Synthesis of N-Doped Magnetic Mesoporous Carbon Composites for Adsorption of Ag(I) in Aqueous Solution

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 1462-1473
Author(s):  
Wen-Juan Zhang ◽  
Bo-Bo Zhang ◽  
Xue-Yan Du ◽  
You-Liang Wang ◽  
Yu-Long Fei ◽  
...  

In this work, a novel N-doped magnetic mesoporous carbon (NMC) composite (Fe3O4/NMC) was synthesized by a two-step process. First, NMC was prepared by a template method using a melamine formaldehyde resin as nitrogen and carbon sources, and then, Fe3O4 nanoparticles were loaded into the as-prepared NMC via in-situ coprecipitation process. The morphology, structure, and magnetic properties of Fe3O4/NMC were characterized and its adsorption properties were investigated. It can be found that Fe3O4/NMC with saturation magnetization of 20 emu · g−1 features a mesoporous structure, and its specific surface area reaches 513 m2 · g−1. These two excellent specificities are propitious to the adsorption and separation of Ag(I) from aqueous solution. The adsorption behavior of Fe3O4/NMC nanocomposite has been investigated by adsorption kinetics and isotherms adsorption analyses as well. The adsorption isotherm and the adsorption kinetics of Ag(I) onto Fe3O4/NMC agrees well with Langmuir model and pseudo-second-order model, respectively. Moreover, the Fe3O4/NMC was easily to recovery by applied magnetic field, the adsorption capacity of Fe3O4/NMC was about 90.3% of the initial saturation adsorption capacity after five continuous uses.

2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (11) ◽  
pp. 2699-2708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yixi Wang ◽  
Linyan Zhao ◽  
Juan Hou ◽  
Huili Peng ◽  
Jianning Wu ◽  
...  

Abstract In this study, a highly efficient and eco-friendly porous cellulose-based aerogel was synthesized by grafting polyethyleneimine onto quaternized cellulose (PQC) to remove the anionic dye Congo Red (CR). The prepared aerogel had a good flexibility and formability. The adsorbents were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The results showed that there were many amino groups on CE/PQC aerogel and the structure was porous, which increased the adsorption capacity. The effects of initial concentration, adsorbent dose, contact time, temperature, and pH on the dye sorption were all investigated. The adsorption mechanism was also explored, including adsorption kinetics, adsorption isotherms and thermodynamic studies of adsorption. The results showed that the adsorption kinetics and isotherms fitted the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Langmuir isotherm, respectively. The Langmuir isotherm revealed that the maximum theoretical adsorption capacity of the aerogels for CR was 518.403 mg g−1. The thermodynamic parameters including Gibbs free energy change (ΔG0), enthalpy change (ΔH0) and entropy change (ΔS0), showed the adsorption process was exothermic and spontaneous. These results imply that this new absorbent can be universally and effectively used for the removal of dyes from industrial textile wastewater.


2012 ◽  
Vol 450-451 ◽  
pp. 769-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya Hong Zhao ◽  
Li Wang

The carboxymethylcellulose/montmorillonite (CMC/MMT) nanocomposite was prepared by a solution intercalation technique. The effects of contact temperature, the initial pH value of dye solution, contact time and the initial dye concentration on the adsorption capacitiy of CMC/MMT nanocomposite for Congo red (CR) were investigated. The adsorption kinetics and isotherms of nanocomposite were also studied. The results indicated that with the contact temperature increasing and the initial pH value decreasing, the adsorption capacity of the CMC/MMT nanocomposite increased. Compared with the adsorption capacity of CMC (62.42 mg/g), the nanocomposite exhibited the higher adsorption capacity (161.08 mg/g). The adsorption behaviors of CMC/MMT nanocomposite showed that the adsorption kinetics and isotherms were in good agreement with pseudo-second-order equation and the Langmuir equation.


2013 ◽  
Vol 295-298 ◽  
pp. 438-442
Author(s):  
Xiao Li Wang ◽  
Lixiang Wang ◽  
Huijuan Wang

The corn stalk/montmorillonite(CS/MMT) nanocomposite was prepared by a solution intercalation technique. The effects of the initial pH value of Pb2+ solution, contact time and the dosage of adsorbent on the adsorption capacitiy of CS/MMT nanocomposite for Pb2+ were investigated. The adsorption kinetics and isotherms of nanocomposite were also studied. The results indicated that with the initial pH value increasing, the adsorption capacity of the CS/MMT nanocomposite increased. Compared with the adsorption capacity of CS (6.32 mg/g), the nanocomposite exhibited the higher adsorption capacity (31.95 mg/g). The adsorption behaviors of CS/MMT nanocomposite showed that the adsorption kinetics was in accorded with pseudo-second-order equation and the adsorption isotherms followed the Langmuir and Freundlich equation.


