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Preparation and characterization of Ca-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles for heavy metal removal from aqueous solution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Imed Ghiloufi ,
Jaber El Ghoul ,
Abueliz Modwi  and
Lassaad El Mir
Imed Ghiloufi*
Affiliation:
Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), College of Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Laboratory of Physics of Materials and Nanomaterials Applied at Environment (LaPhyMNE), Faculty of Sciences, Gabes University, Tunisia.
Jaber El Ghoul
Affiliation:
Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), College of Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Laboratory of Physics of Materials and Nanomaterials Applied at Environment (LaPhyMNE), Faculty of Sciences, Gabes University, Tunisia.
Abueliz Modwi
Affiliation:
Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), College of Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Lassaad El Mir
Affiliation:
Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), College of Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Laboratory of Physics of Materials and Nanomaterials Applied at Environment (LaPhyMNE), Faculty of Sciences, Gabes University, Tunisia.
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Abstract

Nano zinc oxide (ZnO) and Calcium doped zinc oxide (CZ) nanopowders were synthesized by sol–gel method from zinc acetate di-hydrate and an adequate quantity of calcium chloride hexa-hydrate. Calcium doped zinc oxide (CZ) were prepared at different Ca concentrations from 1 wt% (CZ1) to 5 wt% (CZ5). The obtained nanopowders were characterized by transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The objective of this work is to find a new and highly efficient nanomaterial for the adsorption of heavy metals from waste water. For this reason, the nanopowders were used to uptake heavy metals (Cr, Cd, and Ni) from aqueous solution. The obtained results show that the incorporation of Ca in nanoparticles zinc oxide (ZnO) increases the capacity adsorption of nanopowders and CZ3 is more efficient than the other Ca-doped samples. In this work we studied also the effect of pH and the pyrolysis temperature of the nanopowders on the removal of heavy metal ions from aqueous solution by CZ3.

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adsorptionnanostructurewater
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MRS Advances , Volume 1 , Issue 53: Energy and Environment , 2016 , pp. 3607 - 3612
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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