An efficient reusable perylene hydrogel for removing some toxic dyes from contaminated water
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Abdulwahid, Ali AAlwattar, Aula A; orcid: 0000-0003-1958-4547; email: ula.jumah@uobasrah.edu.iq; email: aula.alwattar@manchester.ac.uk
Haddad, Athir; orcid: 0000-0002-9691-1946
Alshareef, Mubark; orcid: 0000-0001-7720-937X
Moore, Joshua; orcid: 0000-0001-7970-7479
Yeates, Stephen G; orcid: 0000-0003-1190-2280
Quayle, Peter; orcid: 0000-0002-0002-1894
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2021-02-03Submitted date
2020-11-24
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Abstract: The synthesis of adsorbents that meet the need for large‐scale production at relatively low cost and are capable of removing anionic and cationic toxic dyes from aqueous solutions, with high sorption capacity and reusability, is urgently needed from an environmental and industrial viewpoint. In this context the identification of hydrogels that remove dyes efficiently under ambient conditions and at near‐neutral pH without the necessity of pre‐treatment is an imperative. In this study we report the preparation of two hydrogels using the redox polymerisation of acrylamide, hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) and N‐isopropylacrylamide (H1) and acrylamide, HEMA, N‐isopropylacrylamide and perylene‐5‐ylpent‐3‐yne‐2‐methylprop‐2‐enoate‐co‐2‐methyl‐2‐(prop‐2‐enoylamino)propane‐1‐sulfonic acid (PePnUMA‐co‐AMPS) (H2). These hydrogels proved to be effective for the removal of methylene blue (MB), fuchsin acid (FA) and Congo Red (CR) from aqueous solution at near‐neutral pH where their adsorption behaviour was in keeping with the Langmuir model having qmax values of 769.2 mg g−1 (MB), 1666.7 mg g−1 (FA) and 2358.2 mg g−1 (CR). The adsorption of MB and FA by these hydrogels follows pseudo‐first‐order kinetics, whilst the adsorption of CR follows pseudo‐second‐order kinetics. Detailed thermodynamic analysis indicated that the dye–adsorbent interaction is primarily one of physisorption in nature. Finally, desorption studies carried out in 1.0 mol L–1 NaClO4 indicated that these adsorbents could be recycled at least four times using a variety of dyes while maintaining their mechanical properties. © 2021 The Authors. Polymer International published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.Citation
Polymer International, volume 70, issue 9, page 1234-1245Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Type
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From Wiley via Jisc Publications RouterHistory: received 2020-11-24, rev-recd 2021-01-05, accepted 2021-01-11, pub-electronic 2021-02-03, pub-print 2021-09
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Publication status: Published