Polyethylenimine-Crosslinked 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane-Grafted Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Adsorption of Reactive Yellow 2 from Water
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. FE-SEM-EDS Analysis
2.2. FTIR Analysis
2.3. BET Analysis
2.4. Effect of pH
2.5. Adsorption Studies
2.5.1. Adsorption Kinetics
2.5.2. Adsorption Isotherms
2.5.3. Thermodynamic Analysis
2.6. Effect of Ionic Strength
2.7. Reusability Studies
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Materials
3.2. Preparation of PEI/APTES-MWCNTs
3.3. Characterization of Samples
3.4. Adsorption Experiments
3.5. Reusability Experiments
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Specific Surface Area (m2/g) | Average Pore Size (nm) | Total Pore Volume (cm3/g) |
---|---|---|---|
MWCNTs | 405.22 | 39.67 | 4.02 |
APTES-MWCNTs | 289.65 | 6.50 | 0.47 |
PEI/APTES-MWCNTs | 176.16 | 6.30 | 0.28 |
Models | Parameters | Initial Concentration (mg/L) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
50 | 100 | 200 | ||
qe,exp (mg/g) | 153.03 | 290.10 | 576.15 | |
PFO | q1 (mg/g) | 116.68 | 135.06 | 152.11 |
k1 (min−1) | 0.3955 | 0.1450 | 0.0083 | |
Adj. R2 | 0.9804 | 0.8583 | 0.5054 | |
PSO | q2 (mg/g) | 163.40 | 299.40 | 578.03 |
k2 (g/(mg·min)) | 0.0057 | 0.0024 | 0.0004 | |
Adj. R2 | 0.9995 | 0.9998 | 0.9999 | |
IPD1st | ki1 (mg/(g·min0.5)) | 32.269 | 50.753 | 80.348 |
Ci1 (mg/g) | 65.06 | 108.30 | 201.75 | |
Adj. R2 | 0.9822 | 0.9686 | 0.9239 | |
IPD2st | ki2 (mg/(g·min0.5)) | 4.028 | 2.478 | 7.330 |
Ci2 (mg/g) | 137.43 | 273.47 | 466.17 | |
Adj. R2 | 0.9781 | 0.9915 | 0.9852 | |
IPD3st | ki3 (mg/(g·min0.5)) | — | — | 1.700 |
Ci3 (mg/g) | 534.05 | |||
Adj. R2 | 0.9368 |
T (°C) | qexp (mg/g) | Langmuir Model | Freundlich Model | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
qmax (mg/g) | KL (L/mg) | RL | Adj. R2 | KF (mg/g)(L/mg)1/n | n | Adj. R2 | ||
15 | 705.10 | 689.66 | 0.6444 | 0.0001–0.0008 | 0.9977 | 432.49 | 11.17 | 0.9776 |
25 | 725.84 | 714.29 | 0.8333 | 0.9984 | 446.71 | 10.79 | 0.9570 | |
35 | 742.43 | 735.30 | 1.3892 | 0.9992 | 475.49 | 11.05 | 0.8580 |
Adsorbent | Dye | qm (mg/g) | T (°C) | pH | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PEI/APTES-MWCNTs | Reactive Yellow 2 | 689.66 | 15 | 2 | This work |
714.29 | 25 | 2 | |||
735.29 | 35 | 2 | |||
MWCNTs/Gly/β-CD | Acid Blue 113 | 172.41 | 25 | 7 | [43] |
Methyl Orange | 96.15 | 25 | 5 | ||
Disperse Red 1 | 500 | 25 | 7 | ||
MWCNTs-NH2 | Acid Black 1 | 666 | 25 | 2 | [44] |
Acid Black 25 | 714 | 25 | 2 | ||
NH2-MWCNTs | Methyl Orange | 185.53 | 25 | 2 | [45] |
MnFe2O4/MWCNTs | Direct Red 16 | 607.79 | 55 | 2 | [46] |
MWCNTs-UiO-66 | Methyl Red | 105.26 | 25 | 3.61 | [47] |
MWCNTs/Fe3O4@(PDA + PEI) | Methyl Orange | 935 | 25 | 7 | [14] |
Congo Red | 1006 | 25 | 7 |
T (°C) | Ke | ΔG (kJ/mol) | ΔH° (kJ/mol) | ΔS° (J/mol·K) | Adj. R2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 | 5.36 × 105 | −31.58 | 28.21 | 207.27 | 0.9147 |
25 | 6.92 × 105 | −33.32 | |||
35 | 11.54 × 105 | −35.75 |
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Wang, Z.; Won, S.W. Polyethylenimine-Crosslinked 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane-Grafted Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Adsorption of Reactive Yellow 2 from Water. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 2954. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24032954
Wang Z, Won SW. Polyethylenimine-Crosslinked 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane-Grafted Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Adsorption of Reactive Yellow 2 from Water. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(3):2954. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24032954
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Zhuo, and Sung Wook Won. 2023. "Polyethylenimine-Crosslinked 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane-Grafted Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Adsorption of Reactive Yellow 2 from Water" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 3: 2954. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24032954