Experimental Investigations on Adsorption of Reactive Toxic Dyes Using Hedyotis umbellate Activated Carbon

Sheeja, Jayachandran; Sampath, Krishnan; Kesavasamy, Ramasamy

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Experimental Investigations on Adsorption of Reactive Toxic Dyes Using Hedyotis umbellate Activated Carbon

Jayachandran Sheeja,¹Krishnan Sampath,²and Ramasamy Kesavasamy³

Academic Editor: Tushar Sen

Received12 Oct 2019

Accepted17 Jul 2021

Published30 Aug 2021

Abstract

Hedyotis umbellate activated carbon (HUAC) was prepared by chemical and thermal activation. The adsorption behavior of Hedyotis umbellate activated carbon in aqueous basic green 4 (BG4) and acid fuchsin (AF) was investigated and characterized by UV-vis, FTIR, and FESEM. The possible mechanism of the adsorption of BG4 and AF dyes on the HUAC surface was framed. The influence of various adsorption control parameters like the initial dye concentration, pH, adsorbent dose, contact time, and temperature was studied. The data confirmed excellent BG4 removal of 97.94% at pH 10 and AF removal of 76.7% at pH 4. The experimental data were fitted using Langmuir, Freundlich, and Temkin isotherms to examine the adsorption mechanism. The adsorption data revealed monolayer adsorption of BG4 with the maximum capacity of 102.38 mg/g and multilayer adsorption of AF with the capacity of 139.33 mg/g. The kinetic data for different initial dye concentrations were computed using pseudofirst order, pseudosecond order, and intraparticle diffusion models. Thermodynamic parameters like Gibbs free energy change , enthalpy change , and entropy change were evaluated. From the values obtained, the negative values of and indicate that the adsorption of BG4 and AF by HUAC is spontaneous and exothermic.

1. Introduction

The wastewater generated from industries contains heavy loads of colored effluents that are highly ecotoxic to aquatic organisms due to synthetic dyes and coloring pigments. Synthetic dyes are used in textiles, paper, printing, plastics, tanneries, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food, color photography, and petroleum. These dyes have a stable, symmetric, and complex aromatic structure that make them nondegradable. Their presence causes adverse impacts to aquatic environment. Basic green 4 is a direct dye used for silk, cotton, wool, jute, leather, and paper and in aquaculture as a parasiticide. However, the consumption of the dye causes carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, and chromosomal fractures [1]. Acid fuchsin or acid violet 19 is used for staining procedures, as a corrosion inhibiting substance for copper, in organic-inorganic hybrid nanocomposites preparation, and as a laboratory reagent. It is also used in selective inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and type 2 (HIV-2) in vitro [2]. Exposure of skin to acid fuchsin causes redness and itching, ingestion causes irritation and burning sensations of mouth and throat, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, and inhalation causes irritation of mucous membranes, coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath [3].

Though many conventional techniques are reported for wastewater treatment such as coagulation, precipitation, sedimentation, filtration, and color irradiation, the technical and economical disadvantages have resulted in using biosorption method that has been found to be efficient and cost-effective. The use of activated biosorbent not only serves to control pollution but also reduces agricultural waste generation. Various agricultural waste biomaterials were used for biosorption process such as rambutan seed [4], spent tea leaves [5], carob [6], Elaeagnus stone [7], pomelo peels [8], rice husk [9], sugar beet pulp [10], and malted sorghum mash [11]. The remarkable adsorption characteristics of activated carbon are that it contains small, low-volume pores that increase the surface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions. Hedyotis umbellate (Rubiaceae family), also known as Oldenlandia umbellate, is a low-growing tree native to India. Its leaves are used for the treatment of asthma, bronchitis, and catarrhal bronchitis [12], whereas its bark is abandoned as agricultural waste. In the present work, Hedyotis umbellate bark is rich in glycosides, and cheap and abundantly available agricultural waste is chemically activated and used to carry out adsorption of aqueous basic green 4 (BG4) and acid fuchsin (AF). The isotherm, kinetic, and thermodynamic analyses were done to determine the feasibility of using this material as a cost-effective and efficient adsorbent.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Preparation of Adsorbent and Adsorbate

