scholarly journals Comparison of chemical, ultrasonic and thermal regeneration of carbon nanotubes for acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and triclosan adsorption

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (83) ◽  
pp. 52719-52728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yifei Wang ◽  
Xiuming Wei ◽  
Ruochu Zhang ◽  
Yingfeng Wu ◽  
Muhammad Usman Farid ◽  
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Recovering the adsorption capacity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) is of importance to the sustainable use of MWCNT for the adsorption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCP).

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 198-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaiyue Wu ◽  
Jingang Yu ◽  
Xinyu Jiang

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) encapsulated by polyaniline (PANI) were synthesized by in situ polymerization. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) were used to characterize the synthesized composites (O-MWCNTs/PANI), and the surface area was calculated by the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) method. The removal capacity of alizarin yellow R (AYR) with O-MWCNTs/PANI was further investigated. Experiments were conducted to optimize the adsorption conditions, including contact time, pH, initial concentration of AYR and temperature. The results showed that the maximum adsorption capacity for AYR was 884.80 mg/g. The adsorption kinetics and the adsorption isotherm could be better described by the pseudo-second-order model and the Langmuir isotherm, respectively. Energy changes revealed that the adsorption process was exothermic and spontaneous in nature. Additionally, the O-MWCNTs/PANI showed higher adsorption capacity than pristine MWCNTs or PANI. Therefore, O-MWCNTs/PANI would be applied as an efficient adsorbent for the removal of dye from water.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 187-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soheila Chavoshan ◽  
Maryam Khodadadi ◽  
Negin Nasseh ◽  
Ayat Hossein Panahi ◽  
Aliyeh Hosseinnejad

Background: Drugs, especially antibiotics, are one of the serious problems of modern life and the main pollution sources of the environment, especially in the last decade, which are harmful to human health and environment. The aim of this study was to investigate the removal of penicillin G from aqueous solutions using single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Methods: In this study, the effect of different parameters including pH (3, 5, 7, 9, and 11), initial concentration of pollutant (50, 100, 150, and 200 mg/l), absorbent dose (0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1 g/L), mixing speed (0, 100, 200, and 300 rpm), and temperature (10, 15, 25, 35, 45°C) were investigated. The Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, BET, Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherms and adsorption kinetics of the first- and second-order equations were determined. Results: The results showed that the efficiency of single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes in the removal of penicillin G was 68.25% and 56.37%, respectively, and adsorption capacity of the nanotubes was 141 mg/g and 119 mg/g at initial concentration of 50 mg/l and pH=5 with adsorption dose of 0.8 g/L for 105 minutes at 300 rpm and temperature of 10°C from aqueous solutions. Also, it was revealed that the adsorption process had the highest correlation with the Langmuir model and secondorder kinetics, and the maximum adsorption capacity based on Langmuir model was 373.80 mg/g. Conclusion: According to the results, it was found that single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes can be used as effective absorbents in the removal of penicillin G from aqueous solutions.


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 2489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiba Mohamed Ameen ◽  
Sándor Kunsági-Máté ◽  
Péter Noveczky ◽  
Lajos Szente ◽  
Beáta Lemli

The sulfamethazine drug interaction with carbon nanotubes was investigated with the aim of improving the adsorption capacity of the adsorptive materials. Experiments were performed to clarify how the molecular environment affects the adsorption process. Single-walled carbon nanotubes have a higher removal efficiency of sulfamethazine than pristine or functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Although the presence of cyclodextrin molecules improves the solubility of sulfamethazine, it reduces the adsorption capacity of the carbon nanotube towards the sulfamethazine drug and, therefore, inhibits the removal of these antibiotic pollutants from waters by carbon nanotubes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 1042-1047
Author(s):  
Xiaowei Li ◽  
Wenbo Zhao ◽  
Dong Zhao ◽  
Hongyan Jing

Single walled carbon nanotubes have special chemical and physical properties, at the same time, they have the advantage of macro maneuverability in maneuverability, so they have the potential of multi-functional applications. At present, composite materials, super capacitors and corresponding personal care products based on carbon nanotubes are widely used in all aspects of people’s lives, and these products have obvious functional advantages. In this paper, based on the application of single-walled carbon nanotubes technology in personal care products, the separation and purification of ginsenoside pods, the raw material of high-end washing and care products, was studied. In order to enhance the conductivity and tensile strength of SWNTs, this paper innovatively introduces the purification method of current acid treatment to enhance the performance of SWNTs. Based on the improved single-walled carbon nanotubes technology, the extraction efficiency of the optimized single-walled carbon nanotubes was analyzed. In the end of this paper, the optimized extraction method of ginsenoside pods from SWNTs is compared with the traditional extraction method. The experimental results show that SWNTs has obvious time efficiency advantage.


2013 ◽  
Vol 295-298 ◽  
pp. 1227-1230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reyila Abuduwayiti ◽  
Cheng Tun Qu ◽  
Tao Yu ◽  
Bo Yang

Mixed acid processed Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)were used as adsorbent to adsorb Cu2+ in artificial wastewater in this . In this study, the effect factors of Cu2+ adsorption capacity, such as initial concentration of Cu2+, absorbent contact time and dosage, etc were investigated respectively in the solution at neutral pH. The results show that population of -OH is increased on surface of mixed acid processed MWCNTs; and at condition of 30 °C, pH 6,as the increase in concentration and contact time, there is an increase in adsorption capacity of two adsorbents(processed and unprocessed),and the Cu2+ adsorption rate increased with the increase in adsorbent dosage. In addition, the considered adsorption capacity change was obtained when processed MWCNTs was used.


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