Monitoring graphene oxide's efficiency for removing Re(VII) and Cr(VI) with fluorescent silica hydrogels

Environmental Pollution
Chuanqi TangJianqiang Chen

Abstract

Supported carbon quantum dots (CQDs), used as fluorescent sensors for the detection of metal ions, have rarely been used to remove heavy metals from water. Nitrogen-doped CQDs immobilized in hydrophilic silica hydrogels exhibited a more superior sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of Re(VII) and Cr(VI) than other metal ions, including Fe(III), Fe(II), Zn(II), Cu(II) and Mn(II). For the first time, low limits of detection (LOD) of 2.3 μM for Re(VII) detection and 65 nM for Cr(VI) detection were reported by a facile method. Based on the high selectivity of fluorescent silica hydrogels for Re(VII) and Cr(VI) detection, the removal of Re(VII) and Cr(VI) by graphene oxide (GO) in water was monitored with the hydrogels used as a turn-off fluorescent sensing platform. The consistent results of the sorption isotherms of each metal on GO, which were obtained from the fluorescence spectra and by UV absorption, further verified the possibility of monitoring metal removal by fluorescence detection. Remarkably, GO removed 1186 mg/g of Re(VII) but only 178 mg/g of Cr(VI). The density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicated that both Re(VII) and Cr(VI) formed stable bonds with silica hydrogels, confirming that the interaction...Continue Reading

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