Facile synthesis, growth process, characterisation of a nanourchin-structured α-MnO2 and their application on ultrasonic-assisted adsorptive removal of cationic dyes: A half-life and half-capacity concentration approach

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
Ria AbrahamGiphin George

Abstract

Textile dyes pose a serious threat in terms of water pollution due to its complex aromatic structures and poor degradability. In order to reduce the toxic effects of Crystal Violet (CV) and Methylene Blue (MB), an ultrasonic-assisted dye adsorption using urchin like α-MnO2 nanostructures was studied. The adsorbent was synthesised by hydrothermal method at low-temperature. The crystallinity and morphology were determined to investigate the growth mechanism of α-MnO2 nanourchins which consists of two main stages. The initial stage includes the formation of α-MnO2 microspheres followed by the epitaxial growth of nanoneedles on to the surface of them. The α-MnO2 was characterised by BET, XRD, FT-IR, XPS, SEM, TEM and TGA. At 5.6, the point of zero charge of α-MnO2 nanostructures was determined. The total pore volume and average pore radius were confirmed to be 4.751 × 10-2 cc/g and 10.99 Å respectively from the BET analysis. Batch adsorption experiments were performed to investigate the effect of pH, adsorbent dosage, sonication time, initial dye concentration, temperature, ultrasonic frequency and power. The adsorption mechanism was studied using several isotherm and kinetic models. The adsorption data of CV and MB at equilibrium ...Continue Reading

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