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Characterization of prepared eco-friendly biochar from almond (Terminalia catappa L) leaf for sequestration of bromophenol blue (BPB) from aqueous solution

  • Carbon Letters
  • Abbr : Carbon Lett.
  • 2021, 31(5), pp.1001-1014
  • DOI : 10.1007/s42823-020-00214-1
  • Publisher : Korean Carbon Society
  • Research Area : Natural Science > Natural Science General > Other Natural Sciences General
  • Received : September 7, 2020
  • Accepted : December 8, 2020
  • Published : October 1, 2021

Jabar Jamiu Mosebolatan 1 Owokotomo Ignatius Adekunle 1 Ayinde Yusuf Timilehin 1 Alafabusuyi Ayodele Modupe 1 Olagunju Gbolahan Olusayo 1 Mobolaji Victor Oluwafemi 1

1Textile and Polymer Research Laboratory, Chemistry Department, The Federal University of Technology

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ABSTRACT

Novel eco-friendly adsorbents were prepared through pyrolysis and acid activation of raw almond leaf (RAL) to form almond leaf biochar (ALB) and chemically activated almond leaf biochar (CAL), respectively. The prepared adsorbents were characterized using TGA, FTIR, SEM–EDX, BET and XRD techniques and their physicochemical properties investigated. RAL, ALB and CAL were utilized for adsorption of BPB dye from aqueous solution using batch technique under optimum conditions. The optimum dye adsorbed by RAL, ALB and CAL were 92.83, 93.21 and 94.89%, respectively at pH 3, dye initial conc. (100 mg/L), adsorbent dose (0.04 g/25 mL), 60 min contact time and 301 K adsorption temperature. Although, Langmuir maximum monolayer adsorption capacities were found to be 365.36, 535.62 and 730.46 mg/g for RAL, ALB and CAL, respectively, but isotherm conformed to Freundlich model. Kinetic study confrmed suitability of pseudo-second-order model with rate constant 9.33×10–4, 9.91×10–4 and 12.60×10−4 g mg−1 min−1 for RAL, ALB and CAL, respectively. Negative values of thermodynamic parameters (∆G and ∆H) established sequestration process to be spontaneous and exothermic. RAL, ALB and CAL were discovered to be highly efcient adsorbents that could be used in place of expensive commercial adsorbents.

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