| Home  | About ScienceAsia  | Publication charge  | Advertise with us  | Subscription for printed version  | Contact us  
Editorial Board
Journal Policy
Instructions for Authors
Online submission
Author Login
Reviewer Login
Volume 50 Number 5
Volume 50 Number 4
Volume 50 Number 3
Volume 50 Number 2
Volume 50 Number 1
Volume 49 Number 6
Earlier issues
Volume  Number 

previous article next article

Research articles

ScienceAsia 48 (2022):ID 588-595 |doi: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2022.077


Adsorption of Ni2+ on malic acid modified activated carbon from Phragmites australis


Dongmei Hea, Jian Zhanga,*, Zhenxin Shangb, Chenglu Zhangb

 
ABSTRACT:     To tackle the issue of environmental pollution caused by heavy metal ions, a novel malic acid modified activated carbon (denoted as MA-AC) from (the plant) Phragmites australis has been successfully prepared with high Ni2+ adsorption capacity (38.36 mg/g). The physical and chemical characteristics of MA-AC were evaluated by N2 adsorption/desorption, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR), and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). The results indicated that the MA-AC has more microporous structures and more oxygen bearing functional groups than the unmodified AC (denoted as AC). The Ni2+ adsorption behaviors of the adsorbents were investigated by batch experiments, which indicated that the MA-AC showed 38% higher Ni2+ adsorption capacity than the unmodified AC. The adsorption isotherms and the kinetics of the absorbents agreed well with the Langmuir model and the pseudo-second-order model. The Ni2+ adsorption mechanisms of MA-AC were investigated by FTIR and XPS analyses. The results from the analyses indicated that the enhanced surface adsorption of Ni2+ on MA-AC are attributed to the chemistry between the Ni2+ and the oxygen-containing functional groups on the surface.

Download PDF

35 Downloads 1303 Views


a Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Jining University, Shandong 273155 China
b Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100 China

* Corresponding author, E-mail: sduchemzhang@163.com

Received 8 Oct 2021, Accepted 3 Mar 2022