Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 13, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su13116207
Keywords
glass fiber waste; hydrothermal alkaline activation; mesoporous zeolite; adsorption capacity; methylene blue
Funding
- Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan [109-2221-E-224-021]
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This study developed a novel and cost-effective method to recycle glass fiber waste into mesoporous zeolite-like nanomaterial (MZN) for environmentally friendly adsorption and efficient removal of methylene blue (MB) from solutions, opening new opportunities for waste utilization and environmental protection.
Recycling and reusing glass fiber waste (GFW) has become an environmental concern, as the means of disposal are becoming limited as GFW production increases. Therefore, this study developed a novel, cost-effective method to turn GFW into a mesoporous zeolite-like nanomaterial (MZN) that could serve as an environmentally benign adsorbent and efficient remover of methylene blue (MB) from solutions. Using the Taguchi optimizing approach to hydrothermal alkaline activation, we produced analcime with interconnected nanopores of about 11.7 nm. This MZN had a surface area of 166 m(2) g(-1) and was negatively charged with functional groups that could adsorb MB ranging from pH 2 to 10 and all with excellent capacity at pH 6.0 of the maximum Langmuir adsorption capacity of 132 mg g(-1). Moreover, the MZN adsorbed MB exothermically, and the reaction is reversible according to its thermodynamic parameters. In sum, this study indicated that MZN recycled from glass fiber waste is a novel, environmentally friendly means to adsorb cation methylene blue (MB), thus opening a gateway to the design and fabrication of ceramic-zeolite and tourmaline-ceramic balls and ceramic ring-filter media products. In addition, it has environmental applications such as removing cation dyes and trace metal ions from aqueous solutions and recycling water.
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