Onion membrane: an efficient adsorbent for decoloring of wastewater

Journal of Environmental Health Science Engineering

Jalil Heydaripour¹  Samaneh Saber-Samandari¹ 

[1] Department of Chemistry, Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC via Mersin 10, Gazimagusa, Turkey

关键词: Water treatment;    Onion membrane;    Methylene blue;    Cationic dye;    Adsorption;   

Others  :  1161197
DOI  :  10.1186/s40201-015-0170-6

 received in 2014-10-09, accepted in 2015-02-24,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Recently, researchers have tried to design synthetic materials by replicating natural materials as an adsorbent for removing various types of environmental pollutants, which have reached to the risky levels in nature for many countries in the world. In this research, the potential of onion membrane obtained from intermediate of onion shells for adsorption of methylene blue (MB) as a model cationic dye was exhibited.

Methods

Before and after adsorption, the membrane was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and optical and scanning electron microscopy in order to prove its dye adsorption capability. The various experimental conditions affecting dye adsorption were explored to achieve maximum adsorption capacity.

Results

The dye adsorption capacity of the membrane was found to be 1.055 g.g⁻¹ with 84.45% efficiency after one hour and 1.202 g.g⁻¹ with 96.20% efficiency after eight hours in contact with the dye solution (0.3 g.L⁻¹). Moreover, the kinetic, thermodynamic and adsorption isotherm models were employed to described the MB adsorption processes. The results show that the data for adsorption of MB onto the membrane fitted well with the Freundlich isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic models. In addition, the MB adsorption from room temperature to ~50°C is spontaneous and thermodynamically favorable.

Conclusions

Evidently, the high efficiency and fast removal of methylene blue using onion membrane suggest the synthesis of polymer-based membranes with similar physical and chemical properties of onion membrane as a valuable and promising wastewater decoloring agents in water treatment.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Saber-Samandari and Heydaripour; licensee BioMed Central.

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