Effect of calcination temperature on morphology and phase transformation of MnO2 nanoparticles: A step towards green synthesis for reactive dye adsorption

Patra, T and Mohanty, A and Singh, L and Muduli, S and Parhi, PK and Sahoo, TR (2022) Effect of calcination temperature on morphology and phase transformation of MnO2 nanoparticles: A step towards green synthesis for reactive dye adsorption. In: Chemosphere, 288 .

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Abstract

Green synthesis of manganese oxide nanoparticles (NPs) was carried out by sol-gel method using Acacia Concinna fruit extract for removal of reactive dye. The effect of calcination temperature on its morphology was investigated. α-MnO2 and Mn3O4 NPs were synthesized at 400 °C and 900 °C respectively and were characterized by PXRD, SEM, TEM, FTIR, BET, Raman and TGA. As-synthesized MnO2 NPs were investigated for the adsorption of Reactive Blue 21 (RB-21) dye. The effect of pH, adsorbent dose, agitation speed, initial dye concentration and temperature on dye removal was explored. pHpzc was calculated from zeta potential study showing positive surface charge below pH 3.18 resulting in electrostatic force of attraction between adsorbate and adsorbent. Both linear and non-linear regression approaches were utilised for the fitting of kinetic models and adsorption isotherms. Adsorption data follows a pseudo second order kinetics and fits well with the Freundlich isotherm model. Thermodynamic parameters such as �Ho, �So and �Go were determined. The dye removal efficiency, in case of MnO2 NPs at pH 3.0 was obtained to be 98 whereas for Mn3O4, no such dye adsorption was observed. The mechanism of adsorption was studied theoretically confirming �-� interaction and H-bonding between the MnO2 and RB dye molecules. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Chemosphere
Publisher:	Elsevier Ltd
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to Elsevier Ltd
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	28 Nov 2021 09:36
Last Modified:	28 Nov 2021 09:36
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/70402

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