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Article

Peppermint-Mediated Green Synthesis of Nano ZrO2 and Its Adsorptive Removal of Cobalt from Water

by
Ibrahem Mohamed Abouzeid Hasan
*,
Hanan Salah El-Din
and
Ahmed A. AbdElRaady
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Inorganics 2022, 10(12), 257; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics10120257
Submission received: 22 October 2022 / Revised: 20 November 2022 / Accepted: 28 November 2022 / Published: 12 December 2022
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Abstract

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Zirconium oxide nanoparticles (ZrO2NPs) were green synthesized for the first time using an aqueous peppermint extract as a precipitating and capping agent. Addition of the extract to Zr4+ solution was followed by calcination of the resulting precipitate at 570 and 700 °C to form ZrO2NPs570 and ZrO2NPs700, respectively. These oxides were characterized using X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and BET surface area analysis, and used as adsorbents for cobalt ions (Co2+) in water. The effects of pH, initial Co2+ concentration, ZrO2NPs mass, and contact time on adsorption efficiency were studied. Characterization results showed formation of cubic ZrO2 with average crystallite sizes (XRD data) of 6.27 and 7.26 nm for ZrO2NPs570 and ZrO2NPs700, respectively. TEM images of the two oxides exhibited nearly spherical nanoparticles and BET surface area measurements indicated the formation of mesoporous oxides having surface areas of 94.8 and 62.4 m2/g, respectively. The results of the adsorption study confirmed that the synthesized ZrO2NPs can be efficiently used for the adsorption of Co2+ from water. The uptake of Co2+ from the treated solution is favored at pH values higher than its point of zero charge (6.0). In addition, the adsorption of Co2+ by ZrO2 follows a pseudo-second order kinetics (R2 = 1.0) and can be explained by the Langmuir adsorption isotherm (R2 = 0.973).

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1. Introduction

Zirconium oxide (ZrO2) is a wide direct band gap semiconductor and considered a multifunctional material due to its unique physical and chemical properties, such as high thermal stability, excellent mechanical characteristics, non-toxicity, and adsorption ability. It was used in many scientific and technological fields, such as catalysis, adsorption, biology, optics, electronics, magnetism, and dental medicine [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8].
Adsorption is a well-known technique for removing various organic and inorganic contaminants from aqueous media [9,10]; as a surface phenomenon, it involves the formation of physical or chemical bonds between the adsorbate molecules and the adsorbent surface. Accordingly, adsorbent surface properties such as morphology, surface area, pore size distribution, charge, nature of active sites, and their distribution and density determine their efficiency. These properties are greatly influenced by preparation method and conditions.
Many substances are used as adsorbents [11,12]; however, using metal oxides such as aluminum oxide (Al2O3), zinc oxide (ZnO), magnetic iron oxide (Fe3O4), and zirconium oxide (ZrO2) as adsorbents is promising for removing different organic and inorganic pollutants from water because they have several advantages such as the simplicity of operation and the cost effectiveness [13,14,15]. Among these oxides, ZrO2 is a preferred choice for removing different contaminants from water owing to its non-toxicity, high specific surface area, and ease of synthesis. The presence of both surface acidic and basic centers also makes it a promising adsorbent for the removal of many kinds of pollutants, and its adsorption capability can be modified significantly when combined with other substances [16,17].
ZrO2 was synthesized by different physicochemical methods [18,19,20,21]. Using non-toxic and environmentally benign reagents and solvents are a key issue in green synthesis routes. In this context, using plant extracts in particular has many advantages since this reduces the number of hazardous chemicals utilized in the synthesis processes of such adsorbents [22,23,24,25,26]. In addition, phytochemicals in the plant extract act as reducing, precipitating, and capping agents and thus play an important role in controlling particle size, shape, phase stability, and other characteristics of nanomaterials [27,28].
Peppermint (Menthapiperita L.) is a medicinal herb used as flavoring agent in pharmaceutics and cosmetics, etc. In addition, it is a natural hybrid herb belonging to the Lamiaceae family, its major components being menthol, menthone, neomenthol, and iso-menthone [29,30].
Trace levels of some heavy metals, such as cobalt, are important for the structure of various biological species [31]. However, a high concentration of these heavy metals is toxic [32,33,34] principally due to its accumulation in biological systems. As some heavy metals are essential in the industries of pigments, electronics, paints, and metallurgy, the discharges from these industries contain considerable amounts of these persistent and non-biodegradable species that result in serious environmental pollution [35]. The adsorption of Co2+ by different types of adsorbents was reported [36,37]. Some of these methods reported that the efficiency of adsorption is dependent on Co2+ concentration—being high at low Co2+ concentrations but decreasing significantly at high Co2+ concentrations [37].
To the best of our knowledge, there is no work on using peppermint extract as a precipitating and capping agent in the literature for the synthesis of ZrO2. Thus, the aim of this study is to green synthesize ZrO2NPs using an aqueous peppermint extract as the precipitant and stabilizing agent, and to investigate its characteristics and efficiency as an adsorbent for Co2+ removal from water.