The dried bark of Hedyotis umbellate was subjected to chemical activation with 50% by volume of sulphuric acid on constant stirring for 12 hours at room temperature [13]. The charred product was separated from the acid and soaked in 10% sodium bicarbonate to remove the residual acid from its pores. It is then heated in a vacuum at 500°C for 2 hours and cooled, crushed, and sieved using 75-micron sieve. Basic green 4 (C.I – 42000) and acid fuchsin were purchased from Loba Chemie Ltd. India and used to prepare adsorbate solutions. The stock solution of the dyes of 1000 ppm was prepared using double distilled water.

3. Experimental

A series of dye solutions were prepared by adjusting the pH over a range of 3–10 using 0.1 N HCl and 0.1 N NaOH solutions to evaluate the role of pH on adsorption of BG4 and AF dyes onto HUAC. The experiment was carried out using 50 ml of the aqueous BG4 and AF dyes at concentrations varying between 10-100 mgL^-1. It was treated with 0.03 g of HUAC and shaken in bench top incubator cum orbital shaker at a constant speed of 100 rpm for a time period of 75 mins. Residual dye concentration was recorded using a double beam UV/vis spectrophotometer (Model: Analytik/Jena, Germany) at 617 nm for BG4 and 543 nm for AF for which the molecular structure is shown in Figure 1.

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The equilibrium amount of dye adsorbed on HUAC was calculated by equation 1, and the removal efficiency of the dye in percentage was calculated by equation 2 as listed in Table 1.

3.1. Adsorption Isotherms

The adsorbate-adsorbent interaction at equilibrium was found by fitting the experimental data in Langmuir, Freundlich, and Temkin equations 3, 4, and 5, respectively, as summarized in Table 1.

3.2. Kinetic Studies

The equations 7, 8, and 9 shown in Table 1 were used to examine the reaction kinetics for a specific contact time, (30, 60, 75, 90, 120, and 150 min.) using 0.1 g and 0.03 g of HUAC with 50 ppm BG4 and 100 ppm AF dye solutions, respectively, at room temperature.

3.3. Thermodynamic Studies

The thermodynamic nature of adsorption of BG4 and AF onto HUAC was studied using Gibbs and Van’t Hoff equations 10 and 11 as given in Table 1.

3.4. Characterization of HUAC

The physical characteristics of HUAC such as pH, moisture content, ash content, bulk density, solubility in water, and acids were examined.

The pH of 1% adsorbent suspension was determined by standard test method. 1.0 g of HUAC was taken with 100 ml of double-distilled water and stirred for 1 hr. The pH of the suspension was recorded using a pH meter. Initially weighed HUAC sample was heated in electric hot air oven at 105-110°C for 1 hr and cooled in dessicator. From the weight loss, the moisture content of HUAC was calculated. HUAC sample was heated to 750°C in a muffle furnace for 30 minutes, and the weight of ash formed was used to calculate the percentage of ash content. 1 g of HUAC was treated with 25 ml of dilute hydrochloric acid and boiled for 5 min. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness at 100-105°C, and the solubility in acid was calculated.

FTIR analysis was carried out using the Bruker-ALPHA II model. FTIR spectrum of HUAC before and after the adsorption of BG4 and AF dye was obtained in the range of 4000–400 cm⁻¹ and examined to confirm the adsorption of dyes by HUAC.

The surface morphology of HUAC was characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) using the Zeiss Sigma model.

4. Results and Discussion

4.1. Characterization of the Adsorbent

From Table 2, the pH of HUAC shows that its surface is neutral to the reactivity of dyes. The low percentage of moisture and ash depicts the predominance of the percentage of carbon in HUAC for more adsorption. The lower value of bulk density indicates less compactness and more porous nature of HUAC. The solubility in water and acid values indicates its suitability with aqueous acid and basic dyes.

