TY - JOUR
T1 - Graphene oxide-CuFe2O4 nanohybrid material as an adsorbent of Congo red dye
AU - Zourou, Adamantia
AU - Ntziouni, Afroditi
AU - Adamopoulos, Nikolaos
AU - Roman, Tiberiu
AU - Zhang, Fu
AU - Terrones, Mauricio
AU - Kordatos, Konstantinos
N1 - Funding Information:
Adamantia Zourou would like to thank Special Account for Research Funding (E.L.K.E.) of National Technical University of Athens (N.T.U.A.) of Greece for funding.
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PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - This work evaluates the performance of graphene oxide (GO) - copper ferrite (CuFe2O4) nanohybrid in the removal of Congo Red (CR) dye from aqueous solutions. The adsorbent was prepared via a three-step method. Firstly, GO was produced via a modified Hummers method, using graphite powder as starting material. Following this, GO surface was treated with ionic surfactants, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and poly(sodium-4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS). Subsequently, the functionalized GO was decorated with magnetic CuFe2O4 nanoparticles via an electrostatic self-assembly process using a solvothermal treatment. The as-synthesized CuFe2O4-GO nanohybrid was characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) Analysis, Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy, micro-Raman Spectroscopy, Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), High-Resolution Transition Electron Microscopy (HR-TEM) with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) mapping, as well as, N2 Adsorption/Desorption measurements. We investigated the CR adsorption of the GO-CuFe2O4 nanohybrid at various initial CR concentrations and contact times. Both Langmuir and Freundlich models were employed to describe the adsorption isotherms, while the adsorption kinetics of CR by GO-CuFe2O4 were found to be pseudo-second order. Our results demonstrate that GO-CuFe2O4 is an attractive adsorbent for the efficient removal of CR dye from wastewater.
AB - This work evaluates the performance of graphene oxide (GO) - copper ferrite (CuFe2O4) nanohybrid in the removal of Congo Red (CR) dye from aqueous solutions. The adsorbent was prepared via a three-step method. Firstly, GO was produced via a modified Hummers method, using graphite powder as starting material. Following this, GO surface was treated with ionic surfactants, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and poly(sodium-4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS). Subsequently, the functionalized GO was decorated with magnetic CuFe2O4 nanoparticles via an electrostatic self-assembly process using a solvothermal treatment. The as-synthesized CuFe2O4-GO nanohybrid was characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) Analysis, Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy, micro-Raman Spectroscopy, Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), High-Resolution Transition Electron Microscopy (HR-TEM) with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) mapping, as well as, N2 Adsorption/Desorption measurements. We investigated the CR adsorption of the GO-CuFe2O4 nanohybrid at various initial CR concentrations and contact times. Both Langmuir and Freundlich models were employed to describe the adsorption isotherms, while the adsorption kinetics of CR by GO-CuFe2O4 were found to be pseudo-second order. Our results demonstrate that GO-CuFe2O4 is an attractive adsorbent for the efficient removal of CR dye from wastewater.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cartre.2022.100147
DO - 10.1016/j.cartre.2022.100147
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85122520217
SN - 2667-0569
VL - 7
JO - Carbon Trends
JF - Carbon Trends
M1 - 100147
ER -