2018 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 1336-1347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Zhang ◽  
Lei Tong ◽  
Pengguang Zhu ◽  
Peng Huang ◽  
Zhengyu Tan ◽  
...  

Abstract Biochar was prepared from two different types of biological waste materials, corn cob (CC) and sugarcane bagasse (SB). The adsorption capacity of each class of adsorbent was determined by chlortetracycline (CTC) adsorption tests. The adsorption kinetics and isotherms of chlortetracycline onto sugarcane bagasse biochar (SBB) and corn cob biochar (CCB) were studied. Experimental results indicated that pseudo-second-order adsorption kinetics of CTC onto SBB and CCB were more reasonable than pseudo-first-order kinetics, and the adsorption kinetic model of CTC onto SBB was slightly better than that onto CCB. The maximum adsorption capacity of CTC onto SBB was 16.96 mg/g at pH 4, while the highest adsorption efficiency of CTC onto CCB was achieved at pH 5 with a maximum adsorption of 12.39 mg/g. The Freundlich isotherm model was better than the Langmuir model at illustrating the adsorption process of CTC onto SBB and CCB. These results provide a way to understand the value of specific biochars, which can be used as efficient and effective adsorbents for CTC removal from waste-water. Compared with raw pinewood, SBB and CBB were considered as alternative materials to remove antibiotics from aqueous environments.


DYNA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 83 (196) ◽  
pp. 223-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jhonnathan Machado-Infante ◽  
Gustavo Ramírez-Caballero ◽  
Martha Juliana Barajas Meneses

<p>In Colombia, a mineral rich in MnO<sub>2</sub> is extracted from the mines of Mallama, Nariño. In this work we studied the adsorption capacity of this mineral for Fe(II) dissolved in aqueous solution of open systems. The characterization was done through ICP-AES, XRF and Raman spectroscopy. The effect of different pretreatments on the mineral with oxidizing agents such as KMnO<sub>4</sub> and NaClO was evaluated. Studies of equilibrium and kinetics of adsorption showed that the mechanism fits well to the Langmuir isotherm and its kinetics to a model of pseudo-second order. At the conditions studied was found that the adsorption capacity for the mineral modified with KMnO<sub>4</sub> and NaOCl were 59.209 and 51.279 mg/g respectively. It is concluded that the mineral is a potential alternative in water treatment.</p>


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
khaled Mostafa ◽  
H. Ameen ◽  
A. Ebessy ◽  
A. El-Sanabary

Abstract Our recently tailored and fully characterized poly (AN)-starch nanoparticle graft copolymer having 60.1 G.Y. % was used as a starting substrate for copper ions removal from waste water effluent after chemical modification with hydroxyl amine via oximation reaction. This was done to change the abundant nitrile groups in the above copolymer into amidoxime one and the resultant poly (amidoxime) resin was used as adsorbent for copper ions. The resin was characterized qualitatively via rapid vanadium ion test and instrumentally by FT-IR spectra and SEM morphological analysis to confirm the presence of amidoxime groups. The adsorption capacity of the resin was done using the batch technique, whereas the residual copper ions content in the filtrate before and after adsorption was measured using atomic adsorption spectrometry. It was found that the maximum adsorption capacity of poly (amidoxime) resin was 115.2 mg/g at pH 7, 400ppm copper ions concentration and 0.25 g adsorbent at room temperature. The adsorption, kinetics and isothermal study of the process is scrutinized using different variables, such as pH, contact time, copper ion concentration and adsorbent dosage. Different kinetics models comprising the pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order have been applied to the experimental data to envisage the adsorption kinetics. It was found from kinetic study that pseudo-second-order rate equation was better than pseudo-first-order supporting the formation of chemisorption process. While, in case of isothermal study, the examination of calculated correlation coefficient (R2) values showed that the Langmuir model provide the best fit to experimental data than Freundlich one.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
Son Le Lam ◽  
Phu Nguyen Vinh ◽  
Hieu Le Trung ◽  
Tan Le Thua ◽  
Nhan Dang Thi Thanh ◽  
...  

Glucomannan/graphene oxide (GM/GO) hydrogel was synthesized by using calcium hydroxide as the crosslinker. The synthesized material was characterized by using IR, XRD, SEM, EDX and RAMAN technology. The composite hydrogel was used for removal of organic dyes from aqueous solution. The results showed that the GM/GO hydrogel had a porous structure and a high adsorption capacity toward methylene blue (MB). The pseudo-second-order kinetic model could fit the rate equation of MB adsorption onto the GM/GO hydrogel. The adsorption of MB onto GM/GO hydrogel was a spontaneous process. In addition, the equilibrium adsorption isotherm data indicated that equilibrium data were fitted to the Langmuir isotherm and the maximum dye adsorption capacity was 198,69 mg.g-1. Moreover, the hydrogel was stable and easily recovered and adsorption capacity was around 97% of the initial saturation adsorption capacity after being used five times.


