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Removal of Brilliant Red dye (Brilliant Red E-4BA) from wastewater using
novel Chitosan/SBA-15 nanofiber
Farhad Bahalkeh, Mohammad Habibi juybari ⁎, Ramin Zafar Mehrabian, Mehdi Ebadi
Department of Chemistry, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan postal code: 39975-49147, Iran
a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t
Article history: An environmental-friendly adsorbent composed of chitosan nanofibers modified by mesoporous silica sieve
Received 6 May 2020 (CTS-SBA-15) was synthesized via an electrospinning technique and used to remove of brilliant Red dye from
Received in revised form 1 July 2020 a wastewater solution. Characterization of the synthesized nanofibers using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR),
Accepted 4 July 2020
X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analyses revealed that the chitosan
Available online 13 July 2020
nanofibers were effectively modified with mesoporous silica sieve (SBA-15). The effects of some adsorption
Keywords:
parameters such as pH, adsorbent dosage, and the time of adsorption process on the dye removal percentage
Nanocomposite were investigated in detail. Based on the kinetic and thermodynamic studies, the adsorption process obeyed
Chitosan/SBA-15 the pseudo-second order and Langmuir models, respectively. The obtained results revealed that the dye removal
Brilliant Red E-4BA efficiency of CTS-SBA-15 was about 98% in the presence of 0.03 g of the adsorbent and pH = 7 after 80 min. So, it
Adsorption isotherm was found that CTS-SBA-15 can act as inexpensive and efficient adsorbent for the brilliant Red E-4BA elimination
Kinetic study from the contaminated water.
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2. Experimental
2.1. Materials
2.3. Adsorption process CONH2 and NH2 vibration in amine groups, respectively [50,51]. The
characteristic absorption bands of epoxide (C-O-C) and aromatic rings
20 mL Brilliant Red dye aqueous solution (20 ppm, pH = 7) was appeared at 1090 cm−1 and 656 cm−1, respectively [52]. As can be
prepared, and its initial adsorption intensity was read in UV–Vis seen in the CTS-SBA-15 spectrum, the O-H/N-H peak at about
spectrum (519 nm) as an indicator peak. 0.03 g of the synthesized 3347 cm−1 was broader due to the formation of hydrogen bonding
nano-adsorbent was added to the dye solution, and the dye elimination between hydroxyl and amine groups in chitosan and SBA-15
was investigated by measurement of the intensity of the indicator peak. compounds. In this sample, the presence of CONH2, NH2, C-O-C, Si-O-
For this purpose, the mixture was mixed with a magnetic stirrer for Si, and aromatic ring vibrations in the related spectrum indicated that
40 min, and then the solution was centrifuged at 3500 rpm for the CTS-SBA-15 compound was synthesized successfully.
15 min. By comparing the initial and ultimate adsorption intensity of Fig. 4 shows the low angle XRD patterns of SBA-15, CTS, and the CTS-
the indicator peak, the percentage of dye removal was determined. All SBA-15 nanocomposite.
of the above steps were repeated with pure chitosan (as adsorbent), As shown in Fig. 4, the diffraction peaks appearing at 2θ = 0.5°, and
and the dye removal percentage was compared with both adsorbents 1.2°, which are attributed to (100) and (110) planes, are consistent with
(nanocomposite and pure chitosan). the SBA-15 compound as was reported by Gao et al. [40]. The polymeric
nature of the chitosan nanofibers led to the formation a non-diffracted
2.4. Characterization pattern in the related XRD result. The presence of the broad and low-
intense peak at 2θ = 0.5° in the XRD pattern of CTS-SBA-15 proved
Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and X-ray that the chitosan nanofibers were successfully covered by a layer of
diffractometer (XRD) analyses were done by THERMO spectrophotometer the mesoporous silica compound.
model AVATAR, and Philips, PW 1800 (with angles of 2 h = 0.6–3°), TEM micrographs of CTS and CTS-SBA-15 nanofibers after the
respectively. The determination of the Red E-4BA concentration electrospinning process are shown in Fig. 5.
in the aqueous phase was performed by a double beam UV–Vis As is shown in Fig. 5(a), the surface of the pure chitosan nanofibers
spectrophotometer (Perkin Elmer, Lambda 25, USA) at 519 nm as λMax. was smooth and clean, with an average diameter size of about 25 nm.
