Polymer-based nano-adsorbent for the removal of lead ions: Kinetics studies and optimization by response surface methodology

Birniwa, Abdullahi Haruna and Kehili, Sana and Ali, Mujahid and Musa, Haruna and Ali, Umar and Kutty, Shamsul Rahman Mohamed and Jagaba, Ahmad Hussaini and Abdullahi, Shehu Sa'ad and Tag-Eldin, Elsayed Mohamed and Mahmud, Habibun Nabi Muhammad Ekramul (2022) Polymer-based nano-adsorbent for the removal of lead ions: Kinetics studies and optimization by response surface methodology. Separations, 9 (11). ISSN 2297-8739, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/separations9110356.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/separations9110356

Abstract

This work successfully created a polypyrrole-polyethyleneimine (PPy-PEI) nano adsorbent for the elimination of the lead ion Pb2+ from an aqueous solution. An efficient conducting polymer-based adsorbent called as was created using ammonium persulfate (NH4)(2)S2O8 as an oxidant (PPy-PEI). The PEI hyper-branched polymer with terminal amino groups was added to the PPy adsorbent to offer heavy metals more effective chelating sites. Pb2+ removal from aqueous solution using polyethyleneimine micro adsorbent was successfully accomplished using a batch equilibrium technique (PPy-PEI). The generated water-insoluble polymer nanoadsorbent had enough nitrogen atoms; therefore, an effort was made to link PEI, a water-soluble PPy, with PPy, a conjugated polymer, for lead ion adsorption from an aqueous solution. The generated PPy-PEI nanoadsorbents were discovered to have average particle sizes of 18-34 nm and a Brunauer-Emmet-Teller surface area of 17 m(2)/g, respectively. The thermal behavior of the composites was investigated using thermo gravimetric and differential scanning calorimetric methods. The lead ion adsorption efficacy of pure polypyrrole was found to be 38%; however, a batch equilibrium technique employing nanoadsorbent revealed with the maximum adsorption capacity of 75.60 mg g(-1). At pH 10 and 30 min of contact time at 50 degrees C, 0.2 g of adsorption was shown to be the ideal dosage. X-ray diffraction analysis, energy-dispersive ray spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared ray spectrum support the lead ion adsorption by PPy-PEI nanoadsorbents. The cauli-like structure was visible using field emission scanning electron microscopy. Studying the thermodynamic showed that the adsorption was endothermic as illustrated from the positive value of value of Delta H degrees is 1.439 kJ/mol which indicates that the uptake of Pb2+ onto nanoadsorbent PPy-PEI could be attributed to a physical adsorption process. According to the values of Delta G degrees, the adsorption process was spontaneous at all selected temperatures. The positive value of Delta S degrees value (43.52 j/mol) suggested an increase in the randomness at the solid/solution interface during the adsorption process. The adsorption data meet the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and suited the Langumuir isothermal model effectively.

Item Type: Article
Funders: Deanship of Scientific Research at Umm Al-Qura University, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) Nigeria [22UQU4340549DSR05]
Uncontrolled Keywords: adsorbent; heavy metals; lead ion; nanoadsorbent; polypyrrole-polyethyleneimine; response surface methodology; wastewater
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering > Department of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry
Depositing User: Ms Koh Ai Peng
Date Deposited: 22 Oct 2024 07:42
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2024 07:42
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/46194

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