2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 1549-1556
Author(s):  
Abdulaziz Ali Alomari

The aim of this work is to investigate the use of eggshell for adsorption of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution and the effect of thermal treatment as well as coating with Fe2O3 of eggshell on the extraction percent of Cr(VI). The XRD, FTIR and SEM techniques proved that the eggshell mainly composed of calcite rhombohedral structure in addition to a trace of quartz silica residual protein fibers. Heating at 550 ºC does not decompose eggshell but decomposes the residual protein. The effect of pH, weight of eggshell adsorbent, contact time, and initial concentration of Cr(VI) ions on the adsorption of Cr(VI) on eggshell sorbents were determined under static conditions by the batch equilibrium technique. The sorption kinetic as well as mechanistic isotherm parameters of Cr(VI) on the eggshell sorbent, were analyzed. It was concluded that the adsorption of Cr(VI) on eggshell increases as pH increases in the range 3-7, then, with decreases at higher pH. The extraction percent of Cr(VI) increases with an increase in the dosage of eggshell sorbents. The optimum dosage of eggshell adsorbents was found to be 5 g after which the extraction percent of Cr(VI) did not marked increase. The extraction percent of Cr(VI) by eggshell sorbents rapidly increases within 60 min followed by a slower extraction after that when maximum adsorption was reported. The adsorption capacity of Cr(VI) ions is slightly reduced in case of heated eggshell due to the change that occurs in the pore size distribution and structure of eggshell during heating. Hence, the thermal treatment and coating with Fe2O3 do not affect the chemical structure of eggshell sorbents. The adsorption kinetics data were best fitted with the pseudo-second-order equation and the adsorption isotherms were best fitted with the Langmuir isotherm model.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (23) ◽  
pp. 5249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derlin Hsu ◽  
Changyi Lu ◽  
Tairan Pang ◽  
Yuanpeng Wang ◽  
Guanhua Wang

Chemically activated biochars prepared from sorghum distillers grain using two base activators (NaOH and KOH) were investigated for their adsorption properties with respect to ammonium nitrogen from aqueous solution. Detailed characterizations, including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetry (TG), and specific surface area analyses, were carried out to offer a broad evaluation of the prepared biochars. The results showed that the NaOH- and KOH-activated biochars exhibited significantly enhanced adsorption capacity, by 2.93 and 4.74 times, respectively, in comparison with the pristine biochar. Although the NaOH-activated biochar possessed larger specific surface area (132.8 and 117.7 m2/g for the NaOH- and KOH-activated biochars, respectively), the KOH-activated biochar had higher adsorption capacity owing to its much higher content of functional groups. The adsorption kinetics and isotherms of the KOH-activated biochar at different temperatures were further studied. The biochar had a maximum adsorption capacity of 14.34 mg/g at 45 °C, which was satisfactory compared with other biochars prepared using different feedstocks. The adsorption process followed pseudo-second-order kinetics, and chemical adsorption was the rate-controlling step. The equilibrium data were consistent with the Freundlich isotherm, and the thermodynamic parameters suggested that the adsorption process was endothermic and spontaneous. Consequently, this work demonstrates that chemically activated biochar from sorghum distillers grain is effective for ammonium nitrogen removal.


Clay Minerals ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Gamoudi ◽  
N. Frini-Srasra ◽  
E. Srasra

AbstractThe use of organoclays as adsorbents in the remediation of polluted water has been the subject of many recent studies. In the present work, a Tunisian smectite modified with two cationic surfactants was used as an adsorbent to examine the adsorption kinetics, isotherms and thermodynamic parameters of fluoride ions from aqueous solution. Various pH values, initial concentrations and temperatures have been tested. Two simplified kinetic models, first-order and pseudo-second-order, were used to predict the adsorption rate constants. It was found that the adsorption kinetics of fluoride onto modified smectites at different operating conditions can best be described by the pseudo-second-order model. Adsorption isotherms and equilibrium adsorption capacities were determined by the fitting of the experimental data to well known isotherm models including those of Langmuir and Freundlich. The results showed that the Langmuir model appears to fit the adsorption better than the Freundlich adsorption model for the adsorption of fluoride ions onto modified smectites. The equilibrium constants were used to calculate thermodynamic parameters, such as the change of free energy, enthalpy and entropy. Results of this study demonstrated the effectiveness and feasibility of organoclays for the removal of fluoride ions from aqueous solution.


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