eprintid: 16635 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/01/66/35 datestamp: 2023-12-19 03:23:09 lastmod: 2023-12-19 03:23:09 status_changed: 2023-12-19 03:06:37 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Zulfiqar, M. creators_name: Rabat, N.E. creators_name: Bahadar, A. creators_name: Lashari, N. creators_name: Mahnashi, M.H. creators_name: Alqarni, A.O. title: Development of Elaeis guineensis/polyvinyl alcohol/carbon nanotube composites for efficient adsorption of dye: Experimental and theoretical approach ispublished: pub keywords: Activation energy; Carbon nanotubes; Composite structures; Effluents; Enamels; Field emission microscopes; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Swelling, Adsorption capacities; Adsorption efficiency; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Initial concentration; Polymerization method; Pseudo-second order model; Swelling characteristics; Water content measurements, Adsorption, adsorption; carbon nanotube; dye; monocotyledon; nanocomposite; polymer; polymerization note: cited By 5 abstract: Industrial sectors are main responsible for continually releasing of harmful compounds in the form of wastewater. The potential utilization of bio-waste materials has received great attention to minimize the serious environmental issues. Therefore, the present research is focused to develop an Elaeis guineensis/polyvinyl alcohol/carbon nanotube (EG/PVA/CNT) composite via a simple polymerization method and tested to remove the dye from aqueous solutions. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) characterizations were selected to confirm the morphology and chemical structures of composites. The water content measurement and swelling characteristics of EG/PVA/CNT were also elaborated. The evaluation of composites was explored through the elimination of methylene blue (MB) in a batch adsorption scheme including EG loading, pH of MB aqueous solutions, contact time, initial concentration of MB solutions, adsorbent dose and solution temperature. The results revealed that EG-based adsorbents have superior adsorption efficiency of 92.44. The adsorption kinetics was well explained by pseudo-second-order model, while in adsorption isotherms, Langmuir model was appropriate to demonstrate the MB adsorption data giving superlative removal aptitudes. The thermodynamic results revealed that adsorption onto EG/PVA/CNT was favorable, spontaneous and exothermic in nature, while activation energy informed the physical type of adsorption process. The adsorption mechanism of MB onto EG/PVA/CNT was also proposed. Moreover, EG/PVA/CNT was in stable form with good adsorption capacity and could easily be recycled. Based upon the present research, a strong strategy between EG, CNT and PVA could successfully develop an economical adsorbent for the treatment of different effluents. © 2021, Islamic Azad University (IAU). date: 2022 publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85109291446&doi=10.1007%2fs13762-021-03520-x&partnerID=40&md5=45c65a9d0458ee76902ac78d70dd91fa id_number: 10.1007/s13762-021-03520-x full_text_status: none publication: International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology volume: 19 number: 7 pagerange: 6499-6520 refereed: TRUE issn: 17351472 citation: Zulfiqar, M. and Rabat, N.E. and Bahadar, A. and Lashari, N. and Mahnashi, M.H. and Alqarni, A.O. (2022) Development of Elaeis guineensis/polyvinyl alcohol/carbon nanotube composites for efficient adsorption of dye: Experimental and theoretical approach. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 19 (7). pp. 6499-6520. ISSN 17351472