2. Results and Discussion

2.1. XRD Analysis

The XRD patterns of ZrO2NPs570 and ZrO2NPs700 are shown in Figure 1. These patterns show diffraction peaks at 2 theta values corresponding to the (111), (200), (220), (311), (400), (331), and (422) planes of cubic ZrO2 Fm-3m (225) (COD 9009051) [38,39]. It is also clear from Figure 1 that the peak intensities increase little with the increasing calcination temperature from 570 to 700 °C. On the other hand, the broadening of the XRD peaks indicates that the crystallite sizes of the samples are in the nanoscale [40]. The crystallite sizes of the ZrO2NPs estimated using the Scherrer equation [41] from peaks 111, 220, and 311 averaged 6.27 and 7.26 nm for ZrO2NPs570 and ZrO2NPs700, respectively, as can be seen in Table 1.

2.2. Transmission Electron Microscopy

TEM provides valuable information about the particle size and shape. Therefore, the changes in particle size and shape accompanying calcination at different temperatures can be examined. The TEM images of the two ZrO2570 and ZrO2700 samples are given in Figure 2a,b and their particle size distributions are in Figure 2c,d, respectively. It is clear that the particles of the two samples are nearly spherical, with diameters in the range of 7–8 nm, which are comparable to the crystallite sizes calculated from the XRD data. This small size of the nanoparticles may be attributed to the capping effect of the phytochemicals in PAE which hinders growth of nanoparticles. It is also evident that neither the shape nor the size of the particles is largely affected by increasing the calcination temperature from 570 to 700 °C.

2.3. BET Surface Area

The nitrogen sorption isotherms and the corresponding pore distribution of ZrO2NPs570 and ZrO2NPs700 are presented in Figure 3a–d. The respective specific surface areas were measured to be 94.805 and 62.384 m2·g−1 for ZrO2NPs570 and ZrO2NPs700 as can be seen in Table 1. According to the values in this table, the calculated pore diameter doubles due to the increasing calcination temperature, while the pore volume is little affected. This may be due to the pores becoming less deep for the sample calcined at the higher temperature. The N2 adsorption/desorption isotherms in Figure 3, and the values of pore diameter calculated in Table 1, suggest that ZrO2 synthesized by this method is mesoporous and the isotherms with their hysteresis loops can be classified as type IV [42].

2.4. Mechanism of ZrO2NPs Green Synthesis

The main phytochemicals in peppermint are menthol and menthone [29,30]. The possible mechanism for ZrO2NPs formation is shown in Scheme 1. A complex is formed between Zr4+ ions and menthol molecules in aqueous medium. The complex is capped by other organic molecules, terminating further growth of the particles. Calcination of the complex then results in the formation of ZrO2NPs via oxidation by oxygen in air [27,28].

2.5. Adsorption of Co2+ by ZrO2NPs and Optimization of Adsorption Parameters

Preliminary experiments on cobalt ion adsorption by the synthesized ZrO2NPs showed that ZrO2NPs570 had a significantly higher adsorption efficiency than ZrO2NPs700. ZrO2NPs570 was, therefore, used for further adsorption studies.