Surface morphology of the synthesized nanofibers was characterized by After surface treatment of the chitosan nanofibers by SBA-15, the
transmission electron microscopy (TEM) model Philips EM208S 100KV. roughness, as well as the average diameter size of the modified
nanofibers, were increased significantly. According to Fig. 5(b), the
3. Results and discussion average diameter size of CTS-SBA-15 nanofibers was equal to 60.8 nm,
which is about 2.4 times higher than the average diameter size of the
3.1. Identification and characterization of CTS-SBA-15 nanocomposite unmodified nanofibers. These variations in the diameter size and
surface morphology may indicate that a layer of the silica-based
The FT-IR spectra of the pure SBA-15, pure chitosan (CTS) and CTS- compound was covered on the surface of the nanofibers.
SBA-15 nanocomposites are shown in Fig. 3.
In the FT-IR spectrum of SBA-15, the stretching vibration peak of the 3.2. Dye removal process and optimization of adsorption parameters
silanolic and other hydroxyl groups appeared at 3425 cm−1 [44,45]. In
addition, the peaks located at 1083 cm−1 and 803 cm−1 are assigned In this research, industrial wastewater polluted by Brilliant Red E-
to the symmetrical and asymmetrical stretching vibration of Si-O-Si 4BA (20 ppm) was used as an initial solution, and then some parameters
bonds [46]. Furthermore, the peak at 961 cm−1 is attributed to the such as adsorbent dosage, solution pH, and adsorption time were
bending vibration of the Si-OH bond [47]. In the chitosan FT-IR optimized.
spectrum, the broad band at about 3364 cm−1 is related to the To investigate the effect of pH on the adsorption process, 7 solutions
stretching vibration of O\\H and N\\H bonds [48]. The peaks of containing 20 ppm of the bright red dye were injected into 100 mL of
symmetrical and asymmetrical stretching vibration of C\\H bonds the mixture containing 0.02 g nano-adsorbent. Using a pH meter, the
appeared at 2877 cm−1 and 2927 cm−1, respectively [32,49]. The peak pH of these solutions was adjusted at 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11. To determine
and the shoulder at 1561 cm−1 and 1641 cm−1 are attributed to the final dye concentration in the prepared solution before and after the
adsorption process, the absorbance intensity for the indicator peak
(519 nm) in the related UV–Vis spectrum of each solution was
considered, as was explained in the experimental section. The variations
of dye removal percentage versus pH after the adsorption process by
CTS and CTS-SBA-15 is presented in Fig. 6.
As can be seen in Fig. 6, pH = 7 was the optimum value to obtain the
highest dye removal from the polluted solution. In this pH, about 54%
3000
CTS
2500 SBA-15
CTS-SBA-15
Intensity (a.u.)
2000
1500
1000
500
0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
2θ (degree)
Fig. 3. FT-IR spectra of SBA-15, CTS, and CTS-SBA-15. Fig. 4. The low angle XRD patterns of SBA-15, CTS, and the CTS-SBA-15 nanocomposite.
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Fig. 5. TEM micrographs of (a) CTS and (b) CTS-SBA-15 nanofibers after the electrospinning process.
and 72% of the dye compound was removed from the solution by using and 20 ppm of the bright red dye at the optimal pH, was added to the
the unmodified and silica modified chitosan nanofibers, respectively. In mixtures. The variations of dye removal percentage versus the amount
fact, in pHs more or less than 7 (acidic or basic media), the protonation of the adsorbents are depicted in Fig. 7.
or deprotonation of the dye compound may cause the formation of According to Fig. 7, in both mixtures containing the modified and
repulsion force between the adsorbate molecules. Therefore, the unmodified adsorbents, by increasing the amount of the adsorbent up
absence of electrostatic repulsion between the organic compound to 0.03 g, the dye removal percentage was increased. However, the
molecules led to the achievement of the highest adsorption efficiency dye removal percentage remained almost constant by more increasing
at pH = 7. the adsorbent dosage in both mixtures. It may be due to the
In order to investigate the effect of the nano-adsorbent dosage on agglomeration of the nanofibers in the more adsorbent dosages. In
the adsorption process, 5 solutions containing 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.05, addition, in all of the adsorbent dosages, the dye removal percentage
and 0.07 g of the chitosan and CTS-SBA-15 nanofibers were prepared of the mixtures containing modified nanofibers was more than the
dye removal percentage of the mixtures containing the pure chitosan
nanofibers.
