Engineered MXene/BiS nanoflowers in sodium alginate hydrogel: A synergistic eradicator of disinfected byproducts in aqueous environment.

In this work, BiS nanoflowers were in situ anchored on the surface of TiC via a hydrothermal process to obtain MXene-supported TiC/BiS nanocomposite, then incorporated inside in sodium alginate polymer to prepared hydrogel materials (TiC/BiS@SA-H) which outperforms and have an excellent capability for the removal of pollutants like disinfected byproducts. The synthesized hydrogel material TiC/BiS@SA-H may be utilized for a variety of functional materials in environmental applications. Furthermore, the TiC/BiS@SA-H was characterized by SEM, EDX, XRD, BET, AFM, FTIR, Zeta potential, XPS, Raman and TGA. Remarkably, TiC/BiS@SA-H hydrogel 0.007 cm g, 159.5 nm and 0.0017 cm g, 160.5 nm materials exhibited the highest average pore diameter. The research focused on evaluating the adsorption capability of TiC/BiS@SA-H hydrogel materials for 2,6-dibromo-4-nitrophenol (DBNP), 2,4,6-triiodophenol (TIP), 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol (TCP) and 2,6-dichloro-4-nitrophenol (DCNP). The findings indicated that the material exhibited the eradication efficiency of about 662, 657, 647 and 617 mg/g from DBNP, TIP, TCP and DCNP respectively. Several adsorption isotherms were extensively examined, encompassing the Temkin, Langmuir and Freundlich models, alongside pseudo-first and second-order models. The Langmuir and pseudo-second-order models showed the highest degree of consistency with the observed data. Concerning regeneration and reusability, the materials demonstrated easy regeneration and effective recyclability over the course of 10 cycles. The notable adsorption capacity, coupled with the innovative combination of TiC/BiS and polymer hydrogel, along with its recyclability, positions our material TiC/BiS@SA-H as a highly prospective competitors for wastewater treatment and other critical areas in water research.