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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Pomelo Peel Modified with Citrate as a Sustainable Adsorbent for Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution.

Yimei Ren, Chang Cui, Pengjie Wang

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yimei RenBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, 17 Qinghuadong Road, Beijing 100083, China. renyimei123@cau.edu.cn.
Chang CuiKey Laboratory of Bio-Based Material Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China. 15114532032@163.com.
Pengjie WangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, 17 Qinghuadong Road, Beijing 100083, China. wpj1019@cau.edu.cn.
China Agricultural University · CNNortheast Forestry University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An anionic adsorbent was prepared by grafting citrate onto pomelo peel (PPL) to remove methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solution. The PPL and modified pomelo peel (MPPL) were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The effects of dye concentration, contact time, and pH on adsorption were studied. The FTIR results confirmed that the carboxyl groups were successfully bound to cellulose molecules in PPL via modification with citrate. SEM indicated that the surface of PPL became clean and the porous structure was well maintained after modification. The adsorption capacities of MB onto PPL and MPPL were 81.7 mg/g and 199.2 mg/g, respectively, thus indicating that the addition of anionic groups significantly improved the adsorption performance. The increase in the initial dye concentration and pH of the dye solution promoted the adsorption process. The adsorption equilibrium on MPPL required approximately 3 h. The adsorption of MB on MPPL was well described by a pseudo-second order kinetic model and Langmuir isotherm model. The thermodynamic parameters indicated spontaneous and exothermic adsorption. This study suggests that PPL modified with citrate can be used as a sustainable adsorbent in wastewater purification.

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AdsorptionCitric AcidCitrusHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationKineticsMethylene BlueMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningPlant StructuresSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredThermodynamicsWaterCitric AcidMethylene BlueWateradsorptioncitric acidmethylene bluemodificationpomelo peel

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PMID29865272
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