In order to study the adsorption process time on the percentage of
90 dye removal from the polluted solution, 7 solutions containing 0.03 g
of the chitosan and CTS-SBA-15 nanofibers were prepared and
80 CTS-SBA-15 20 ppm of the bright red dye at the optimal pH, was added to the
70 CTS
Dye removal percentage (%)
110
60
100
50
90
Dye removal percentage (%)
40
80
30 70
20 60
CTS-SBA-15
10 50
CTS
40
0
2 4 6 8 10 30
pH 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07
Amount of adsorbent (g)
Fig. 6. The variations of dye removal percentage versus pH after the adsorption process by
CTS and CTS-SBA-15. Fig. 7. The variations of dye removal percentage versus the amount of the adsorbents.
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mixtures and stirred for 5, 15, 30, 40, 60, 80, and 90 min. The variations one. The linear relationships of the models of pseudo-first-order
of dye removal percentage versus the contact time are depicted in Fig. 8. and pseudo-second-order have been drawn using the data in
As can be observed in Fig. 8, in the mixtures containing the modified supplementary information (Fig. S1). The kinetic parameters of the
and unmodified adsorbents, the dye removal percentage was reached to two models are given in Table 1.
about 98% and 94% after 80 min, respectively. According to these plots, According to the obtained results, which are reported in Table 1, the
the variation of dye removal percentage versus the processing time for pseudo-second-order model (R2 = 0.99) fitted the adsorption kinetics
both adsorbents showed two stages. In stage (I) the variation rate of better than the pseudo-first-order model (R2 = 0.89). Therefore, it
dye removal percentage is high and after a certain time, in stage (II), can be concluded that the adsorption process is a chemisorption process
the variations of the percentage reaches to a steady state value. In fact, involving the exchange or sharing of electrons between the dyes and
in the stage (II), the most of adsorption sites on the adsorbent surface functional groups of CTS-SBA-15 nanofibers.
were occupied with the dye molecules and so the variation rate of the
dye removal percentage decreased in this stage. In addition, as can be 3.4. Thermodynamic aspects of the absorption process
seen in Fig. 8, the steady state condition was achieved after 45 min for
the CTS-SBA-15 sample while for the CTS adsorbent this condition was Adsorption isotherms are useful quantitative tools for
obtained after about 80 min. This means that the kinetic of adsorption demonstrating the capacity and behavior of the synthesized adsorbent
process on the surface of the modified adsorbent is significantly more [23]. In this way, Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models were
than the adsorption rate on the unmodified nanofibers. Furthermore, used to obtain equilibrium adsorption parameters. Eq. (3) is the main
the removal percentage of the modified sample is more than the value form of the Langmuir adsorption isotherm.
obtained for the pure CTS in both stages, especially at initial times. The
kinetic and thermodynamic aspects of the adsorption process are 1=K L qm þ C e =qm ¼ C e =qe ð3Þ
investigated in the next sections.
3.3. Kinetic aspects of the absorption process were KL (L/mg) is the Langmuir affinity constant, which is related to the
energy of adsorption. qe (mg/g) and qm (mg/g) are the adsorption
The adsorption kinetic data are analyzed for the understanding capacity of the adsorbents at equilibrium and the maximum adsorption
dynamic and adsorption rate of the adsorption reaction. The kinetic capacity, respectively. Ce (mg/L) is the equilibrium concentration of the
aspects of the dye adsorption process on the modified and unmodified used dye in the aqueous solution. The Freundlich isotherm is a purely
adsorbents can be studied by pseudo-first order (Eq. (1)) and pseudo- empirical relationship based on adsorption onto a heterogeneous
second (Eq. (2)) order models [53]. surface. The linear form of the Freundlich model could be expressed as
Eq. (4).
