Removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution using polypyrrole-polyaniline nanofibers

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 181-182, Issue , 2012, Pages 323-333

  Bhaumik, Madhumita ^a   Maity, Arjun ^b   Srinivasu, V V ^c   Onyango, Maurice S ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Equilibrium; Hexavalent chromium; Kinetics; Nanofibers; Polypyrrole polyaniline

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION EXPERIMENT; ADSORPTION PROCESS; ADSORPTION SYSTEM; ADSORPTION-DESORPTION CYCLES; ATR FTIR; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; BATCH SORPTION; CO-EXISTING; CONTACT TIME; EFFECT OF PH; ELECTRON-RICH; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; ISOTHERMAL MODELS; LANGMUIRS; PH-DEPENDENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESS; POLYMER NANOFIBERS; POLYPYRROLE-POLYANILINE; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER MODEL; SELECTIVE ADSORPTION; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; SORPTION CAPACITIES; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DESORPTION; DYES; ENAMELS; ENZYME KINETICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ION EXCHANGE; NANOFIBERS; PH EFFECTS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYANILINE; POLYMERS; POLYPYRROLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84856356358     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.11.088     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Costa M. Potential hazards of hexavalent chromate in our drinking water. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 2003, 188:1-5.
2. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), Environmental Pollution Control Alternatives, EPA/625/4-89/023, Cincinnati, 1990.
3. WHO, Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality, 3rd ed.; World Health Organization: Geneva, 2006.
4. Onyango M.S., Matsuda H. Fluoride removal from water using adsorption technique. Fluorine and the Environment Agrochemicals, Archaeology, Green Chemistry and Water (Advances in Fluorine Science, volume 2) 2006, 1-48. Elsevier B.V, The Netherlands. A. Tressaud (Ed.).
5. Gupta V.K., Srivastava S.K., Mohan D., Sharma S. Design parameters for fixed bed reactors of activated carbon developed from fertilizer waste for the removal of some heavy metal ions. Waste Manage. 1997, 17:517-522.
6. Banarjee S.S., Joshi M.V., Jayaram R.V. Removal of Cr(VI) and Hg(II) from aqueous solutions using fly ash and impregnated fly ash. Sep. Sci. Technol. 2004, 39:1611-1629.
7. Lakatos J., Brown S.D., Snape C.E. Coals as sorbents for the removal and reduction of hexavalent chromium from aqueous waste streams. Fuel 2002, 81:691-698.
8. Hamadi N.K., Chen X.D., Farid M., Lu M.G.Q. Adsorption kinetics for the removal of chromium(VI) from aqueous solution by adsorbents derived from used tyres and sawdust. Chem. Eng. J. 2001, 84:95-105.
9. Cimino G., Passerini A., Toscano G. Removal of toxic cations and Cr(VI) from aqueous solution by hazelnut shell. Water Res. 2000, 34:2955-2962.
10. Kratochvil D., Pimentel P., Volesky B. Removal of trivalent and hexavalent chromium by seaweed biosorbent. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1998, 32:2693-2698.
11. Park D., Yun Y.S., Jo J.H., Park J.M. Mechanism of hexavalent chromium removal by dead fungal biomass of Aspergillus niger. Water Res. 2005, 39:533-540.
12. Stenger-Smith J.D. Intrinsically electrically conducting polymer: synthesis, characterization and their applications. Prog. Polym. Sci. 1998, 23:57-79.
13. Deng S.B., Ting Y.P. Polyethylenimine-modified fungal biomass as a high capacity biosorbent for Cr(VI) anions: sorption capacity and uptake mechanisms. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39:8490-8496.
14. Rodriguez F.J., Gutierrez S., Ibanez J.G., Bravo J.L. The efficiency of toxic chromate reduction by a conducting polymer (polypyrrole): influence of electropolymerization conditions. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2000, 34:2018-2023.
15. Olad A., Nabavi R. Application of polyaniline for the reduction of toxic Cr(VI) in water. J. Hazard. Mater. 2007, 147:845-851.
16. Wei C., German S., Basak S., Rajeswar K. Reduction of hexavalent chromium in aqueous solutions by polypyrrole. J. Electrochem. Soc. 1993, 140:L60-L62.
17. Conroy K.G., Breslin C.B. Reduction of hexavalent chromium at a polypyrrole-coated aluminium electrode: synergistic interactions. J. Appl. Electrochem. 2004, 34:191-195.
18. Wampler W.A., Basak S., Rajeshwar K. Composites of polypyrrole and carbon black: 4. Use in environmental pollution abatement of hexavalent chromium. Carbon 1996, 34:747-755.
19. Earley S.T., Alcock B.E., Lowry J.P., Breslin C.B. Remediation of chromium(VI) at polypyrrole-coated titanium. J. Appl. Electrochem. 2009, 39:1251-1257.