2.5.1. Effect of pH

The adsorption phenomenon involves concentration of the adsorbate molecules onto the adsorbent surface. The electrostatic attraction between the surface and the adsorbate species is a major mechanism by which adsorption occurs. The nature and magnitude of the adsorbent surface charge, and also the charge on the adsorbate molecules, are affected by the pH value of the medium and, as a result, the adsorption process is pH dependent [43]. To determine the optimum pH for the uptake of Co2+ by the ZrO2 surface, the pH value of the Co2+ solution was adjusted at 3, 5, 6.5 and 7.5. pH values equal to or higher than 8.5, resulting in the precipitation of Co2+.
In this study, 6 g·L−1 of the adsorbent was used with 50 mL of 150 ppm Co2+ aqueous solution. The pH values were adjusted by the addition of NaOH or HCl (0.1 M each) at 25 °C and the adsorption lasted for 30 min. It is clear from Figure 4a that the adsorption of cobalt (R% and qe) increases with increasing pH. The R% reaches about 45% at pH 7.5. To understand this effect of the pH on the efficiency of ZrO2NPs as an adsorbent, the value of the point of zero charge (PZC) of the adsorbent should be considered [44]. The PZC value of ZrO2 used in this study was determined to be 6.0 using a simple method [45] and is shown Figure 4b. The negatively charged surface of ZrO2 at the higher pH values (6.5 and 7.5) favors the adsorption of the positively charged Co2+. Protonation of the active surface sites at pH values lower than the PZC decreases the tendency of interaction of the positively charged cobalt with the surface [46].

2.5.2. Effect of Contact Time

It is important to determine the equilibrium contact time under the experimental conditions used. Equilibrium concentration values are required for estimation of different adsorption parameters and also for consideration of the adsorption process for application on the industrial scale. Contact time was investigated with different adsorbate concentrations, using adsorbent masses of 6 g·L−1. In all cases, as indicated in Figure 5, the incremental increase in the R% decreases gradually with time where the lines tend to flatten down with the progress of adsorption. The initial relatively fast uptake of cobalt is accounted for by the availability of surface adsorption sites in the initial adsorption stage. At longer contact times, the tendency of surface sites to bind Co2+ decreases due to the depletion of cobalt concentration with time, and also due to the development of surface electrostatic repulsion between adsorbed cobalt ions for a contact time of about 30 min, where equilibrium is assumed to be reached under the experimental conditions. This behavior is frequently encountered in adsorption studies [47,48]. Figure 6, on the other hand, indicates that qt increases with increasing time until equilibrium is reached, as is expected.

2.5.3. Effect of Adsorbent Mass

In adsorption studies, the achievement of the maximum degree of adsorption is required. Accordingly, an important factor to study is the optimum mass of the adsorbent under experimental conditions. The effect of the amount of adsorbent on its efficiency for the removal of Co2+ was studied using ZrO2NPs masses in the range 2–10 g·L−1. As can be seen from Figure 7a, the Co2+ % removal increases with increasing ZrO2NPs mass. This direct proportionality between adsorbent mass and %R at a fixed adsorbate concentration of 100 ppm can be explained by the availability of adsorption sites responsible for the uptake of Co2+ with increasing ZrO2 mass [49]. On the other hand, the decrease in the equilibrium adsorption capacity from about 6.4 mg·g−1 at the beginning to about 5.2 mg·g−1 at the end is mainly due to the fact that an increasing adsorbent mass for a fixed Co2+ concentration results in a larger degree of unsaturation of adsorption sites.

