Photocatalytic degradation performance of various types of modified TiO2 against nitrophenols in aqueous systems

R Fatima, MN Afridi, V Kumar, J Lee, I Ali… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nitrophenols are used extensively in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and pesticide industries.
Recently, water pollution caused by nitrophenols has gained worldwide attention. Significant …

Adsorption of phenol on natural clay

M Djebbar, F Djafri, M Bouchekara, A Djafri - Applied Water Science, 2012 - Springer
Natural clay being locally abundant and cheap material in Algeria can be easily activated to
become a promising adsorbent for phenol removal from aqueous solution. The natural clay …

Removal of phenol from aqueous solutions by adsorption onto activated carbon prepared from biomass material

BH Hameed, AA Rahman - Journal of hazardous materials, 2008 - Elsevier
Activated carbon derived from rattan sawdust (ACR) was evaluated for its ability to remove
phenol from an aqueous solution in a batch process. Equilibrium studies were conducted in …

Spent tea leaves: a new non-conventional and low-cost adsorbent for removal of basic dye from aqueous solutions

BH Hameed - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
In the present study, spent tea leaves (STL) were used as a new non-conventional and low-
cost adsorbent for the cationic dye (methylene blue) adsorption in a batch process at 30° C …

Adsorption of Phenol and p-Nitrophenol from Aqueous Solutions on Metal–Organic Frameworks: Effect of Hydrogen Bonding

B Liu, F Yang, Y Zou, Y Peng - Journal of Chemical & Engineering …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Three metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), MIL-100 (Fe, Cr) and NH2-MIL-101 (Al), were
prepared, and their adsorption equilibria for phenol and p-nitrophenol (PNP) from water …

Intraparticle diffusion process for lead (II) biosorption onto mansonia wood sawdust

AE Ofomaja - Bioresource technology, 2010 - Elsevier
The overall biosorption rate of lead (II) onto mansonia wood sawdust has been determined.
Kinetic modeling revealed that pseudo-second-order kinetics described the experimental …

The use of low-cost adsorbent (Canola Residues) for the adsorption of methylene blue from aqueous solution: isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies

D Balarak, J Jaafari, G Hassani, Y Mahdavi… - Colloids and Interface …, 2015 - Elsevier
The batch adsorption was carried out to study and investigate pH, initial concentration of MB,
adsorbent dosage and contact time. The best efficiency of MB removal by Canola residues …

A new linear form analysis of Redlich–Peterson isotherm equation for the adsorptions of dyes

FC Wu, BL Liu, KT Wu, RL Tseng - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2010 - Elsevier
Many papers report that accuracy of the Redlich–Peterson (R–P) isotherm equation (three
parameters) is higher than those of Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm equations (two …

Synthesis and application of iron and zinc doped biochar for removal of p-nitrophenol in wastewater and assessment of the influence of co-existed Pb (II)

P Wang, L Tang, X Wei, G Zeng, Y Zhou, Y Deng… - Applied Surface …, 2017 - Elsevier
The modification of biochar as a low-cost adsorbent is essential to improve its surface
properties and shows great potential in water decontamination. The iron and zinc doped …

Copper-based metal organic framework (MOF), HKUST-1, as an efficient adsorbent to remove p-nitrophenol from water

KYA Lin, YT Hsieh - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract p-Nitrophenol (PNP), a toxic phenolic compound, must be removed from water to
avoid the damage to the aquatic ecology, animals and even human beings. While …