Studies on Adsorption of Phenol onto Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Prepared by Evaporation-Induced Triconstituent Co-assembly Method

Highly ordered mesoporous carbon with complementary pores was prepared by evaporation-induced triconstituent co-assembly method. I, The adsorption isotherms were determined from the batch tests during which the effects of initial phenol concentration (25-1200 mg/L) were investigated. Both Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models were developed and then compared. The equilibrium data were best I I represented by Langmuir isotherm model, showing maximum monolayer adsorption capacity of 480 mg/g which is two times higher than I that of the activated carbon. The results showed that the prepared ordered mesoporous carbon is the suitable adsorbent for removal of, phenol from aqueous solutions.