LDHS Based Nanosorbents For Removal Of Anionic DYES
تايى سعيد كاظم, ممدوح الحارثي
كلية هندسة البترول وعلوم الأرض-جامعة الملك فهد للبترول والمعادن · السعودية
Dyes are continuous global demanded products and are majorly disposed of in water bodies; thus, the treatments of such pollutants are major challenges. Adsorption among various treatment options is affordable and available which endear its use by researchers and treatment plants. Of the various adsorbents used and reported, layered double hydroxides (LDHs) has been found to possess outstanding properties such as high surface area and excellent ion exchange capacities as well as ease of synthesis and regeneration.The focus of this work lies on the synthesis of Ternary layered double hydroxide, NiMgAl (NMA) and MgCoAl (MCA) LDH, and their graphene based nanocomposites (G/NMA and G/MCA) via coprecipitation technique. These nanomaterials and their calcined products NiMgAl LDO (NMA-C), MgCoAl LDO (MCA-C), Graphene-NiMgAl LDO (G/MCA-C) and Graphene-NiMgAl LDO (G/NMA-C) were then used for the removal of an anionic dyes, Eriochrome Black T (EBT) and Methyl orange (MO), from aqueous solution. The adsorption processes were studied through isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic investigations of various parameters such as initial solution pH, contact time, adsorbent dosage, initial dye concentration and temperature. All the adsorbent samples exhibit fast sorption optimized at acidic pH due to abundance of oxygen containing functional groups. The adsorption processes were suitably fitted by Langmuir isotherm with maximum adsorption computed to be 384.62 mg/g for EBT adsorption on G/NMA-C and 434.78 mg/g for adsorption of MO on G/NMA-C. The highest capacities obtained for the calcined graphene nanocomposites arise from the synergistic contribution of graphene integration and calcination.Furthermore, kinetics evaluation showed the suitability of pseudo-second order model which is due to the chemisorption nature of the adsorption process. Thermodynamics study has revealed the exothermic nature of the adsorption processes. High removal efficiency of the dyes with better recovery and reusability of these nanomaterials has highlighted their potential application in toxic water remediation.