20. Ansari R. Application of polyaniline and its composites for adsorption/recovery of chromium(VI) from aqueous solutions. Acta Chim. Slov. 2006, 53:88-94.
21. Zhang R., Ma H., Wang B. Removal of chromium(VI) from aqueous solutions using polyaniline doped with sulfuric acid. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2010, 49:9998-10004.
22. Samani A.R., Borghei S.M., Olad A., Chaichi M.J. Removal of chromium from aqueous solution using polyaniline-poly ethyleneglycol composite. J. Hazard. Mater. 2010, 184:248-254.
23. Li Q., Sun L., Zhang Y., Qian Y., Zhai Y. Characteristics of equilibrium, kinetics studies for adsorption of Hg(II) and Cr(VI) by polyaniline/humic acid composite. Desalination 2011, 266:188-194.
24. Ansari R., Fahim N.K. Application of polypyrrole coated on wood sawdust for removal of Cr(VI) ion from aqueous solutions. React. Funct. Polym. 2007, 67:367-374.
25. 4 magnetic nanocomposite. J. Hazard. Mater. 2011, 190:381-390.
26. Guo X., Fei G.T., Su H., Zhang L.D. High-performance and reproducible polyaniline nanowire/tubes for removal of Cr(VI) in aqueous solution. J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115:1608-1613.
27. Fusalba F., Belanger D. Electropolymerization of polypyrrole and polyaniline-polypyrrole from organic acidic medium. J. Phys. Chem. B 1999, 103:9044-9054.
28. Maity A., Biswas M. Alumina-based water-dispersible conducting nanocomposites of polypyrrole and polypyrrole with poly(N-vinylcarbazole). J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2003, 90:1058-1065.
29. 3 nanocomposite system. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2004, 94:803-811.
30. Stejskal J., Gilbert R.G., Polyaniline: Preparation of a conducting polymer. Pure Appl. Chem. 2002, 74:857-867.
31. Eaton A.D., Clesceri L.S., Greenberg A.E. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater 1995, American Public Health Association American Water Works Association and Water Environment Federation, Washington, DC. 19th ed.
32. Toshima N., Hara S. Direct synthesis of conducting polymers from simple monomers. Prog. Polym. Sci. 1995, 20:155-183.
33. Xu.P., Han X., Wang C., Zhang B., Wang X., Wang H.L. Facile synthesis of polyaniline-polypyrrole nanofibers for application in chemical deposition of metal nanoparticles. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2008, 29:1392-1397.
34. Maity A., Sinha Ray S. Highly conductive core-shell nanocomposite of poly(N-vinylcarbazole)-polypyrrole with multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2008, 29:1582-1587.
35. Karim M.R., Lee C.J., Chowdhury A.M.S., Nahar N., Lee M.S. Radiolytic synthesis of conducting polypyrrole/carbon nanotube composites. Mater. Lett. 2007, 61:1688-1692.
36. Lin Y., Cai W., Tian X., Liu X., Wang G., Liang C. Polyacrylonitrile/ferrous chloride composite porous nanofibers and their strong Cr-removal performance. J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21:991-997.
37. 4 magnetic polymers for removal of Cr(VI) in wastewater. J. Hazard. Mater. 2010, 182:295-302.
38. Jinhua W., Xiang Z., Bing Z., Yafei Z., Rui Z., Jindun L., Rongfeng C. Rapid adsorption of Cr(VI) on modified halloysite nanotubes. Desalination 2010, 259:22-28.
39. Zhou J., Wu P., Dang Z., Zhu N., Li P., Wu J., Wang X. Polymeric Fe/Zr pillared montmorillonite for the removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions. Chem. Eng. J. 2010, 162:1035-1044.
40. Neagu V. Removal of Cr(VI) onto functionalized pyridine copolymer with amide groups. J. Hazard. Mater. 2009, 171:410-416.
41. Boddu V.M., Abburi K., Talbott J.L., Smith E.D. Removal of hexavalent chromium from wastewater using a new composite chitosan biosorbent. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003, 37:4449-4456.
42. Uquzdogan E., Denkbas E.B., Kabasakal O.S. The use of polyethyleneglycol-methacrylate-co-vinylimidazole (PEGMA-co-VI) microspheres for the removal of nickel(II) and chromium(VI) ions. J. Hazard. Mater. 2010, 177:119-125.
43. Gupta K., Ghosh U.C. Arsenic removal using hydrous nanostructure iron(III)-titanium(IV) binary mixed oxide from aqueous solution. J. Hazard. Mater. 2009, 161:884-892.
44. Li Y., Gao B., Wu T., Sun D., Li X., Wang B., Lu F. Hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous solution by adsorption on aluminum magnesium mixed hydroxide. Water Res. 2009, 43:3067-3075.
45. Zhang H., Tang Y., Cai D., Liu X., Wang X., Huang Q., Yu Z. Hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous solution by algal bloom residue derived activated carbon: equilibrium and kinetic studies. J. Hazard. Mater. 2010, 181:801-808.
46. Rodrigues L.S., Maschio L.J., da Silva R.E., da Silva M.L.C.P. Adsorption of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution by hydrous zirconium oxide. J. Hazard. Mater. 2010, 173:630-636.