화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.61, 416-426, May, 2018
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2017.12.041  Export Citation
N-doped reduced graphene oxide aerogel for the selective adsorption of oil pollutants from water: Isotherm and kinetic study
Zahra Rahmani, Ali Morad Rashidi1, Abbass kazemi1, Mohhammad Taghi Samadi†, and Ali Reza Rahmani
  • Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health,, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran
  • 1Nanotechnology Research Center, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Tehran, Iran
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N-doped graphene aerogel with a 3D inter-connected network was synthesized using graphene oxide and pyrrole in an aqueous medium with ammonia. Hydrothermal and thermal annealing methods were employed to do it so. The structure and surface properties of the synthesized aerogel were characterized using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), XPS, and nitrogen adsorption/desorption measure- ments. The prepared n-doped aerogel exhibited elevated specific surface area (340 m2/g), hydrophobic nature, and excellent adsorption capacity (210 g/g for crude oil removal). Adsorbent recyclability was also investigated; it is worth noting that after ten subsequent cycles, only just a negligible decrement in adsorption capacity was observed. Furthermore, the effect of salts and temperature on adsorption capacity was studied. Isotherm and kinetic studies were last examined. The conformity of various adsorption models, including Freundlich, Langmuir, Temkin, and Dubinin.Radushkevich (D-R) to the equilibrium data was evaluated among which Langmuir isotherm model gave the best fitting result. The sorption kinetics data were well described by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. As a consequence, oil spills adsorption using n-doped graphene aerogel is a relatively cost-effective method which can be scaled up, and it could be a promising material for removal of organic contaminants from water.
Keywords:Graphene aerogels;Nitrogen doped aerogels;Isotherm;Adsorption;Oil spills
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