Application of ZnO and TiO2 nanoparticles coated onto montmorillonite in the presence of H2O2 for efficient removal of cephalexin from aqueous solutions

This study considers the feasibility of uptake of cephalexin, an emerging contaminant, from aqueous solutions by using green local montmorillonite (GLM), montmorillonite coated with ZnO (ZnO/GLM) and montmorillonite coated with TiO 2 (TiO 2 /GLM) in the presence of H 2 O 2 . Batch adsorption experim...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Korean journal of chemical engineering 2018, 35(4), 217, pp.1000-1008
Hauptverfasser: Khosravi, Rasoul, Zarei, Ahmad, Heidari, Mohsen, Ahmadfazeli, Ali, Vosughi, Mehdi, Fazlzadeh, Mehdi
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Zusammenfassung:This study considers the feasibility of uptake of cephalexin, an emerging contaminant, from aqueous solutions by using green local montmorillonite (GLM), montmorillonite coated with ZnO (ZnO/GLM) and montmorillonite coated with TiO 2 (TiO 2 /GLM) in the presence of H 2 O 2 . Batch adsorption experiments were carried out as a function of pH, initial concentration of the cephalexin, adsorbent dosage, contact time, and temperature. Finally, the adsorbents were characterized by XRD, SEM and FTIR analyses. XRD patterns showed dramatic changes in the adsorbents after loading with the nanoparticles, confirming successful placing of the nanoparticles onto GLM. The GLM mineral surface after nanoparticle loading appears to be fully exposed and more porous with irregular shapes in particles diameters of 1-50 microns. FTIR analyses also confirmed dramatic changes in surface functional groups after modification with these nanoparticles. The results showed that the removal efficiency of cephalexin was better at lower pH values. Totally, the removal efficiency increased with increase in adsorbent dosage and contact time and decreased with concentration and temperature increase. The thermodynamics values of ΔG o and ΔH o revealed that the adsorption process was spontaneous and exothermic. In isotherm study, the maximum adsorption capacities (qm) were obtained to be 7.82, 17.09 and 49.26 mg/g for GLM, ZnO/GLM and TiO 2 /GLM, respectively. Temkin constant (B T ) showed that adsorption of cephalexin from solution was exothermic for all three adsorbents.
ISSN:0256-1115
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DOI:10.1007/s11814-018-0005-0