2.5.4. Effect of Initial Co2+ Concentration

The effect of initial Co2+ concentration on its equilibrium adsorption % removal by ZrO2NPs was investigated at different initial Co2+ concentrations in the range of 50–200 mg·L−1 at a fixed adsorbent mass of 6 g·L−1. The results of this study are summarized in Figure 7b. It is clear that the % removal of Co2+ by ZrO2NPs decreases with the increase in initial cobalt concentration. The percent removal of Co2+ decreases from 50% to 28.6% when the initial Co2+ concentration is increased from 50 to 200 mg·L−1 at a fixed adsorbent mass. However, the amount of Co2+ adsorbed by the fixed amount of adsorbent (qt) nearly doubles (from about 4 to about 9 mg·g−1) when the cobalt concentration is increased in the same range (from 50 to 200 mg·L−1). An increase in the cobalt ion concentration is accompanied by an increase in the degree of interaction between Co2+ ions in the aqueous phase and surface of the adsorbent, according to the law of mass action. In addition, the increase in the amount of Co2+ adsorbed when the adsorbate concentration is increased can be explained by the fact that a high concentration of Co2+ creates a higher driving force for mass transfer between the adsorbent surface and adsorbate [50]. It is worth noting that the adsorption capacity value obtained in our experiments (~9 mg·g−1) approximately equals a previously published value (9.43 mg·g−1) in spite of the 10-fold higher temperature (250 °C) in the latter [51]. This may be attributed to the 4-fold higher surface area (94 m2·g−1) of the peppermint-mediated ZrO2NPs than that of the chemically synthesized ZrO2NPs (24 m2·g−1).

2.6. Adsorption Isotherms

Adsorption isotherms are theoretical relationships that correlate the adsorbate concentration in a medium to its equilibrium concentration onto the adsorbent surface at a certain constant temperature [52]. In addition, they play an important role in determining the adsorption capacities of the adsorbents. Furthermore, they give an insight into the degree of affinity of the adsorbent to the adsorbate species and the adsorption mechanism. The adsorption capacity was calculated from different equilibrium concentrations of the adsorbate and the experimental data obtained were fitted to Freundlich and Langmuir models at 298 K for initial Co2+ concentrations of 50, 100, 150, and 200 mg·L−1. The linearized forms of the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms are written in Equations (1) and (2), respectively [53,54]:
Ce/qe = (1/KL·qm) + (Ce/qm)
log qe = (1/n) log Ce + log KF
where qe (mg·g−1): equilibrium adsorption capacity, qm (mg·g−1): Langmuir maximum adsorption capacity, KL (L·mg−1): Langmuir constant, Ce (mg·L−1): equilibrium adsorbate concentration in solution, KF (mg·g−1)/(mg·L−1)1/n: Freundlich adsorption capacity, and 1/n (dimensionless): Freundlich constant which provides adsorption intensity.
The Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms are presented at 298 K and an initial Co2+ concentration in the range 50–200 mg·L−1 in Figure 8a,c, respectively. The values of constants for each model were calculated to evaluate the adsorption characteristics and affinity of the adsorbent for Co2+ (Table 2). The results in Table 2 suggest that ZrO2NPs are effective adsorbents for Co2+ uptake from the aqueous solution to form a monolayer of adsorbate on the surface of the adsorbent. According to the Langmuir model, the high value of KL at room temperature indicates the strong affinity of Co2+ to the ZrO2NPs surface and reflects the ability of the adsorbent to adsorb large amount of Co2+. This agrees with previous studies that suggested the Langmuir adsorption isotherm for the adsorption of Co2+ by different adsorbents, including metal oxides [55,56,57,58]. The Langmuir equation also can be used to predict whether an adsorption system is favorable or unfavorable [53]. The adsorption intensity (RL) can be defined by Equation (3):
RL = 1/(1 + KLCo)
The value of RL indicates the favorability of the adsorption isotherm; irreversible (RL = 0), favorable (0 < RL < 1), linear (RL = 1), or unfavorable (RL > 1) [53]. The variation in adsorption intensity RL with the initial concentration of the solution is presented in Figure 8b. The calculated RL values are 0.337, 0.253, 0.202, 0.145, and 0.113 for the respective Co2+ initial concentrations of 50, 75, 100, 150, and 200 mg·L−1. These values indicate a favorable and efficient adsorption process across the entire concentration range.
On the other hand, the empirical equation of the Freundlich model can be used to describe adsorption from a solution [53]. The linear equation for this model allows calculation of the values of the Freundlich isotherm constants (Kf and n). The high values of these constants show an easy uptake and good adsorption process of adsorbate from aqueous solutions, and also high adsorptive capacities at the studied conditions. The values of the Freundlich isotherm constants n and Kf for the adsorption of Co2+ by ZrO2 are given in Table 2. Comparing the correlation coefficients, the R2 values of both isotherms indicate that the results are best fitted by the Langmuir model.

