Suspended Aminosilanized Graphene Oxide Nanosheets for Selective Preconcentration of Lead Ions and Ultrasensitive Determination by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

Abstract

The aminosilanized graphene oxide (GO-NH2) was prepared for selective adsorption of Pb(II) ions. Graphene oxide (GO) and GO-NH2 prepared through the amino-silanization of GO with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. The batch experiments show that GO-NH2 is characterized by high selectivity toward Pb(II) ions. Adsorption isotherms suggest that sorption of Pb(II) on GO-NH2 nanosheets is monolayer coverage, and adsorption is controlled by a chemical process involving the surface complexation of Pb(II) ions with the nitrogen-containing groups on the surface of GO-NH2. Pb(II) ions can be quantitatively adsorbed at pH 6 with maximum adsorption capacity of 96 mg g(-1). The GO-NH2 was used for selective and sensitive determination of Pb(II) ions by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ET-AAS). The preconcentration of Pb(II) ions is based on dispersive micro solid-phase extraction in which the suspended GO-NH2 is rapidly injected into analyzed water sample. Such features of GO-NH2 nanosheets as wrinkled structure, softness, flexibility, and excellent dispersibility in water allow achieving very good contact with analyzed solution, and adsorption of Pb(II) ions is very fast. The experiment shows that after separation of the solid phase, the suspension of GO-NH2 with adsorbed Pb(II) ions can be directly injected into the graphite tube and analyzed by ET-AAS. The GO-NH2 is characterized by high selectivity toward Pb(II) ions and can be successfully used for analysis of various water samples with excellent enrichment factors of 100 and detection limits of 9.4 ng L(-1).

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