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Supporting Information (SI)

Synthesis of Magnetite/Graphene Oxide Composite and
Application for Cobalt(II) Removal
Mancheng Liu, Changlun Chen
*
, Jun Hu, Xilin Wu, Xiangke Wang
*

Key Laboratory of Novel Thin Film Solar Cells, Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 1126, Hefei 230031, PR China
Address correspondence to either author. Fax:+86-551-5591310;
Phone:+83-551-5592788. Email: clchen@ipp.ac.cn; xkwang@ipp.ac.cn

Mancheng LIU: mcliu2011@163.com
Changlun CHEN: clchen@ipp.ac.cn
Jun HU: jhu@ipp.ac.cn
Xilin WU: dbwxl200547042@163.com
Xiangke WANG: xkwang@ipp.ac.cn


The Journal of Physical Chemistry
Supplemental Information, 6 Pages with 5 Figures and 2 Tables
Prepared: October 31, 2011


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List of Supplemental Figures
Figure SI1. The deconvoluted C1s XPS spectrum of the M/GO composite.
Figure SI2. Distribution of Co(II) species as a function of pH.
Figure SI3. Langmuir (A) and Freundlich (B) isotherms of Co(II) sorption on the
M/GO composite at three different temperature, at pH = 6.8 0.1, I = 0.01 M NaCl,
m/V = 0.4 g L
-1
.
Figure SI4. Linear plots of lnK
d
versus C
e
, at pH = 6.8 0.1, I = 0.01 M NaCl, m/V =
0.4 g L
-1
.
Figure SI5. Comparison of Co(II) sorption on M/GO and Fe
3
O
4
, at pH = 6.8 0.1, I
= 0.01 M NaCl, m/V = 0.4 g L
-1
.


List of Supplemental Tables
TABLE SI1. Constants of linear fit of lnK
d
Vs. C
e
( ln K
d
= A+ BC
e
) for Co(II)
sorption on the M/GO composite.
TABLE SI2. Comparison of adsorption capacity of M/GO with other adsorptions for
Co(II) removal

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292 290 288 286 284 282


I
n
t
e
n
s
i
t
y

(
a
.
u
.
)
Binding Energy (eV)
C1s
C-C
C-O
C=O

Figure SI1. The deconvoluted C1s XPS spectrum of the M/GO composite.

TABLE SI1
Constants of linear fit of lnK
d
Vs. C
e
( ln K
d
= A+ BC
e
) for Co(II) sorption on the
M/GO composite.
T (K) A B R
2

303.15 7.910.047 0.0840.0044 0.979
323.15 8.160.046 0.0870.0047 0.978
343.15 8.390.048 0.0900.0054 0.971

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
0
20
40
60
80
100
Co(OH)
3
_
Co(OH)
2
Co(OH)
+
Co
2+
D
i
s
t
r
i
b
u
t
i
o
n

o
f

C
o

s
p
e
c
i
e
s
pH


Figure SI2. Distribution of Co(II) species as a function of pH.


0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6


303.15 K
323.15 K
343.15 K
C
e

/

C
s
(
g
/
L
)
C
e
( mg/L )
A

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0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3


L
o
g
C
s

(
m
g
/
g
)
LogC
e
( mg/L )
303.15 K
323.15 K
343.15 K
B


Figure SI3. Langmuir (A) and Freundlich (B) isotherms of Co(II) sorption on the
M/GO composite at three different temperature, at pH = 6.8 0.1, I = 0.01 M NaCl,
m/V = 0.4 g L
-1
.

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
6.4
6.6
6.8
7.0
7.2
7.4
7.6
7.8
8.0
8.2
8.4


303.15 k
323.15 k
343.15 k
l
n

K
d
(
m
L
g
-
1
)
C
e
(mg/L)

Figure SI4. Linear plots of lnK
d
versus C
e
, at pH = 6.8 0.1, I = 0.01 M NaCl, m/V =
0.4 g L
-1
.
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Figure SI5. Comparison of Co(II) sorption on M/GO and Fe
3
O
4
, at pH = 6.8 0.1, I
= 0.01 M NaCl, m/V = 0.4 g L
-1
.

TABLE SI2
Comparison of adsorption capacity of M/GO with other adsorptions for Co(II)
removal
Adsorbent C
smax
(mg g
-1
) Reference
M/GO 12.98 Present work
Scolecite 0.23 (1)
Alginate-chitosan hybrid gel 3.2 (2)
Kraft fibers 1.45 (3)
Kaolinite 0.92 (4)
Clinoptilolite 2.93 (5)

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