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Synthesis of bimetallic/carbon nanocomposite and its application for phenol removal

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The research study goes through the development of Al/Mn impregnated multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and its use in the adsorption of phenol from aqueous solution. The Al/Mn decorated CNTs (CAM) were characterized by different characterization techniques such as BET, XRD, SEM-EDX, TGA and Raman spectroscopy to study the porosity, mineralogy, surface texture, and thermal attributes of prepared adsorbent. The application of synthesized adsorbent for phenol removal was proved to be superior as compared to its raw counterpart for all experimental runs. The kinetics of adsorption process was followed by pseudo-second order model. The regression results of equilibrium data showed that the Sip’s isotherm model best fitted to experimental data. Thermodynamic analysis of phenol adsorption suggested that the pollutant removal process is feasible and exothermic in nature.

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The authors would like to thank the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore for financial and technical support under Grant Number ORIC/101-ASRB/4451.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, 54890, Pakistan

    Shazia Zarin & Zaheer Aslam

  2. National Textile Research Centre, National Textile University, Faisalabad, 37610, Pakistan

    Abdul Zahir

  3. Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

    Muhammad Shahzad Kamal

  4. Department of Chemical, Polymer and Composite Materials Engineering, KSK Campus, UET, Lahore, 54890, Pakistan

    Adeem Ghaffar Rana

  5. Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Australia

    Waqar Ahmad

  6. Center for Refining and Petrochemicals, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

    Shakeel Ahmed

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Zarin, S., Aslam, Z., Zahir, A. et al. Synthesis of bimetallic/carbon nanocomposite and its application for phenol removal. J IRAN CHEM SOC 15, 2689–2701 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13738-018-1457-1

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