From the FTIR spectra of HUAC, HUAC-BG4, and HUAC-AF as displayed in Figures 2(a)–2(c), respectively, it is observed that there is a peak shift in Figures 2(b) and 2(c) due to the presence of relative functional groups of BG4 and AF dyes indicating adsorption onto HUAC [14]. The FTIR spectrum of HUAC indicates peaks at 3747 and 2925 cm^-1 that ascribe to hydrogen bridges [15] and -CH- asymmetric stretching of -CH₃ group, respectively. The peak between 1750-1600 cm^-1 indicates C=O stretching, two sharp peaks in the range of 1550-1500 cm^-1 correspond to –C=C- stretching, and a broadband at 1157 cm^-1 corresponds to C-H out-of-plane wagging [16]. The FTIR spectrum of HUAC-BG4 in Figure 2(b) shows sharp peaks between 3900 and 3600 cm^-1 due to O-H bonding (H₂O). The peaks at 2983 and 2897 cm^-1 are of O-H stretching of carboxylic acid and –C-H- stretching, respectively [17]. The bands located at 1523 cm^-1 and 779 cm^-1 attribute to –N-H bending and –N-H rocking, respectively, and a sharp band at 1064 cm^-1 confirmed the absorption of C-N³ stretching. The FTIR spectrum of HUAC-AF in Figure 2(c) has medium peaks in the range 3800-3600 cm^-1 that belongs to O-H stretching. Two strong and sharp peaks at 2971 cm^-1 and 1059 cm^-1 are attributed by –C-H aromatic stretching and sulfoxide groups of AF dye, respectively. Medium peaks at 1550 cm^-1 and 1248 cm^-1 correspond to C=N [18] and C-N stretching of aromatic primary amines, respectively.

The surface morphologies of HUAC, BG4 loaded HUAC, and AF loaded HUAC were investigated using FESEM micrographs. Figure 3(a) shows the FESEM photograph of sulphuric acid-activated HUAC that possess large pores with wide cavities needed for the adsorption purpose and amenable for the binding of relative functional groups of the dyes. Figure 3(b) represents the FESEM photograph of BG4 loaded HUAC that exhibits a rough surface in which the pores are closed with the dye deposits, and Figure 3(c) displays the FESEM photograph of AF loaded HUAC that shows the heterogeneous aggregation of the dye.

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The UV-vis spectrum of BG4 and AF solutions before and after adsorption was recorded to have more information on the adsorption of both the dyes and is shown in Figures 4(i) and 4(ii), respectively. An intense absorption peak for BG4 is found at 615 nm in Figure 4(i) (a), and the intensity of the peak decreases quickly after maximum adsorption of the dye as seen in Figure 4(i) (b). The removal of AF dye from the solution is also clearly shown in Figure 4(ii). The UV-vis spectrum of AF dye in Figure 4(ii) (a) has a large peak at 543 nm. This peak is not found in the spectrum (b) that depicts the maximum adsorption of AF dye by HUAC.

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4.2. Effect of pH on Dye Removal

The pH of the solution influences the surface behavior of the adsorbent and ionization characteristics of the adsorbate. From the experimental data, it is found that the removal efficiency of BG4 dye has increased with pH as shown in Figure 5. However, maximum adsorption of 79.76 mg/g of BG4 was observed at pH 10 (97.94%) which is comparatively better than the use of HCl pretreated clay and MnFe₂O₄ clay composite in the removal of methyl green that reported maximum adsorption of 44 mg/g at pH 8 [19]. Low pH produces protonation on the HUAC surface creating a cationic environment which strongly repels the positive part of the dye [20]. However, as pH increases, the number of OH groups increases on the surface of HUAC that attracts the quaternary ammonium group of the dye by hydrogen bonds as shown by the mechanism in Figure 6. This results in high BG4 dye diffusion onto HUAC. Very low pH attributes to the instability of the dye. Unlike BG4, AF exhibits good adherence to HUAC at lower pH (76.7% removal at pH 4). This may be due to the fact that at lower pH the protonic clouds on the HUAC surface attract the sulphonic acid group of AF thus accounting for more adsorption as displayed in Figure 6 [21]. The plot shows a decrease in AF uptake beyond pH 4. This may be due to an increase in negative charge density at higher pH thus repelling the dye ions and decreasing the rate of adsorption.

