Magnetite decorated multi-walled carbon nanotubes for removal of toxic dyes from aqueous solutions

Kerkez Ö., Bayazit S. S.

JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH, cilt.16, sa.6, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11051-014-2431-1
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Magnetic separation, Carbon nanotubes, Dye adsorption, Health and environmental effects, Remediation, ACTIVATED CARBON, MALACHITE GREEN, METHYLENE-BLUE, PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION, COMPETITIVE ADSORPTION, ORGANIC-DYES, RHODAMINE-B, KINETICS, ORANGE, EQUILIBRIUM
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The removal of malachite green (MG) and rhodamine B (RB) from aqueous solutions was studied by batch adsorption technique using Fe3O4/MWCNT. Fe3O4/MWCNT adsorbent was synthesized by co-precipitation method and characterized by XRD, SEM, and TGA. 94 % MG removal and 98 % RB removal were achieved in 80 min using 10 mg adsorbent, at pH 6 and 298 K. The effects of adsorbent amount, pH, initial dye concentration, contact time, and temperature were investigated. Equilibrium data were well fitted by Langmuir adsorption model and pseudo-second-order kinetic model. MG adsorption on Fe3O4/MWCNT is exothermic and RB adsorption is endothermic in nature.