Porous Carbon Spheres Derived from Waste Ion-Exchange Resins and Research on Adsorption of Methylene Blue
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 146, Issue 7
Abstract
A kind of porous carbon spherical material with high specific surface () was synthesized from deactivated methyl tert butyl ether (MTBE) resins with KOH as the activator (KAC). This synthesized material was characterized by Brunner Emmet Teller (BET) measurements, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TG), and X-ray fluorescence (XRF). Additionally, the mechanism of adsorbing methylene blue (MB) on this porous carbon sphere was studied and interpreted from kinetics, adsorption equilibrium and thermodynamic properties. Results showed that the kinetics data fitted the pseudo-second-order model well; the adsorption equilibrium data followed Langmuir model with a maximum adsorption capacity of ; and the thermodynamic parameters displayed an endothermic and spontaneous adsorption process of MB on carbon spheres.
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Acknowledgments
The authors extend their sincere appreciation for the Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering (SKL-ChE-18C02).
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Volume 146 • Issue 7 • July 2020
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Received: Jul 9, 2019
Accepted: Dec 12, 2019
Published online: Apr 23, 2020
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