ln ðqe −qt Þ ¼ lnqe −K 1 t ð1Þ
log qe ¼ 1=n log C e þ log K F ð4Þ
t=qt ¼ 1=K 2 qe 2 þ 1=qe t ð2Þ
where qe (mg/g) and qt (mg/g) are the adsorption capacity of the were KF is the Freundlich constant and 1/n is a characteristic of the
adsorbents at equilibrium and at time t (min), respectively. K1 and K2 system under study, which depends on the type of adsorbent. Plotting
are the pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order rate constants, log qe against log Ce gives a straight line with intercept and slope equal
respectively. When log (qe–qt) was plotted against time, a straight line to log KF and 1/n, respectively. The slope of 1/n ranging between 0 and
should be obtained with a slope of K1, if the pseudo-first order model 1 is a measure of adsorption intensity or surface heterogeneity,
is valid. In the pseudo-second order model, a plot of t/q versus time (t) becoming more heterogeneous as its value gets closer to zero. The linear
would yield a line with a slope of 1/qe and an intercept of 1/(K2q2e ). relationships of the isotherm models are shown in Fig. S2 in
Therefore, the plot between log (qe–qt) versus time (t) shows the supplementary information. The thermodynamic parameters obtained
pseudo-first order model, and the plot of t/q versus time t shows the from the used isotherm models are given in Table 2.
pseudo-second order model, respectively. The kinetic model with a According to Table 2, The Langmuir isotherm model with R2 = 0.99
higher correlation coefficient (R2) was considered as the most suitable matches experimental data better than the Freundlich isotherm model,
indicating that a monolayer of the dye compound was formed on the
CTS-SBA-15 nanofibers.
120
Table 1
100 The kinetic parameters of the pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order models for the
adsorption of bright red dye by on the CTS-SBA-15 nano-adsorbent.
Dye removal percentage(%)
40
Table 2
CTS-SBA-15
Isotherm data for the dye adsorption process on the surface of CTS-SBA-15 nanofibers.
20 CTS Isotherm Parameters Values
Langmuir KL −0.4
0 qm (mg/g) 19.23
0 20 40 60 80 100 R2 0.99
Time (min) Freundlich KF 22.64
1/n −90
R2 0.012
Fig. 8. The variations of dye removal percentage versus the adsorption process time.
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Table 3
Comparison of CTS-SBA-15 adsorption results with other chitosan-based adsorbents.
Adsorbent Dye compound Highest removal percentage Isotherm model Kinetic model Ref.
3.5. Comparison with other studies sulfonic acid group from brilliant red E-4BA dye. In addition, hydrogen
bonds between hydroxyl and amine groups from chitosan, SBA-15,
The presence of modifiable sites in the molecular structure chitosan and brilliant red E-4BA can be considered as a general force in the
is the major advantage of the component to use as a potent adsorbent adsorption process. Furthermore, the physical capture of the dye
for dye compounds. In this way, the modification of chitosan-based molecules in the mesoporous structure of SBA-15 may enhance the
adsorbents to improve the adsorption capacitance of the compound dye removal capacitance of the synthesized adsorbent.
has been gained an immense interest by researchers in the recent
years. In Table 3, the results of some studies in this field were reported 4. Conclusion
and compared with the results obtained in the present research.
According to Table 3, most of the experimental data of adsorbents The results of this study showed that CTS-SBA-15 nanofibrous
were fitted best with the Langmuir and Pseudo-second order among composite is an effective adsorbent for removing Brilliant Red dye
other thermodynamic and kinetic models. In addition, it can be found from aqueous solutions. This can be attributed to the high aspect ratio
from the table that the dye removal percentage of CTS-SBA-15 is higher of the mesoporous silica sieve (SBA-15). FT-IR, XRD, and TEM results
than other adsorbent indicating that the composite can be considered as indicated that the surface of the chitosan nanofibers was successfully
a potent adsorbent for dye compounds in aqueous solutions. modified by the mesoporous silica sieve. Based on the obtained results,
the optimum values of pH, adsorbent dosage, and contact time were 7,
3.6. Adsorption mechanism 0.03 g, and 40 min, respectively. In addition, it was found that the
processes of the dye adsorption followed the Langmuir isotherm
Generally, there are different mechanisms behind the adsorption model. It was also found that the kinetic of the adsorption process
process of dye compounds on the adsorbents such as electrostatic obeyed the pseudo-second order model.
interaction, hydrogen bond, ion exchange, and π–π interaction [61]. A
schematic of brilliant red E-4BA removal mechanisms is shown in Fig. 9. CRediT author statement
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