Simultaneous Delamination and Rutile Formation on the Surface of Ti3C2Tx MXene for Copper Adsorption

In this work, we studied the formation of the rutile phase of titanium dioxide (TiO2) on delaminated MXene (d‐Ti3C2Tx) flakes by the reaction of Ti3C2Tx with amino acids in water. Three types of amino acids with varied side‐chain polarity were used to delaminate Ti3C2Tx. d‐Ti3C2Tx flakes formed stab...

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Published in:Chemistry, an Asian journal an Asian journal, 2020-04, Vol.15 (7), p.1044-1051
Main Authors: Elumalai, Satheeshkumar, Yoshimura, Masahiro, Ogawa, Makoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adsorption
Aliphatic compounds
Amino acids
Aqueous solutions
Chemistry
Copper
Flakes
Histidine
MXene-Ti3C2Tx
MXenes
Polarity
Raman spectroscopy
Room temperature
Rutile
Surface chemistry
Titanium dioxide
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Summary:In this work, we studied the formation of the rutile phase of titanium dioxide (TiO2) on delaminated MXene (d‐Ti3C2Tx) flakes by the reaction of Ti3C2Tx with amino acids in water. Three types of amino acids with varied side‐chain polarity were used to delaminate Ti3C2Tx. d‐Ti3C2Tx flakes formed stable colloidal solutions due to the negative surface charges of chemisorbed amino acids on the d‐Ti3C2Tx. Rutile formed on d‐Ti3C2Tx at room temperature upon the intercalation of aromatic amino acids and subsequent sonication of the solution, while flakes intercalated with aliphatic amino acids did not oxidize. X‐Ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Raman spectroscopy revealed the nanosize rutile formation on the surface of Ti3C2Tx flakes. The XPS results indicated the surface functionalization of histidine on d‐Ti3C2Tx flakes. As‐synthesized histidine functionalized rutile TiO2@d‐Ti3C2Tx hybrid was used for adsorption of Cu2+ ions from aqueous solution with a maximum uptake of 95 mg g−1. The simultaneous delamination and rutile formation of TiO2 on the surface of delaminated Ti3C2Tx (d‐Ti3C2Tx) by amino acids was developed. An aromatic amino acid could facilitate the formation of rutile TiO2 on d‐Ti3C2Tx, whereas aliphatic amino acids did not. Ultimately, the histidine functionalized rutile TiO2/d‐Ti3C2Tx hybrid showed a significantly higher adsorption of copper ions from aqueous solution and the removal efficacy of Cu2+ was 95 mg g‐1.
ISSN:1861-4728
1861-471X
DOI:10.1002/asia.202000090