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Broad-Spectrum Adsorption Property of Chondrus crispus Activated Carbon for Ionic and Solvent Dyes

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There are few activated carbons that are capable of adsorbing both ionic and solvent dyes. In this paper, activated carbon was prepared from Chondrus crispus as a marine material by a high-temperature carbonization procedure for the first time. The Chondrus crispus activated carbon (CCAC) can effectively adsorb methylene blue (MB) as a cationic dye, methyl orange (MO) as an anionic dye, oil red O (ORO) as a solvent dye, and other eight dyes. The adsorption capacities for MB and MO in water, and ORO in n-hexane are 132.81, 49.48, and 33.17 mg g−1, respectively. CCAC was characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) method, and zeta potential analysis. CCAC was proved to have a porous and gully structure with a specific surface area of 60.0687 m2 g−1. The effects of initial dye concentration, dosage, pH, contact time, and temperature on the adsorption were investigated. The adsorption kinetic data proved that the adsorption process accorded with pseudo-second-order model. The adsorption isotherms fit to both the Langmuir and Freundlich models. The broad-spectrum dye adsorption mechanism is attributed to the π-π interaction between CCAC and dye.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61405100) and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2012EMQ006).

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    Xuewan Yang, Zhong Xiong, Xiao Meng & Haishan Zhu

  2. Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fibers and Ecological Textiles, State Key Laboratory of Bio-fibers and Eco-textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People’s Republic of China

    Xuewan Yang, Zhong Xiong, Xiao Meng, Haishan Zhu & Yanzhi Xia

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Yang, X., Xiong, Z., Meng, X. et al. Broad-Spectrum Adsorption Property of Chondrus crispus Activated Carbon for Ionic and Solvent Dyes. Water Air Soil Pollut 231, 64 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-4442-0

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