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Facile one-pot surfactant-free synthesis of hierarchical dahlia-like TiO2/V2O5 composite with enhanced adsorption capacity for methylene blue

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We demonstrated a novel facile one-pot surfactant-free strategy for synthesis of the hierarchical dahlia-like TiO2/V2O5 composite. Both amorphous TiO2 and V2O5 can uniformly mix to form a hierarchical dahlia-like nanostructure. The adsorption process of TiO2/V2O5 composite toward methylene blue (MB) is considerably fitted by PFO kinetic model. The fitted maximum equilibrium adsorption capacity of MB is circa 501.28 mg/g by Langmuir isotherm model. The mechanisms of MB adsorption on TiO2/V2O5 composite could be composed by physical and electrostatic interaction. The considerable recyclability of TiO2/V2O5 composite after five cycle regeneration rounds suggests that the TiO2/V2O5 composite could be a potential adsorption candidate for MB removal in wastewater.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial supports provided by the Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission (Grant Nos. KJQN202000831, KJQN202000834 and KJQN202000824), and the Funding Project for Scientific Research of Chongqing Technology and Business University (No. KFJJ2019088).

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    Debin Jiang, Ning Qi, Tengtun Xu & Jinwu Bai

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Jiang, D., Qi, N., Xu, T. et al. Facile one-pot surfactant-free synthesis of hierarchical dahlia-like TiO2/V2O5 composite with enhanced adsorption capacity for methylene blue. J Mater Sci 56, 4686–4699 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-05573-8

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