2.7. Kinetics of the Adsorption of Co2+ onto ZrO2NPs

Investigation of adsorption kinetics provides valuable information about the mechanism of the adsorption process. The kinetics of adsorbate uptake by the adsorbent was described by various models [59,60]. Of these, the pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order, the Elovich, and the intraparticle diffusion models were used in this study to test the experimental data. The respective linear equations for these four models are shown in Equations (4)–(7) [59,60].
log (qe − qt) = logqe − (k1/2.303) t
qt = (1/k2qe2) + (1/qe) t
qt = (1/β) ln αβ + (1/β) lnt
qt = ki t0.5 + C
where qt (mg·g−1): amount of adsorbate adsorbed at time t, k1 (min−1): pseudo-first order rate constant, k2 (g·mg−1·min−1): pseudo-second order rate constant, α (mg·g−1·min−1): the initial adsorption rate, β (g·mg−1): parameter related to the extent of surface coverage and activation energy of the Elovich equation, ki (mg·g−1·min−0.5): the intraparticle diffusion rate constant, and C: the width of the boundary layer.
Figure 9a–d presents the different models. The values of R2 as well as the constants of the models are summarized in Table 3. As can be seen from this table, the obtained results are fitted well by the pseudo-second order model. This suggests that the uptake of Co2+ is a chemisorption process involving a physicochemical interaction between the Co2+ and the ZrO2 surface.
The Elovich equation posits that the active sites on the solid surface are diverse in character so they exhibit varied properties for chemisorption activation energies [61]. A linear characteristic is revealed by the values of (R2) calculated from Figure 9c. Table 3 presents the α and β coefficients. In the Elovich model, α is proportional to the rate of change in chemisorption (initial adsorption rate), and β is related to surface amplification (desorption constant). High values of α and β indicate the rapid rate of chemisorption and the increase in the available adsorption surface for Co2+ [61]. Figure 9d shows the effect of intraparticle diffusion on adsorption. Fluid flow, film diffusion, and the plateau region are all represented by the three portions of this curve. The straight lines do not pass through the origin under the conditions tested, indicating that intraparticle diffusion is not the determining factor in the sorption process.

3. Materials and Methods

3.1. Synthesis of ZrO2NPs

About 100 g of fresh green peppermint (whole plant) was washed with tap water, rinsed with distilled water (DW), dried in air for 48 h, cut into small pieces and then impregnated in DW for 24 h. The peppermint aqueous extract (PAE) was collected by filtration and was kept in refrigerator. Fifteen grams of zirconium oxychloride were dissolved in about 50 mL distilled water in a 500 mL Pyrex glass beaker. To this solution, the PAE (about 200 mL) was added dropwise while the mixture was subjected to continuous stirring. A pale brown precipitate was formed and was magnetically stirred for 2 h, filtered off, washed with DW several times, dried in air for 24 h, and then dried in an oven at 100 °C for 5 h to form a black solid [27], as shown in Scheme 2. The latter solid was carefully milled and calcined, in air, for 3 h at 570 and 700 °C to form ZrO2NPs570 and ZrO2NPs700, respectively.

3.2. Characterization

The phase compositions of the samples were determined using a powder X-ray diffractometer (X’Pert3 Powder, PAN Anlytical, Almelo, The Netherlands) operating at 40 KV and 30 mA using Cu-Kα = 1.54056 Å as a radiation source and a nickel filter. The crystallite size of different samples was calculated from the XRD data using the Scherrer equation: D = Kλ/βcosθ, where D is the average crystallite size (nm), K is the full width at half maximum, θ is the Bragg angle, β is the shape factor, and λ is the wavelength = 1.54056 Å. A BEL SORP-MAX analyzer (Microtrac BEL, Osaka, Japan) was used to determine the adsorbent specific surface areas. A UV-vis spectrophotometer (PG Instruments, model T80, Leicestershire, UK) was used to measure the concentrations of Co2+ using quartz cells with a 1 cm path length. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) images were taken using a JEM-1010 transmission electron microscope operating at 70 KV and 58 μA. A portion of the sample was dispersed in absolute ethanol, sonicated, and a drop of the resulting suspension was taken on a carbon grid (200 mesh). Before being admitted to the microscope, the grid was left in air to evaporate the ethanol.

