화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.32, No.12, 2456-2462, December, 2015
DOI10.1007/s11814-015-0078-y  Export Citation
Preparation, structure and adsorption properties of synthesized multiwall carbon nanotubes for highly effective removal of maxilon blue dye
Ayad Fadhil Alkaim†, Zainab Sadik1, Dunia Kamil Mahdi1, Saif Mohammed Alshrefi2, Abdulkareem Mohammed Al-Sammarraie3, Faisal Muhammad Alamgir4, Preet Mohinder Singh4, and Aseel Mushtaq Aljeboree
  • College of Science for Women-Chemistry Department, Babylon University, Hilla, Iraq
  • 1College of Science-Physics Department, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq
  • 2College of Science for Women-Physics of Laser Department, Babylon University, Babylon, Iraq
  • 3College of Science-Chemistry Department, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq
  • 4School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Altanta, GA 30332, USA
E-mail:
Multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been hydrothermally prepared using polyethylene glycol as the carbon source. Herein, new MWCNTs composites with high adsorption capacity were prepared and applied as efficient adsorbents for adsorption of maxilon blue dye (GRL) from aqueous solution. The morphologies of the MWCNTs were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The adsorption property of maxilon blue (GRL) from aqueous solution onto MWCNTs was studied as a function of mass dosage, pH of solution, initial dye concentration and temperature. The adsorption of GRL depends on the initial pH of the solution with maximum uptake occurring at about pH 10. The maximum adsorption capacity of prepared MWCNTs was 260.7mg/g. Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin isotherms were applied to fit the experimental data. The Freundlich equilibrium isotherm fitted well the experimental data indicating the homogeneity of the adsorbent surface sites. Thermodynamics parameters were studied the changes in free energy (ΔG0), enthalpy (ΔH0) and entropy (ΔS0) during adsorption. It is noticeable that the adsorption of GRL dye onto MWCNTs was a spontaneous and endothermic process and indicates that the adsorption is favored at high temperature.
Keywords:Multiwall Carbon Nanotube;Hydrothermal;Adsorption;Maxilon Blue Dye
  1. Royer B, Cardoso NF, Lima EC, Macedo TR, Airoldi C, J. Hazard. Mater., 181(1-3), 366 (2010)
  2. Cardoso NF, Lima EC, Royer B, Bach MV, Dotto GL, Pinto LA, Calvete T, J. Hazard. Mater., 241-242, 146 (2012)
  3. Prola LT, Acayanka E, Lima EC, Umpierres CS, Vaghetti JP, Santos WO, Laminsi S, Djifon PT, Ind. Crop. Prod., 46, 328 (2013)
  4. Wang YR, Chu W, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 50(14), 8734 (2011)
  5. Hu J, Shao D, Chen C, Sheng G, Ren X, Wang X, J. Hazard. Mater., 185, 463 (2011)
  6. Aljebori AM, Alshirifi AN, Asian J. Chem., 24, 5813 (2012)
  7. Shirzad-Siboni M, Khataee A, Vafaei F, Joo SW, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 31(8), 1451 (2014)
  8. Lafi R, Fradj A, Hafiane A, Hameed BH, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 31(12), 2198 (2014)
  9. Simate GS, Iyuke SE, Ndlovu S, Heydenrych M, Walubita LF, Environ. Int., 39, 38 (2012)
  10. Sun WL, Jiang BF, Wang F, Xu N, Chem. Eng. J., 264, 645 (2015)
  11. Chatterjee S, Chatterjee T, Lim SR, Woo SH, Bioresour. Technol., 102(6), 4402 (2011)
  12. Prola LT, Machado FM, Bergmann CP, de Souza FE, Gally CR, Lima EC, Adebayo MA, Dias SLP, Calvete T, J. Environ. Manage., 130, 166 (2013)
  13. Baghapour MA, Pourfadakari S, Mahvi AH, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 20(5), 2921 (2014)
  14. Salam MA, El-Shishtawy RM, Obaid AY, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 20(5), 3559 (2014)
  15. Shirmardi M, Mahvi AH, Hashemzadeh B, Naeimabadi A, Hassani G, Niri MV, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 8, 1603 (2013)
  16. Machado FM, Bergmann CP, Fernandes THM, Lima EC, Royer B, Calvete T, Fagan SB, J. Hazard. Mater., 192(3), 1122 (2011)
  17. Gong J, Feng JD, Liu J, Jiang ZW, Chen XC, Mijowska E, Wen X, Tang T, Chem. Eng. J., 248, 27 (2014)
  18. Cheng J, Chang PR, Zheng PW, Ma XF, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 53(4), 1415 (2014)
  19. Machado FM, Bergmann CP, Fernandes THM, Lima EC, Royer B, Calvete T, Fagan SB, J. Hazard. Mater., 192(3), 1122 (2011)
  20. Wang W, Huang JY, Wang DZ, Ren ZF, Carbon, 43, 1328 (2005)
  21. Morsy M, Helal M, Okr ME, Ibrahim M, Spectroc. Acta Pt. A-Molec. Biomolec. Spectr., 132, 594 (2014)
  22. Akbayrak S, Ozkar S, Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 4, 6302 (2012)
  23. Sun ZY, Zhang XR, Na N, Liu ZM, Han BX, An GM, J. Phys. Chem. B, 110(27), 13410 (2006)
  24. Chen CL, Hu J, Shao DD, Li JX, Wang XK, J. Hazard. Mater., 164(2-3), 923 (2009)
  25. Gupta VK, Agarwal S, Saleh TA, J. Hazard. Mater., 185, 17 (2011)
  26. Oh WC, Zhang FZ, Chen ML, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 16(2), 321 (2010)
  27. Osswald S, Flahaut E, Ye H, Gogotsi Y, Chem. Phys. Lett., 402(4-6), 422 (2005)
  28. Eklund PC, Holden JM, Jishi RA, Carbon, 33, 959 (1995)
  29. Saito R, Gruneis A, Samsonidze GG, Brar VW, Dresselhaus G, Dresselhaus MS, Jorio A, Cancado LG, Fantini C, Pimenta MA, Filho AGS, New J. Phys., 5, 157 (2003)
  30. Salam MA, Makki MI, Abdelaal MA, J. Alloy. Compd., 509, 2582 (2011)
  31. Aljeboree AM, Alkaim AF, Al-Dujaili AH, Desalin. Water Treat., 53, 3656 (2015)
  32. Lin Y, Leu J, Biochem. Eng. J., 39, 457 (2008)
  33. Li YH, Du QJ, Liu TH, Peng XJ, Wang JJ, Sun JK, Wang YH, Wu SL, Wang ZH, Xia YZ, Xia LH, Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 91(2), 361 (2013)
  34. Peydayesh M, Rahbar-Kelishami A, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 21, 1014 (2015)
  35. Aksu Z, Kabasakal E, Sep. Purif. Technol., 35(3), 223 (2004)
  36. Kara M, Yuzer H, Sabah E, Celik MS, Water Res., 37, 224 (2003)
  37. Ai LH, Li M, Li L, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 56(8), 3475 (2011)
  38. Rocher V, Siaugue J, Cabuil V, Bee A, Water Res., 42, 1290 (2008)
  39. Musyoka SM, Mittal H, Mishra SB, Ngila JC, Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 65, 389 (2014)
  40. Langmuir I, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 40, 1361 (1918)
  41. Njoku VO, Foo KY, Asif M, Hameed BH, Chem. Eng. J., 250, 198 (2014)
  42. Temkin MJ, Pyzhev V, Acta Physiochem. USSR, 12, 217 (1940)