The use of carbon nanotube yarn as a filter medium to treat nitroaromatic-contaminated water

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• 作者：Sushil R. Kanel^a ; Heath Misak^b ; Dhriti Nepal^c ; Shankar Mall^b ; Seth W. Brittle^d ; Ioana Sizemore^d ; David M. Kempisty^a ; ^{divid.kempisty@afit.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Mark N. Goltz^a
• 关键词：Carbon nanotube yarn ; 2 ; 4-dinitrotoluene ; Adsorption ; Freundlich isotherm ; Emerging technology
• 刊名：New Carbon Materials
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：August 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：31
• 期：4
• 页码：415-423
• 全文大小：933 K

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Carbon nanotube yarn (CNTY) is a promising material for the removal of organic contaminants from aqueous waste streams owing to its extraordinary mechanical strength, chemical stability, thermal stability and high surface area. CNTY was used to treat water contaminated with a model nitroaromatic compound, 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT). The isotherms and kinetics of DNT adsorption onto CNTY were investigated. The adsorption capacities of DNT were compared with the literature values of alternative sorbents. SEM-EDX, HRTEM, Raman spectroscopy and XPS were used to characterize the size, surface morphology and surface chemistry of the CNTY before and after DNT adsorption. Results indicate that adsorption isotherm of DNT onto CNTY could be fitted by the Freundlich isotherm with a Freundlich constant, K_F, of 55.0 mg/g (L/mg)1/n and a Freundlich exponent, 1/n, of 0.737. Adsorption kinetics can be formulated by the pseudo-second order kinetic model. This study demonstrates the ability of CNTY to remove organic contaminants from water.