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Selective Removal of Lead (II) Ions from Wastewater with Fabricated ZnO-PVA Membrane

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Water contamination is a serious threat to living organisms and the contamination is increasing day by day due to versatile applications of heavy metal ions. Various types of materials have been reported for removal of these heavy metal ions from water but selection of heavy metal ions from wastewater is still a serious issue. In this regard, a ZnO-PVA-coated membrane was designed for the selective removal of Pb+2 ions from wastewater. The procedure known as sol–gel was adopted in order to produce ZnO nanoparticles by using the extract of bio-inspired Azadirachta indica (neem) leaves. Then, ZnO-PVA was synthesized for coating the membrane by a simple solution-casting process. The system was characterized by XRD, FTIR, FESEM, EDX, and XPS. The ZnO-PVA-coated membrane was applied for the extraction of toxic metal ions present in polluted water. The coated membrane selectively removed the Pb+2 ions from the contaminated water solution. The removal efficiency of the ZnO-PVA-coated membrane for Pb+2 ions was found to be 93.99% at pH = 4. The kinetic study and adsorption isotherm indicated that the monolayer membrane well-chemisorbed Pb+2 ions. The highest possible Pb+2 ions adsorption capacity calculated by the adsorption isotherm was found to be 218.47 mg/g.

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This work was supported by Researchers Supporting Project number (RSP2023R100), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, School of Science, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, 54770, Pakistan

    Hafiza Mehwish Rasheed, Abdul Rauf, Muhammad Arif, Ayesha Mohyuddin, Sohail Nadeem, Shah Muhammad Haroon & Hamid Raza

  2. Institute of Advanced Magnetic Materials, College of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, 310012, People’s Republic of China

    Muhammad Javid

  3. Department of Chemistry, The Government Sadiq College Women University, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan

    Afifa Yousuf

  4. Yantai University, Yantai, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

    Muhammad Irfan

  5. Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Sobhy M. Ibrahim

  6. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Sokol Institute of Pharmaceutical Life Sciences, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, 07043, USA

    Shams Ul Mahmood

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Rasheed, H.M., Rauf, A., Arif, M. et al. Selective Removal of Lead (II) Ions from Wastewater with Fabricated ZnO-PVA Membrane. JOM 75, 5310–5320 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-023-05957-6

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