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JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 2021, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2021/8839864
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- King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [RSP-2020/239]
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In this study, mesoporous silica nanoparticles functionalized with cysteine were used for removal of Methylene Blue from aqueous solution. Various factors affecting the adsorption process were investigated, and adsorption isotherms and kinetic models were used to clarify the process. The adsorption capacity of Methylene Blue increased with increasing pH, and both Freundlich model and pseudo-second-order kinetic model were found to be suitable for the adsorption process.
In this study, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) were synthesised using the Stober method and functionalised with cysteine (MSN-Cys) for removal of Methylene Blue (MB) from aqueous solution using the batch method. The adsorbent nanoparticles were characterised by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), FTIR, BET, and TGA. Several influential factors on the adsorption of MB onto the surface of MSN-Cys particles were investigated, including pH, initial concentration, and contact time. The adsorption capacity of MB from aqueous solution increased from circa 70 mg/g MSN-Cys in acidic media to circa 140 mg/g MSN-Cys in basic media. Adsorption isotherms and kinetic models of adsorption were used to clarify the adsorption process. The measured adsorption isotherm was fitted with a Freundlich model for all solutions, and the kinetic model was determined to be pseudo-second-order.
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