화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.35, No.4, 1000-1008, April, 2018
DOI10.1007/s11814-018-0005-0  Export Citation
Application of ZnO and TiO2 nanoparticles coated onto montmorillonite in the presence of H2O2 for efficient removal of cephalexin from aqueous solutions
Rasoul Khosravi, Ahmad Zarei1, Mohsen Heidari2, Ali Ahmadfazeli3, Mehdi Vosughi3, and Mehdi Fazlzadeh4, †
  • Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
  • 1Environmental Health Engineering, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran
  • 2Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
  • 3Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
  • 4Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
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This study considers the feasibility of uptake of cephalexin, an emerging contaminant, from aqueous solutions by using green local montmorillonite (GLM), montmorillonite coated with ZnO (ZnO/GLM) and montmorillonite coated with TiO2 (TiO2/GLM) in the presence of H2O2. Batch adsorption experiments were carried out as a function of pH, initial concentration of the cephalexin, adsorbent dosage, contact time, and temperature. Finally, the adsorbents were characterized by XRD, SEM and FTIR analyses. XRD patterns showed dramatic changes in the adsorbents after loading with the nanoparticles, confirming successful placing of the nanoparticles onto GLM. The GLM mineral surface after nanoparticle loading appears to be fully exposed and more porous with irregular shapes in particles diameters of 1-50 microns. FTIR analyses also confirmed dramatic changes in surface functional groups after modification with these nanoparticles. The results showed that the removal efficiency of cephalexin was better at lower pH values. Totally, the removal efficiency increased with increase in adsorbent dosage and contact time and decreased with concentration and temperature increase. The thermodynamics values of ΔGo and ΔHo revealed that the adsorption process was spontaneous and exothermic. In isotherm study, the maximum adsorption capacities (qm) were obtained to be 7.82, 17.09 and 49.26mg/g for GLM, ZnO/GLM and TiO2/GLM, respectively. Temkin constant (BT) showed that adsorption of cephalexin from solution was exothermic for all three adsorbents.
Keywords:Adsorption;Cephalexin;Montmorillonite;Nanoparticles
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