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Adsorption kinetics for the removal of toxic Congo red dye by polyaniline and citrus leaves as effective adsorbents

  • Arif Nazir EMAIL logo , Sundas Zahid , Zaid Mahmood , Farah Kanwal , Shoomaila Latif , Muhammad Imran , Faiza Hassan and Munawar Iqbal
Published/Copyright: July 4, 2022
Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
From the journal Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Volume 236 Issue 10

Abstract

This study focusses on the synthesis of polyaniline (PANI) and polyaniline base adsorbent utilizing Citrus limon leaves (CL) powder. The polyaniline base adsorbent with C. limon was synthesized using the same process as polyaniline synthesis, but with the addition of leaves powder. PANI and PANI based adsorbent with C. limon leaves powder (PANI/CL) were characterized by Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR), UV-Visible spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). This synthesized material was employed for the removal of congo red (CR) dye from industrial wastewater. Furthermore, the Langmuir, Temkin and Freundlich isotherms were also applied to evaluate experimental results. PANI is an efficient adsorbent for CR removal with 71.9 mg/g, while PANI/CL is an efficient adsorbent with 80 mg/g removal of dye according to a comparison of maximal adsorption capabilities. The data concludes that the prepared adsorbents could possibly be employed for the removal of toxic dyes from industrial effluents at large scale and ultimately could help in improving the environment.

Keywords: adsorption; Citrus limon ; Congo red; industrial effluent; isotherms; polymers
Corresponding author: Arif Nazir, Department of Chemistry, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan, E-mail:

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2022-01-26
Accepted: 2022-06-08
Published Online: 2022-07-04
Published in Print: 2022-10-26

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