4.3. Effect of Adsorbent Dose on Dye Removal

The addition of adsorbent to the aqueous solution of the dyes revealed that dye removal efficiency improved on increasing the doses of adsorbent. Figure 7 indicates the maximum removal of BG4 of about 97.94% for 0.1 g of HUAC dose and maximum removal of AF of 76.6% for 0.03 g of HUAC dose and becomes steady further. It may be due to the increase in surface area with more number of binding sites on HUAC for dye uptake with an increase in the adsorbent dose [22]. A steady-state was found beyond the saturation point due to an equilibrium established between dye molecules on the adsorbent and within the solution [4].

4.4. Effect of Initial Dye Concentration and Agitation Time

Figure 8 shows an increase in the amount of dye adsorbed with increase in initial concentration of aqueous BG4 upto 50 ppm (79.76 mg/g) and falls beyond. The adsorption of AF onto HUAC finds a gradual rise with increase in initial concentration of aqueous AF upto 100 ppm (91.08 mg/g). This depicts that there is a better interaction between dye ions and the binding sites of HUAC at lower dye concentration [23].

The influence of agitation time on the removal efficiency of the dyes was examined in the range of 30–120 min. Figure 9 indicates an increase in removal efficiency of BG4 and AF with time. The plot shows 98% and 76.2% of BG4 and AF removal at 90 minutes and 120 minutes, respectively, that implies fast diffusion of the dye into the voids of the adsorbent. Diffusion continues with time of contact until equilibrium is reached between the dye concentration within the adsorbent and the solution beyond which there is no significant dye removal. This behavior may be due to the presence of exhausted sites in the adsorbent that repel the incoming ions [24].

4.5. Isotherm Studies

The study on adsorption isotherm is very important in describing the adsorption characteristics for a solid-liquid adsorption system [25]. Figure 10 gives the Langmuir plot (Ce vs. Ce/qe) for BG4 and AF adsorption and isotherm constants and are from the slope and intercept, respectively. Langmuir isotherm assumes adsorption at homogeneous sites on the adsorbent thus forming a saturated monolayer of the dye inside the pores [26]. The dimensionless separation factor (if favourable, unfavorable, irreversible) for BG4 lies between 0 and 1 indicates favorability of the model [27] and monolayer adsorption of BG4 over a homogeneous HUAC surface with the maximum removal of 97.94%. This shows the attainment of saturation point of the pores beyond which no further adsorption is possible on the same site [28]. This is also supported by fairly linear plot and high coefficient of determination, at all temperatures for BG4 adsorption thus confirmed a good fit of Langmuir isotherm. However, for AF adsorption, implies unfavorable Langmuir interaction and the calculated coefficient, .

Freundlich isotherm describes heterogeneity and multilayer adsorption process. Figure 11 shows the Freundlich plot ( vs. ) for adsorption of BG4 and AF dye on HUAC where the slope and intercept give the values of Freundlich constants and , respectively. Freundlich constant () for AF dye proves the feasibility of multilayer adsorption of the dye on HUAC [29]. During multilayer adsorption of AF dye, the energy of interaction between the adsorbate and the adsorbent is strongest in the first layer and gradually decreases for the subsequent layers. This results in the maximum removal efficiency of 76.7% of AF dye by HUAC. The adsorption of AF dye on HUAC displays best fit in Freundlich plot () whereas adsorption of BG4 dye shows no linear correlation () between the variables and . Figure 12 shows the Temkin plot ( vs. ) that did not exhibit fair correlation for BG4 adsorption, the plot for adsorption of AF dye shows a medium correlation, and the values of constants are listed in Table 3.

