Dye removal from aqueous solution by cobalt-nano particles decorated aluminum silicate: Kinetic, thermodynamic and mechanism studies
2015
Arshadi, M. | Faraji, A.R. | Mehravar, M.
This article describes the preparation of a nanoadsorbent containing Co-nanoparticles decorated functionalized SiO2–Al2O3 mixed-oxides as a scavenger toward removal of methyl orange. SiO2–Al2O3 mixed-oxides were functionalized with pyridine-2-carbaldehyde and thereafter, in the next step, Co-nanoparticle was prepared over the modified mixed-oxides. The as-prepared nanoadsorbent was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), UV–visible diffuse reflectance spectra (UV–vis DRS), inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Results showed that Co-nanoparticle with average size of about 5–25nm was immobilized successfully on the surface of modified mixed-oxides and was widely dispersed. EPR and CV of Si/Al-PAEA=PyCA@CoNP confirmed that most of the covalently bond active sites of the nano-adsorbent are in the form of Co(II) ions. The supported cobalt is a suitable and efficient adsorbent for the removal of methyl orange from aqueous solution. The heterogeneous Co-NPs were found to be effective adsorbent for the removal of methyl orange ions from solution. The adsorption process was spontaneous and endothermic in nature and followed pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The CV and EIS of the Co-NPs-MO indicates an easily oxidizable environment, this being in agreement with the FTIR data, where the electron density at Co-NPs is higher due to the presence of a donor-electron ligand (methyl orange), that is, reduction of Co-NPs from +3 to +2 oxidation state is more favored.
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