Efficient removal of Congo red from aqueous solutions by adsorption onto interconnected polypyrrole-polyaniline nanofibres

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 228, Issue , 2013, Pages 506-515

  Bhaumik, Madhumita ^a   McCrindle, Rob ^a   Maity, Arjun ^b,c  

^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; Adsorption desorption cycles; Congo red; Isotherm; Kinetics; Nanofibres; Polypyrrole polyaniline

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION-DESORPTION CYCLES; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; CONGO RED; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; INTERCONNECTED STRUCTURES; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; POLYPYRROLE-POLYANILINE; PSEUDO-SECOND-ORDER EQUATIONS;

ADSORBENTS; AZO DYES; DYES; ENZYME KINETICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; ISOTHERMS; NANOFIBERS; POLYANILINE; POLYMERS; POLYPYRROLES; REUSABILITY;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84878789139     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.05.026     Document Type: Article

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