Open AccessProcess Optimization of High Surface Area Activated Carbon Prepared from Cucumis Melo by H3PO4 Activation for the Removal of Cationic and Anionic Dyes Using Full Factorial Design
Author(s) -
Aziz El Kassimi,
Youness Achour,
Mamoune El Himri,
My Rachid Laamari,
Mohammadine El Haddad,
F Anuar,
T Hadibarata,
M Syafrudin,
Z Fona,
A Abdulhameeda,
A.-T Mohammada,
A Jawadb,
V Katheresan,
J Kansedo,
S Lau,
P Achary,
M Ghosh,
S Mishra,
H.-J Choi,
S.-W Yu,
A El Kassimi,
A Boutouil,
M El Himri,
M Rachid Laamari,
M El Haddad,
R Kristanti,
T Hadibarata,
H Al Qahtani,
O Shabaan,
H Jahin,
G Mohamed,
S Kanthasamy,
T Hadibarata,
T Hidayat,
S Alamri,
A Ahmed Al-Ghamdi,
Y Kuang,
X Zhang,
S Zhou,
J Saleem,
U Shahid,
M Hijab,
H Mackey,
G Mckay,
J Ani,
K Akpomie,
U Okoro,
L Aneke,
O Onukwuli,
O Ujam,
Z Heidarinejad,
M Dehghani,
M Heidari,
G Javedan,
P Ali,
M Sillanp,
E Aziz,
R Abdelmajid,
L Rachid,
E Mohammadine,
A Jawad,
R Rashid,
M Ishak,
K Ismail,
F Moughaoui,
A Ouaket,
A Laaraibi,
S Hamdouch,
Z Anbaoui,
A Abourriche,
M Berrada,
A Regti,
A El Kassimi,
M Laamari,
M El Haddad,
A Regti,
M Laamari,
S.-E Stiriba,
M El Haddad,
I Nadir,
Y Achour,
A El Kassimi,
M El Himri,
M Laamari,
M El Haddad,
Z Garba,
A Rahim,
S Hamza,
N Badri,
Y Chhiti,
F Bentiss,
M Bensitel,
H Asfour,
O Fadali,
M Nassar,
M El-Geundi,
I Langmuir,
A Pourabadeh,
L Baharinikoo,
A Nouri,
B Mehdizadeh,
S Shojaei,
M Parsaeian,
S Dadfarnia,
A Haji Shabani,
R Hafezi Moghaddam,
M Satapathy,
P Das,
A Bagheri,
M Ghaedi,
S Hajati,
A Ghaedi,
A Goudarzi,
A Asfaram,
H Mazaheri,
M Ghaedi,
A Asfaram,
S Hajati,
M Ghaedi,
Z Rozkhoosh,
A Asfaram,
B Mirtamizdoust,
Z Mahmoudi,
A Bazrafshan,
I Tan,
A Ahmad,
B Hameed,
A Oyekanmi,
A Ahmad,
K Hossain,
M Rafatullah,
S Liang,
X Guo,
Q Tian,
A Puziy,
O Poddubnaya,
A Martnez-Alonso,
F Surez-Garca,
J Tascn,
M Karimi Darvanjooghi,
S Davoodi,
A Dursun,
M Ehsani,
I Karimpour,
E Ameri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
biointerface research in applied chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 2069-5837
DOI - 10.33263/briac115.1266212679
Subject(s) - activated carbon , cationic polymerization , methylene blue , cucumis , nuclear chemistry , chemistry , factorial experiment , aqueous solution , response surface methodology , organic chemistry , adsorption , chromatography , catalysis , botany , mathematics , biology , photocatalysis , statistics
In this study, Chemical activation was used to prepare a low-cost activated carbon (AC) from agricultural waste material: Cucumis melo. It was used as a green biosorbent for the removal of cationic and anionic dyes from aqueous solutions (Methylene blue (MB) and Acid orange 7 (AO7)).A full factorial 24 experimental design was used to optimize the preparation conditions. The factors and levels included are activation temperature (300 and 500ºC), activation time (1 and 3 h), H3PO4 concentration (1.5 and 2.5 mol/L), and contact time (60 and 90 min). The surface area of the activated carbons and high removal efficiency of MB and AO7 was chosen as a measure of the optimization. The activated carbon prepared at 500 °C, for 3 hours with an H3PO4 concentration of 2.5 mol/L and a contact time of 90 min, have the largest specific surface area (475 m2/g) and the percentage of discoloration of methylene blue (99.4%). Furthermore, the greater value of AO7 removal (94.20%) was obtained at 3h - activation time, 500°C - activation temperature, 1.5 mol/L - H3PO4 concentration with a 90 min contact time.
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