3.3. Adsorption Experiments

The adsorption experiments were performed in clean reagent bottles at room temperature. In these experiments, ZrO2NPs were dispersed in a specific volume of Co2+ solution of known concentration, and the mixture was continuously agitated using a mechanical shaker at room temperature (25 ± 1 °C). The effects of different parameters influencing adsorption such as pH, initial Co2+ concentration, ZrO2NPs mass, and contact time were studied. Adsorption conditions were optimized by changing one adsorption parameter while keeping the other parameters fixed [62]. After suitable treatment times, the adsorbents were separated from the treated solutions by centrifugation and the remaining Co2+ concentration in the solutions was determined by UV-vis spectroscopy [63]. The concentration of adsorbed Co2+ was calculated from the difference between the initial and final concentrations (Co and Cf, respectively) of Co2+. The removal percentage (R%) and the adsorption capacity (qt) were estimated using the following Equations (8) and (9), respectively:
R% = [(Co − Cf)/Co] × 100
qt = [(Co − Cf) × V]/W
In Equation (2), V is the volume of the treated solution in liters and W is the weight of ZrO2NPs utilized in the experiment in grams.

4. Conclusions

Peppermint-mediated green synthesis of ZrO2NPs was described in this paper. The oxides calcined at 570 and 700 °C, ZrO2570 and ZrO2700, were characterized and used as adsorbents for the removal of cobalt ions from water. Different parameters affecting adsorption (pH, initial adsorbate concentration, adsorbent mass, and agitation time) were studied. Results show that ZrO2NPs samples are mesoporous and can be used efficiently for the removal of cobalt from water. The adsorption follows a pseudo-second order kinetics and can be explained by the Langmuir adsorption isotherm.

Author Contributions

I.M.A.H.: conceptualization, methodology, preparation, investigation, writing—original draft; H.S.E.-D.: validation, writing—review and editing; A.A.A.: conceptualization, methodology, preparation, investigation, writing—original draft. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