4.6. Kinetic Studies

Kinetic models such as pseudofirst order, pseudosecond order, and intraparticle diffusion models were used to interpret the experimented data [13]. The plot ( vs. ) for linearized Lagergren pseudofirst order equation is given by Figure 13. The values of rate constant, , were calculated from the slope and coefficient of determination, and is listed in Table 4. The straight lines in the pseudofirst order plot for BG4 and AF dyes imply the feasibility of pseudofirst order kinetics. Further, the values of coefficient of determination, , for BG4 and AF adsorption confirm the best fit [30]. However, pseudosecond order plot ( vs. ) shown in Figure 14 did not indicate a good compliance for all the concentrations of BG4 and AF dye adsorption and thus proves the nonproximity of the model against the examined data.

The intraparticle diffusion mechanism ascribes to the travelling of dye molecules from the bulk of the solution to the solid adsorbent. This mechanism can be understood from the plot ( vs. ) for BG4 and AF dye adsorption as displayed in Figure 15. The plot indicates a nonlinear regression for most of the concentrations of BG4 dye and skips away from the origin. This infers that intraparticle diffusion follows a monolayer film diffusion mechanism. In contrast to this, AF dye adsorption followed intraparticle pore diffusion mechanism onto HUAC. This fact is supported by high coefficient of determination values (>0.99), and the plot lines pass through the origin confirming that intraparticle diffusion is the rate-limiting step [31].

4.7. Thermodynamic Studies

The values of , , and were calculated for the adsorption of BG4 and AF dyes on HUAC as listed in Table 5. and were obtained from the slope and intercept of the linear plot of vs. as shown in Figure 16. The maximum adsorption of BG4 and AF dyes from aqueous solutions on HUAC was achieved at room temperature (303 K). This may be due to the weakening of intermolecular forces in the dyes which is responsible for their adsorption [32]. As temperature increases, free energy change () for the adsorption of BG4 and AF dyes possesses higher negative values and confirms that the reaction is exothermic and spontaneous. The negative values of for adsorption of BG4 and AF onto HUAC also prove the exothermic nature. The positive values of indicate increase in randomness at the carbon-dye interface during the adsorption of dyes onto HUAC. The decrease in standard free energy with increase in temperature implies the increase in the amount of dyes adsorbed at equilibrium.

4.8. Comparison with Other Adsorbents

Table 6 shows the comparison of the adsorption capacity of HUAC for BG4 and AF removal with a few other adsorbents. It may be noted that the amount of dye adsorbed is relatively more by HUAC than other adsorbents at similar conditions. Thus, it can be concluded that HUAC may be used as an efficient adsorbent.

5. Conclusion

The waste biomaterial was derived from Hedyotis umbellate, and its potential was evaluated in the aspect of removing highly toxic water-soluble acid and basic dyes, BG4 and AF from the aqueous solution by batch mode. The sorption capacity in terms of pH of the solution, adsorbent dose, agitation time, initial dye concentration, and temperature was examined. The control parameters were optimized and fixed. The isotherm investigation on adsorption of BG4 dye on HUAC revealed best fit of Langmuir isotherm which indicated monolayer adsorption of BG4 dye, and the adsorption of AF dye proved best fit of Freundlich isotherm that indicated multilayer diffusion of AF dye on HUAC. The kinetic studies confirmed pseudofirst order mechanism for the adsorption of BG4 and AF dyes onto HUAC. The adsorption of AF dye is driven by intraparticle diffusion. Therefore, Hedyotis umbellate activated carbon can be used as a cost effective and an efficient adsorbent for the removal of toxic dyes such as BG4 and AF from aqueous solution.

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