Evaluation of Nanoporous Carbon Synthesized from Direct Carbonization of a Metal–Organic Complex as a Highly Effective Dye Adsorbent and Supercapacitor
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Synthesis of NPC
2.2. Characterization
2.3. Adsorption Equilibrium Isotherm
2.4. Adsorption Kinetics
2.5. Adsorption Thermodynamics
2.6. Effect of pH Values
2.7. Electrochemical Evaluation
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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qmax (mg/g) | KL (L/mg) | RL | KF | n | R2 | |
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Langmuir | 417 | 0.317 | 0.0035 | - | - | 0.999667 |
Freundlich | - | - | - | 220.256 | 8.656 | 0.974407 |
C0 (mg/L) | |||
---|---|---|---|
200 | 400 | 600 | |
qe,exp (mg/g) | 199.36 | 368.63 | 404.42 |
Pseudo-1st-order | |||
qe (mg/g) | 1.46 | 14.44 | 22.46 |
k1 (1/min) | 0.01887 | 0.02236 | 0.01148 |
R2 | 0.91945 | 0.87247 | 0.90755 |
Pseudo-2nd-order | |||
qe (mg/g) | 199.6 | 369 | 404.9 |
k2 (g/mg/min) | 0.000005 | 0.004877 | 0.002537 |
R2 | 0.999999 | 0.999996 | 0.999993 |
Elovich | |||
α (mg/g/min) | - | 3.1 × 1015 | 5.3 × 1017 |
β (g/mg) | 1.261 | 0.104 | 0.109 |
R2 | 0.69778 | 0.53520 | 0.80215 |
Intraparticle diffusion | |||
Kd | 0.01903 | 0.10303 | 0.58545 |
C | 199.0359 | 366.7999 | 393.3279 |
R2 | 0.859991 | 0.949224 | 0.983385 |
C0 (mg/L) | T (K) | qe (mg/g) | KD | ΔGθ (kJ/mol) | ΔHθ (kJ/mol) | ΔSθ (kJ/mol/K) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
500 | 298 | 385 | 3.32 | −2.98 | 20.28 | 0.078 |
308 | 405 | 4.26 | −3.71 | |||
318 | 417 | 5.05 | −4.28 | |||
328 | 439 | 7.24 | −5.40 | |||
700 | 298 | 414 | 1.45 | −0.92 | 17.69 | 0.062 |
308 | 447 | 1.79 | −1.46 | |||
318 | 475 | 2.11 | −1.98 | |||
328 | 517 | 2.83 | −2.84 |
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Shi, X.; Zhang, S.; Chen, X.; Mijowska, E. Evaluation of Nanoporous Carbon Synthesized from Direct Carbonization of a Metal–Organic Complex as a Highly Effective Dye Adsorbent and Supercapacitor. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 601. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9040601
Shi X, Zhang S, Chen X, Mijowska E. Evaluation of Nanoporous Carbon Synthesized from Direct Carbonization of a Metal–Organic Complex as a Highly Effective Dye Adsorbent and Supercapacitor. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(4):601. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9040601
Chicago/Turabian StyleShi, Xiaoze, Shuai Zhang, Xuecheng Chen, and Ewa Mijowska. 2019. "Evaluation of Nanoporous Carbon Synthesized from Direct Carbonization of a Metal–Organic Complex as a Highly Effective Dye Adsorbent and Supercapacitor" Nanomaterials 9, no. 4: 601. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9040601