Facile synthesis and highly efficient selective adsorption properties of Y2Mo4O15 for methylene blue: Kinetics, thermodynamics and mechanical analyses

Monoclinic-phase Y2Mo4O15 adsorbent with a large adsorption capacity for MB (198 mg/g) were successfully prepared by SSM. Dynamic and thermodynamic properties of the adsorption process are investigated using temperature-dependent adsorption experiments. A possible adsorption mechanism is proposed based on the competitive ion experiments.338