Issue 49, 2019, Issue in Progress

Revealing the role of the 1T phase on the adsorption of organic dyes on MoS2 nanosheets

Abstract

Herein, different phases of MoS2 nanosheets were synthesized, characterized and tested for dye removal from water. The influence of the MoS2 phases as well as the 1T concentration on the adsorption performance of organic dyes MO, RhB and MB was deeply investigated. The results revealed that the 1T-rich MoS2 nanosheets have superior adsorption performance compared to other 2H and 3R phases. The kinetic results of the adsorption process demonstrate that the experimental data followed the pseudo-second order equation. Meanwhile, the adsorption of dyes over the obtained materials was fitted with several isotherm models. The Langmuir model gives the best fitting to the experimental data with maximum a adsorption capacity of 787 mg g−1. The obtained capacity is significantly higher than that of all previous reports for similar MoS2 materials. Computational studies of the 2H and 1T/2H-MoS2 phases showed that the structural defects present at the 1T/2H grain boundaries enhance the binding of hydroxide and carboxyl groups to the MoS2 surface which in turn increase the adsorption properties of the 1T/2H-MoS2 phase.

Graphical abstract: Revealing the role of the 1T phase on the adsorption of organic dyes on MoS2 nanosheets

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Jul 2019
Accepted
29 Aug 2019
First published
09 Sep 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2019,9, 28345-28356

Revealing the role of the 1T phase on the adsorption of organic dyes on MoS2 nanosheets

A. M. Omar, O. I. Metwalli, M. R. Saber, G. Khabiri, M. E. M. Ali, A. Hassen, M. M. H. Khalil, A. A. Maarouf and A. S. G. Khalil, RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 28345 DOI: 10.1039/C9RA05427H

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