Shungite/poly(vinyl alcohol) hybrid hydrogels: An efficient adsorption material for rare earth metals in aqueous media
Viktoriia Kyshkarova
Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling of the Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
Contribution: Data curation (lead), Formal analysis (lead), Investigation (lead), Methodology (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorDominika Marcin Behunova
Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Methodology (equal), Resources (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorInna Melnyk
Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
Contribution: Conceptualization (supporting), Data curation (supporting), Formal analysis (supporting), Funding acquisition (supporting), Writing - review & editing (supporting)
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Seda Demirel Topel
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Antalya Bilim University, Antalya, Turkey
Correspondence
Seda Demirel Topel, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Antalya Bilim University, Antalya, Turkey.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Data curation (lead), Investigation (lead), Methodology (lead), Supervision (lead), Writing - original draft (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorViktoriia Kyshkarova
Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling of the Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
Contribution: Data curation (lead), Formal analysis (lead), Investigation (lead), Methodology (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorDominika Marcin Behunova
Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Methodology (equal), Resources (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorInna Melnyk
Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
Contribution: Conceptualization (supporting), Data curation (supporting), Formal analysis (supporting), Funding acquisition (supporting), Writing - review & editing (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Seda Demirel Topel
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Antalya Bilim University, Antalya, Turkey
Correspondence
Seda Demirel Topel, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Antalya Bilim University, Antalya, Turkey.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Data curation (lead), Investigation (lead), Methodology (lead), Supervision (lead), Writing - original draft (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Rare earth elements play a pivotal role in modern technologies, thereby driving an escalating demand for their procurement. To effectively extract these elements from aqueous solutions, it is imperative to explore innovative sorbent materials. In this context, a hydrogel sorbent material was developed by employing poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and shungite—an economical, naturally occurring, easily processable, and sustainable material. This was achieved through the freezing–thawing method, employing sodium borate as a crosslinking agent. The physicochemical characteristics of the hydrogels were determined through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis, Zetasizer analysis, and elemental analysis. The shungite-incorporated PVA hydrogels displayed notable characteristics, including a substantial swelling capacity of 61% and a specific surface area of 32.8 m2/g. Most significantly, these hydrogels exhibited a remarkable affinity for La3+ ions, with an uptake ratio of 134 mg/g. This was followed by Nd3+, Dy3+, and Er3+ ions, which displayed uptake ratios of 79, 74, and 73 mg/g, respectively.
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| app55001-sup-0001-Supinfo.docxWord 2007 document , 546.3 KB | Table S1. Chemical composition of shungite mineral Table S2. Element analysis of the samples (CHNS analysis was performed by elementary analyzer Vario MACRO cube (Elementar Analysensysteme GmbH, Germany). Figure S1. SEM images (a–c), elemental analysis on SEM (d), color mapping by SEM-EDX (e–k) of shungite mineral Figure S2. SEM-EDX analysis of the surface of the shungite/PVA hydrogel after the La3+ (a), Nd3+ (b), Dy3+ (c) and Er3+ (d) cations adsorption. |
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