Sunlight Driven Activated Carbon Modified BiVO4 Photocatalyst for the Degradation of Rhodamine-B

Acid activated carbon obtained from cheap, non-toxic and locally available banana peel was used as a low cost and efficient adsorbent for the removal of dyes methyl orange and rhodamine-B from the aqueous solution. Changes in the resulting material before and after activation and after treatment were studied by different techniques, such as SEM-EDX, XRD, FTIR measurements. Effects of duration of treatment, amount of banana peel activated carbon, pH, and initial methyl orange and rhodamine-B concentration, on the removal of dye were studied to get optimum conditions for maximum dye removal. Removal efficiency of the activated ash remains almost constant in a wide range of pH from 2.5 to 5.6. In 75 min at room temperature removal of 98.5 % methyl orange (anionic) and 99.0 % rhodamine-B (cationic) dyes with 0.1 g and 0.125 g, respectively was obtained from the contaminated water having 10 ppm dye concentration.

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Biomass-Derived Activated Carbon as a Catalyst for the Effective Degradation of Rhodamine B dye

Processes ◽

10.3390/pr8080926 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (8) ◽

pp. 926

Author(s):

Shamim Ahmed Hira ◽

Mohammad Yusuf ◽

Dicky Annas ◽

Hu Shi Hui ◽

Kang Hyun Park

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Activated Carbon ◽

Rhodamine B ◽

Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽

High Specific Surface Area ◽

High Porosity ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Experimental Conditions ◽

X Ray ◽

Transmission Electron

Activated carbon (AC) was fabricated from carrot waste using ZnCl2 as the activating agent and calcined at 700 °C for 2 h in a tube furnace. The as-synthesized AC was characterized using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller analysis; the results revealed that it exhibited a high specific surface area and high porosity. Moreover, this material displayed superior catalytic activity for the degradation of toxic Rhodamine B (RhB) dye. Rate constant for the degradation of RhB was ascertained at different experimental conditions. Lastly, we used the Arrhenius equation and determined that the activation energy for the decomposition of RhB using AC was approximately 35.9 kJ mol−1, which was very low. Hopefully it will create a great platform for the degradation of other toxic dye in near future.

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Functionalized locust bean pod (Parkia biglobosa) activated carbon for Rhodamine B dye removal

Heliyon ◽

10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02323 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (8) ◽

pp. e02323 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Olugbenga Solomon Bello ◽

Kayode Adesina Adegoke ◽

Oluwafunmilayo Oluwapamilerin Sarumi ◽

Olasunkanmi Seun Lameed

Keyword(s):

Activated Carbon ◽

Rhodamine B ◽

Dye Removal ◽

Parkia Biglobosa ◽

Locust Bean ◽

Rhodamine B Dye

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Trace pyrolyzed ZIF-67 loaded activated carbon pellets for enhanced adsorption and catalytic degradation of Rhodamine B in water

Chemical Engineering Journal ◽

10.1016/j.cej.2019.122003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 375 ◽

pp. 122003 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Yanfang Li ◽

Xinlong Yan ◽

Xiaoyan Hu ◽

Rui Feng ◽

Min Zhou

Keyword(s):

Activated Carbon ◽

Rhodamine B ◽

Catalytic Degradation ◽

Enhanced Adsorption ◽

Carbon Pellets

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Removal of rhodamine B from a water medium using hydroxyl and sulphate radicals generated by iron loaded activated carbon

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c5ra19987e ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (7) ◽

pp. 5330-5340 ◽

Cited By ~ 46

Author(s):

P. V. Nidheesh ◽

Raman Rajan

Keyword(s):

Activated Carbon ◽

Heterogeneous Catalyst ◽

Rhodamine B ◽

Water Medium ◽

Persulphate Oxidation

Iron loaded activated carbon (IAC) was used as an effective heterogeneous catalyst for generating hydroxyl (via Fenton reactions) and sulphate radicals (via persulphate oxidation), and it tested for the degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) from a water medium.

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Enhanced Electrochemical Oxidation of Rhodamine B by TiO2-Coated Granular Activated Carbon

ECS Meeting Abstracts ◽

10.1149/ma2012-02/49/3446 ◽

2012 ◽

Keyword(s):

Activated Carbon ◽

Electrochemical Oxidation ◽

Rhodamine B ◽

Granular Activated Carbon

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Preparation and Characterization of Polysulfone/Activated Carbon Composite Bead Form

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.625.106 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 625 ◽

pp. 106-109 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maimoon Sattar ◽

Fareeda Hayeeye ◽

Watchanida Chinpa ◽

Orawan Sirichote

Keyword(s):

Activated Carbon ◽

Electron Microscope ◽

Rhodamine B ◽

Smooth Surface ◽

Dye Adsorption ◽

Carbon Composite ◽

Composite Bead ◽

Ft Ir ◽

Scanning Electron

Polysulfone/Activated Carbon (PSF/AC) composites in bead form were prepared for Rhodamine B sorption. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) shows that pure PSF bead is smooth surface while PSF/AC bead presents the pore distribution. FT-IR spectra indicate the existence of AC on the PSF/AC bead surface. Under adsorption test of Rhodamine B, it was found that an increase in the AC content in PSF solution results in an increase in the percentages of dye adsorption from 1.38 % to 71.56% for pure PSF bead and PSF/AC added with 4 wt% of AC, respectively.

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Ultra-high Rhodamine B adsorption capacities from an aqueous solution by activated carbon derived from Phragmites australis doped with organic acid by phosphoric acid activation

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c5ra25200h ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (47) ◽

pp. 40818-40827 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Zizhang Guo ◽

Jian Zhang ◽

Hai Liu

Keyword(s):

Aqueous Solution ◽

Activated Carbon ◽

Oxalic Acid ◽

Phosphoric Acid ◽

Phragmites Australis ◽

Rhodamine B ◽

Activated Carbons ◽

Acid Activation ◽

Adsorption Capacities ◽

Phosphoric Acid Activation

This study shows that oxalic acid (OA) and succinic acid (SA) were employed to modify Phragmites australis (PA)-based activated carbons (ACs) during phosphoric acid activation to improve Rhodamine B (RhB) removal from aqueous solutions.

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