Nanocomposite of carbon nanotubes/silica nanoparticles and their use for adsorption of Pb(II): from surface properties to sorption mechanism

AbstractThis paper demonstrates the synthesis of multi-wall carbon nanotubes and silica nanocomposite (CNT/SiO2). Successful realization of MWCNT/SiO2 nanostructure was observed by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy studies. The as-prepared nanocomposite was evaluated as an adsorbent to remove lead, Pb(II), from aqueous solutions. The resulting MWCNT/SiO2 manifests propitious adsorption performance (~95%) over silica nanoparticles (~50%) and CNTs (~45%). Lagergren’s pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order and intraparticle diffusion models were used to analyse the kinetic data obtained at different initial Pb(II) concentrations. The adsorption kinetic data were described well by the pseudo-second order model with R2 of 0.99. The activation energy (Ea) of the adsorption process was calculated as 15.8 kJ mol−1. Adsorption data were described well by the Langmuir and Temkin models. Th...

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