Removal of hazardous dyes-BR 12 and methyl orange using graphene oxide as an adsorbent from aqueous phase》.pdf

Chemical Engineering Journal 284 (2016) 687–697 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Chemical Engineering Journal journal homepage: www.else /locate/cej Removal of hazardous dyes-BR 12 and methyl orange using graphene oxide as an adsorbent from aqueous phase D. Robati a,⇑, B. Mirza b, M. Rajabi c, O. Moradi d,⇑, I. Tyagi e, S. Agarwal e,g, V.K. Gupta e,f,g,⇑ a Department of Chemistry, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran b Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Tehran South Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran c Young Researchers and Elite Club, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran d Department of Chemistry, Shahre-Qods, Islamic Azad University, Shahre-Qods, Iran e Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 247667, India f Center for Environment and Water, The Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia g Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa h i g h l i g h t s g r a p h i c a l a b s t r a c t GO was used as adsorbent for SEM image of single layer graphene oxide surface. removal of BR 12 and MO. The optimized contact time and pH was found to be 100 min and 3 respectively. Adsorption capacity increases with increase in temperature. Adsorption capacity of BR 12 increases on increasing initial concentration. Adsorption capacity of MO decreases on increasing initial concentration. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Graphene oxide wa