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Preparation of Modified Reduced Graphene Oxide nanosheet with Cationic Surfactant and its Dye Adsorption Ability from Colored Wastewater

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In this paper, reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheet from graphite was synthesized using the top-down approach. The surface of rGO was modified by cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) to prepare rGO/CTAB adsorbent for anionic dye removal. The prepared rGO/CTAB was characterized by XRD, FTIR, FE-SEM and TGA. The operation parameters (surfactant concentration, adsorbent dosage, pH and initial concentration of dye solution) affecting the batch adsorption process to remove direct red 80 (DR80) and direct red 23 (DR23) were studied in detail. The dye adsorption capacity of rGO/CTAB was 213 and 79 mg/g for DR80 and DR23, respectively. In addition, dye removal followed the Langmuir isotherm with pseudo-second order reaction kinetics.

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This work was carried out at the Department of Environmental Research, Institute for Color Science and Technology (ICST). Professor Mahmoodi acknowledges the support by the ICST.

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  1. Department of Environmental Research, Institute for Color Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Niyaz Mohammad Mahmoodi, Seyyed Mohammad Maroofi & Mahmoud Mazarji

  2. Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Gholamreza Nabi-Bidhendi

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Mahmoodi, N.M., Maroofi, S.M., Mazarji, M. et al. Preparation of Modified Reduced Graphene Oxide nanosheet with Cationic Surfactant and its Dye Adsorption Ability from Colored Wastewater. J Surfact Deterg 20, 1085–1093 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11743-017-1985-1

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