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Comparison of Activated Carbon and iron/cerium Modified Activated Carbon to Remove Methylene Blue From Wastewater

Comparison of Activated Carbon and iron/cerium Modified Activated Carbon to Remove Methylene Blue From Wastewater

Song Cheng, Libo Zhang, Aiyuan Ma, Hongying Xia, Jinhui Peng, Chunyang Li, Jianhua Shu

J Environ Sci (China). 2018 Mar;65:92-102.

PMID: 29548416

Abstract:

The methylene blue (MB) removal abilities of raw activated carbon and iron/cerium modified raw activated carbon (Fe-Ce-AC) by adsorption were researched and compared. The characteristics of Fe-Ce-AC were examined by N2 adsorption, zeta potential measurement, FTIR, Raman, XRD, XPS, SEM and EDS. After modification, the following phenomena occurred: The BET surface area, average pore diameter and total pore volume decreased; the degree of graphitization also decreased. Moreover, the presence of Fe3O4 led to Fe-Ce-AC having magnetic properties, which makes it easy to separate from dye wastewater in an external magnetic field and subsequently recycle. In addition, the equilibrium isotherms and kinetics of MB adsorption on raw activated carbon and Fe-Ce-AC were systematically examined. The equilibrium adsorption data indicated that the adsorption behavior followed the Langmuir isotherm, and the pseudo-second-order model matched the kinetic data well. Compared with raw activated carbon, the maximum monolayer adsorption capacity of Fe-Ce-AC increased by 27.31%. According to the experimental results, Fe-Ce-AC can be used as an effective adsorbent for the removal of MB from dye wastewater.

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