TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis of bimetallic/carbon nanocomposite and its application for phenol removal
AU - Zarin, Shazia
AU - Aslam, Zaheer
AU - Zahir, Abdul
AU - Kamal, Muhammad Shahzad
AU - Rana, Adeem Ghaffar
AU - Ahmad, Waqar
AU - Ahmed, Shakeel
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore for financial and technical support under Grant Number ORIC/101-ASRB/4451.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Iranian Chemical Society.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/7/27
Y1 - 2018/7/27
N2 - Abstract: The research study goes through the development of Al/Mn impregnated multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and its use in the adsorption of phenol from aqueous solution. The Al/Mn decorated CNTs (CAM) were characterized by different characterization techniques such as BET, XRD, SEM-EDX, TGA and Raman spectroscopy to study the porosity, mineralogy, surface texture, and thermal attributes of prepared adsorbent. The application of synthesized adsorbent for phenol removal was proved to be superior as compared to its raw counterpart for all experimental runs. The kinetics of adsorption process was followed by pseudo-second order model. The regression results of equilibrium data showed that the Sip’s isotherm model best fitted to experimental data. Thermodynamic analysis of phenol adsorption suggested that the pollutant removal process is feasible and exothermic in nature. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
AB - Abstract: The research study goes through the development of Al/Mn impregnated multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and its use in the adsorption of phenol from aqueous solution. The Al/Mn decorated CNTs (CAM) were characterized by different characterization techniques such as BET, XRD, SEM-EDX, TGA and Raman spectroscopy to study the porosity, mineralogy, surface texture, and thermal attributes of prepared adsorbent. The application of synthesized adsorbent for phenol removal was proved to be superior as compared to its raw counterpart for all experimental runs. The kinetics of adsorption process was followed by pseudo-second order model. The regression results of equilibrium data showed that the Sip’s isotherm model best fitted to experimental data. Thermodynamic analysis of phenol adsorption suggested that the pollutant removal process is feasible and exothermic in nature. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
KW - Adsorption
KW - MWCNTs
KW - Phenol
KW - Wet impregnation
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U2 - 10.1007/s13738-018-1457-1
DO - 10.1007/s13738-018-1457-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85055412153
SN - 1735-207X
VL - 15
SP - 2689
EP - 2701
JO - Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society
IS - 12
ER -