gibbs free energy,

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enthalpy and entropy that were employed to explore whether the adsorption process was

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endothermic or not. The thermodynamic data were simulated by the following equations:10

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∆8 = −9 )* 

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)*  = − ;< +

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 =

∆:

∆= ;

(7)



(8)



(9)



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are entropy and enthalpy, respectively.  (8.314 J·mol−1·K−1) is the universal gas constant,

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9 (K) is the Kelvin absolute temperature,  represents the Langmuir constant,  is the

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equilibrium concentration.

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Table 4. Thermodynamic parameters for MB adsorption onto AHMOC-2:1 T (K)

ln kL

∆G (kJ·mol−1)

∆S (kJ·mol–1·K−1)

298 K 308 K 318 K

1.8698 1.9811 2.1653

-4.6328 -4.9450 -5.7248

54.372

∆H (kJ·mol−1) 11.603

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The plot of )* versus 1/9 was indicated in Fig. S7. Thermodynamic analysis was

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investigated at three different temperatures (298 K, 308 K, 318 K) and the results were listed

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in Table 4. Generally, the change in free energy for chemisorption was in a range of −80 to

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−400 kJ·mol−1 and for physisorption was between −20 and 0 kJ·mol−1.52 The negative values

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for ∆8 increased with increasing temperature at the range of 298 K to 318 K (from −4.63 to

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−5.72 kJ·mol−1), which were within the range of −20 to 0 kJ·mol−1, indicating the

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predominant mechanism of the adsorption process was physisorption.52 The positive value

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for ∆? (11.60 kJ·mol−1) indicated that the adsorption process was an endothermic process

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in nature, which could be further supported by the study of temperature effect. The positive

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value of ∆> (54.37 kJ·mol–1·K−1) represented the higher order of reaction during the

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adsorption of MB dye onto AHMOC-2:1, indicating that randomness at the solid/solution

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interface increased during the adsorption process, which reflected some structural changes of

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MB molecules and AHMOC-2:1. Additionally, as the adsorption process was endothermic,

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electrostatic repulsion existed between the adsorbent and adsorbate. So the higher

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temperature provided extra energy for the process to overcome the repulsion force to propel

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CONCLUSION

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In the presented study, we composed the aminated hollow magnetic nanospheres with

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oxidized mesoporous carbon in different mass ratio and the final materials was noted as

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AHMOC-Y (Y=1:1, 2:1, 5:1). The primary purpose was to explore the characteristics of

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these new hybrid materials and rationalized the optimum proportion of material to gain a

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good adsorption capacity of MB at mild condition. The characterizations of SEM, XRD,

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VSM, FTIR, XPS, and Zeta-potential confirmed these kinds of samples were synthesized

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successfully. And the results revealed the special morphology compared with initial oxidized

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mesoporous carbon. The adsorption characteristics were also affected by the initial

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concentration, ionic strength and temperature. The Zeta-potential and adsorption behavior at

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different pH demonstrated that a high adsorption capacity was achieved at low pH value (pH

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= 8). The adsorption process was well fitted with Freundlich model and pseudo-second-order

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model. The thermodynamic study confirmed the endothermic and spontaneous nature of MB

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adsorption process. Conclusions obtained from this study revealed the special morphology of

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AHMOC and its high adsorption capicity in mild condition made it able to widely applied in

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other domains.

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ASSOCIATED CONTENT

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Supporting information

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Experiment details: Materials, Synthesis methods, Materials characterization, Sorption

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experiments; Sample characterization: BET and VSM; Figures: Figure S1-Figure S8.

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Corresponding author: 23

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*Wei-cheng Cao, E-mail address: [email protected];

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*Yun-guo Liu, Tel.: + 86 731 88649208; Fax: + 86 731 88822829;

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E-mail address: [email protected]

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Notes

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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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This work greatly acknowledged the financial support that came from the National

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Science Foundation of China (51521006, 51579097), Lake contamination and wetland

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remediation (51521006), and the principle of electrical chemical enhancement of

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Thiobacillus ferrooxidans bacterial ex-situ bioremediation of heavy metal contaminated

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sediment (51579097).

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ABBREVIATIONS

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OC, oxidized ordered mesoporous carbon

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AHMNs, aminated hollow magnetic nanospheres

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AHMOC, aminated hollow magnetic nanospheres-oxidized ordered mesoporous carbon

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The property variation of magnetic mesoporous carbon modified by

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aminated hollow magnetic nanospheres: Synthesis, characteristic and

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sorption

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A green modification strategy was proposed for sustainable production of novel

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functional mesoporous carbons. The samples exhibited special morphology and high

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