TY - JOUR
T1 - Allyl triphenyl phosphonium bromide based DES-functionalized carbon nanotubes for the removal of mercury from water
AU - Al Omar, Mohamed Khalid
AU - Alsaadi, Mohammed Abdulhakim
AU - Hayyan, Maan
AU - Akib, Shatirah
AU - Ibrahim, Muhammad
AU - Hashim, Mohd Ali
PY - 2016/10/4
Y1 - 2016/10/4
N2 - Recently, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have shown their new and interesting ability for chemistry through their involvement in variety of applications. This study introduces carbon nanotubes (CNTs) functionalized with DES as a novel adsorbent for Hg2+ from water. Allyl triphenyl phosphonium bromide (ATPB) was combined with glycerol as the hydrogen bond donor (HBD) to form DES, which can act as a novel CNTs functionalization agent. The novel adsorbent was characterized using Raman, FTIR, XRD, FESEM, EDX, BET surface area, TGA, TEM and Zeta potential. Response surface methodology was used to optimize the removal conditions for Hg2+. The optimum removal conditions were found to be pH 5.5, contact time 28 min, and an adsorbent dosage of 5 mg. Freundlich isotherm model described the adsorption isotherm of the novel adsorbent, and the maximum adsorption capacity obtained from the experimental data was 186.97 mg g−1. Pseudo-second order kinetics describes the adsorption rate order.
AB - Recently, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have shown their new and interesting ability for chemistry through their involvement in variety of applications. This study introduces carbon nanotubes (CNTs) functionalized with DES as a novel adsorbent for Hg2+ from water. Allyl triphenyl phosphonium bromide (ATPB) was combined with glycerol as the hydrogen bond donor (HBD) to form DES, which can act as a novel CNTs functionalization agent. The novel adsorbent was characterized using Raman, FTIR, XRD, FESEM, EDX, BET surface area, TGA, TEM and Zeta potential. Response surface methodology was used to optimize the removal conditions for Hg2+. The optimum removal conditions were found to be pH 5.5, contact time 28 min, and an adsorbent dosage of 5 mg. Freundlich isotherm model described the adsorption isotherm of the novel adsorbent, and the maximum adsorption capacity obtained from the experimental data was 186.97 mg g−1. Pseudo-second order kinetics describes the adsorption rate order.
U2 - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.09.133
DO - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.09.133
M3 - Article
SN - 0045-6535
SP - -
JO - Chemosphere
JF - Chemosphere
ER -