No funds were received for this study.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. XRD patterns of ZrO2NPs570 and ZrO2NPs700.
Figure 1. XRD patterns of ZrO2NPs570 and ZrO2NPs700.
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Figure 2. TEM images of (a) ZrO2NPs570 (scale bar: 100 nm), (b) ZrO2NPs700 (scale bar: 500 nm), and their respective particle-size distributions (c,d).
Figure 2. TEM images of (a) ZrO2NPs570 (scale bar: 100 nm), (b) ZrO2NPs700 (scale bar: 500 nm), and their respective particle-size distributions (c,d).
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Figure 3. The nitrogen adsorption/desorption isotherms and the corresponding pore size distribution of (a,b) ZrO2NPs570 and (c,d) ZrO2NPs700. (Blue lines are adsorption and red lines are desorption in (a,c).
Figure 3. The nitrogen adsorption/desorption isotherms and the corresponding pore size distribution of (a,b) ZrO2NPs570 and (c,d) ZrO2NPs700. (Blue lines are adsorption and red lines are desorption in (a,c).
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Scheme 1. Mechanism for green synthesis of ZrO2NPs using peppermint.
Scheme 1. Mechanism for green synthesis of ZrO2NPs using peppermint.
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Figure 4. (a) Effect of pH on adsorption of Co2+ by ZrO2NPs (ZrO2 mass: 0.3 g, vol: 50 mL, Co2+ conc.: 150 ppm, time: 30 min, Temp.: 25 °C) and (b) The point of zero charge of ZrO2NPs570.
Figure 4. (a) Effect of pH on adsorption of Co2+ by ZrO2NPs (ZrO2 mass: 0.3 g, vol: 50 mL, Co2+ conc.: 150 ppm, time: 30 min, Temp.: 25 °C) and (b) The point of zero charge of ZrO2NPs570.
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Figure 5. Effect of contact time on the % removal of cobalt by ZrO2NPs570 (λ = 667, Volume: 50 mL, Conc.: 50–200 ppm, pH: 6.5, ZrO2 mass: 0.3 g).
Figure 5. Effect of contact time on the % removal of cobalt by ZrO2NPs570 (λ = 667, Volume: 50 mL, Conc.: 50–200 ppm, pH: 6.5, ZrO2 mass: 0.3 g).
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Figure 6. Effect of contact time on qt during the removal of cobalt by ZrO2NPs570 (λ = 667, Volume: 50 mL, Conc.: 50–200 ppm, pH: 6.5, ZrO2 mass: 0.3 g).
Figure 6. Effect of contact time on qt during the removal of cobalt by ZrO2NPs570 (λ = 667, Volume: 50 mL, Conc.: 50–200 ppm, pH: 6.5, ZrO2 mass: 0.3 g).
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Figure 7. Effect of (a) ZrO2NPs mass (λ = 667, time: 30 min, volume: 50 mL, Co2+ conc.: 100 ppm, pH: 6.5) and (b) initial Co2+ concentration on its % removal (λ = 667, time: 30 min, volume: 50 mL, ZrO2 mass: 0.3 g, pH: 6.5).
Figure 7. Effect of (a) ZrO2NPs mass (λ = 667, time: 30 min, volume: 50 mL, Co2+ conc.: 100 ppm, pH: 6.5) and (b) initial Co2+ concentration on its % removal (λ = 667, time: 30 min, volume: 50 mL, ZrO2 mass: 0.3 g, pH: 6.5).
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Figure 8. (a) Langmuir adsorption isotherm, (b) variation in RL values and (c) Freundlich adsorption isotherm.
Figure 8. (a) Langmuir adsorption isotherm, (b) variation in RL values and (c) Freundlich adsorption isotherm.
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Figure 9. (a) Pseudo 1st order, (b) Pseudo 2nd order, (c) Elovich, and (d) Intraparticle diffusion models (50 mL, 50 ppm Co2+, 0.3 g ZrO2, time 30 min, temp 25 °C).
Figure 9. (a) Pseudo 1st order, (b) Pseudo 2nd order, (c) Elovich, and (d) Intraparticle diffusion models (50 mL, 50 ppm Co2+, 0.3 g ZrO2, time 30 min, temp 25 °C).
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Scheme 2. Green synthesis of ZrO2NPs from peppermint.
Scheme 2. Green synthesis of ZrO2NPs from peppermint.
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Table 1. Crystallite size, BET surface area, and pore dimensions of ZrO2NPs570 and ZrO2NPs700.
Table 1. Crystallite size, BET surface area, and pore dimensions of ZrO2NPs570 and ZrO2NPs700.
ZrO2570ZrO2700
Average crystallite size, nm (XRD)6.277.26
Average particle size, nm (TEM)7.58.1
Surface area, m2/g (BET)94.80562.384
Surface area, m2/g (BJH)80.32961.222
Mean pore diameter, nm (BET)3.9227.588
Mean pore diameter, nm (BJH)3.927.32
Total pore volume, cm3/g (BET)0.092960.1183
Pore volume, cm3/g (NLDFT)0.06980.06098
Pore volume, cm3/g (BJH)0.085130.1164
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Table 2. The calculated adsorption isotherm parameters for Co2+ adsorption by ZrO2.
Table 2. The calculated adsorption isotherm parameters for Co2+ adsorption by ZrO2.
T, KLangmuirFreundlich
qmKLR2nKFR2
2988.9950.0390.9733.8102.4200.840
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Table 3. Calculated kinetic model parameters for Co adsorption by ZrO2.
Table 3. Calculated kinetic model parameters for Co adsorption by ZrO2.
C0Pseudo 1st OrderPseudo 2nd OrderElovichqeexp
K1qecalcR2K2qecalcR2βαR2
500.0786.2070.9550.01259.2250.9760.96131.7490.9935.469
1000.0528.6690.9010.00912.5000.9770.6172.3160.9657.258
1500.0525.7440.6760.01013.6430.9890.6682.0480.9748.523
2000.0846.1870.8180.014114.0450.9801.3480.8320.9998.995
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