Lignin-NiAl Layered Double Hydroxide Composite Adsorbent for Selective Removal of Malachite Green from Aqueous Solutions of Cationic Dyes
摘要
In this work, layered double hydroxide modified with lignin (NiAl-Lignin) was prepared by the co-precipitation synthesis method and characterized by BET, XRD, FESEM-EDS, and FTIR, demonstrating the successful preparation of NiAl-Lignin. The adsorbents are used for selective adsorption of cationic dyes in aqueous solution. The interaction between functional groups on malachite green and adsorption sites on the adsorbent surface is stronger and more specific, leading to higher selectivity than methylene blue and rhodamine B. The result of the correlation coefficient on malachite green adsorption suggested pseudo-second-order kinetic and Langmuir isotherm. The maximum malachite green’s adsorption capacities by NiAl, lignin, and NiAl-lignin were 156.250, 142.857, and 175.439 mg/g, respectively. The percentage of MG adsorbed in the first cycle was an impressive 94.27%. Even as the cycles progressed, the efficiency reduction remained below 10% until the fourth cycle (pH = 4, t = 2 h, T = 303 K,