Thermally modified nanocrystalline snail shell adsorbent for methylene blue sequestration: equilibrium, kinetic, thermodynamic, artificial intelligence, and DFT studies
Abisoye Abidemi Adaramaja, Abayomi Bamisaye, Shakirudeen Modupe Abati, Kayode Adesina Adegoke, Morenike O. Adesina, Ayodeji Rapheal Ige, Oluwatobi Adeleke, Mopelola Abidemi Idowu, Abel Kolawole Oyebamiji, Olugbenga Solomon Bello
Abstract
The quest for an efficient and sustainable adsorbent material that can effectively remove harmful and hazardous dyes from industrial effluent has become more intense. Thermally modified nanocrystalline snail shell is a new biosorbent for removing methylene blue dye from contaminated wastewater.
Topics & Concepts
Methylene blueAdsorptionNanocrystalline materialChemistryThermodynamicsThermodynamic equilibriumKinetic energyShell (structure)Chemical engineeringMaterials sciencePhysical chemistryOrganic chemistryCatalysisPhysicsCrystallographyEngineeringComposite materialQuantum mechanicsPhotocatalysisAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsWater Quality Monitoring and Analysis