Abstract

In the present study, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) incorporating chitosan-graft-gelatin (CS-g-GEL/SWCNTs) hydrogels were fabricated with multiple advantages, including cost-effectiveness, high efficiency, biodegradability, and ease of separation for methylene blue (MB) dye from aqueous solution. To verify the successful formulation of the prepared hydrogels, various characterization methods such as NMR, FTIR, XRD, FE-SEM, TGA, BET, and EDX were employed. The removal efficiency of CS-g-GEL/SWCNTs nanocomposite hydrogel increased significantly to 98.87% when the SWCNTs percentage was increased to 20%. The highest adsorption was observed for pH = 9, an adsorbent dose = 1.5 g L−1, a temperature = 25 °C, a contact time = 60 min, and a contaminant concentration = 20 mg L−1. Based on the thermodynamic results, spontaneous adsorption occurred from a negative Gibbs free energy (ΔG°). In addition, the thermodynamic analysis of the adsorption process revealed an average enthalpy of − 21.869 kJ mol−1 for the adsorption process at a temperature range of 25–45 °C, which indicates its spontaneous and exothermic behavior. The Langmuir isotherm model was successfully used to describe the equilibrium behavior of adsorption. The pseudo-first-order model better described adsorption kinetics compared to the pseudo-second-order, intra-particle, and Elovich models. CS-g-GEL/SWCNTs hydrogels have improved reusability for five consecutive cycles, suggesting that they may be effective for removing anionic dyes from aquatic environments.

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Title
Enhanced methylene blue adsorption using single-walled carbon nanotubes/chitosan-graft-gelatin nanocomposite hydrogels
Author
Farasati Far, Bahareh 1 ; Naimi-Jamal, Mohammad Reza 1 ; Jahanbakhshi, Mehdi 2 ; Keihankhadiv, Shadi 3 ; Baradarbarjastehbaf, Farid 4 

 Iran University of Science and Technology, Research Laboratory of Green Organic Synthesis and Polymers, Department of Chemistry, Tehran, Iran (GRID:grid.411748.f) (ISNI:0000 0001 0387 0587) 
 University of Tehran, School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Tehran, Iran (GRID:grid.46072.37) (ISNI:0000 0004 0612 7950) 
 Silesian University of Technology, Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Polymers, Faculty of Chemistry, Gliwice, Poland (GRID:grid.6979.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 2335 3149) 
 University of Pécs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Pécs, Hungary (GRID:grid.9679.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 0663 9479) 
Pages
19217
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3094595727
Copyright
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