Science and Technology Indonesia
Science and Technology Indonesia
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Vol. 8, No. 2, April 2023
Research Paper
Abstract
Preparation of layered double hydroxide-lignin (lignin-Zn/Al) carried out by coprecipitation method. The FTIR spectra of lignin-Zn/Al
displayed at 3448, 2939, 1620, 1381, 1118, 1041, and 601 cm −1 . The characteristic peaks are located at 10.1°, 19.1°, 20.1°, 29.4°, 33.9°,
and 60.4°. The lignin-Zn/Al nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherm showed a Type-IV curve, indicating that it had a mesoporous
structure. The H3 kind of hysteresis loop also provides evidence for the presence of mesopores within the lignin-Zn/Al complex.
Lignin-Zn/Al, lignin, and Zn/Al had pHpzc values of 6.09, 3.01, and 6.09, respectively. Lignin-Zn/Al, lignin, and Zn/Al are positively
charged when the pH of the solution is less than pHpzc, and they are negatively charged when the pH of the solution is more than
pHpzc. The Langmuir and pseudo-second-order model best represented the MG adsorption onto all adsorbents. The lignin-Zn/Al,
lignin, and Zn/Al were shown to have maximum Langmuir adsorption capacities of 83.034, 78.740, and 36.364 mg/g, respectively.
Zn/Al adsorption capacity increased 2.28 times after being composited with lignin.
Keywords
Layered Double Hydroxide, Adsorption, Lignin, Malachite Green
1. INTRODUCTION garnered the most attention among these due to its straightfor-
The contamination brought on by the wastewater discharge of ward functioning, design flexibility, practical recyclability, and
organic dyes has become a more prominent issue because of excellent reliability. For the purpose of removing MG from an
the industry’s rapid development (Tang et al., 2022) . In many aqueous solution, numerous sophisticated adsorption materi-
als have been developed recently, including Costus woodsonii
industries, including papers, tannery, printing inks, clothing,
(Van Tran et al., 2022) , modified metal-organic frameworks
and others, dyes are widely utilized. As a result, a lot of colorful
wastewater is produced, and many organic dyes will have a (Dahlan et al., 2023) , biowaste garlic peel (Pathania et al., 2022) ,
major harmful impact on the environment and human health and layered double hydroxide (Ahmad et al., 2023a) . Layered
(Giri et al., 2022; Vigneshwaran et al., 2021). Malachite green double hydroxides (LDHs) are a type of 2D anionic clay that
(MG), a triphenylmethane cationic dye, is frequently used in is composed of layers (Nazir et al., 2022) . LDH has a struc-
ture similar to brucite with a large surface area, where M(II)
the textile industry (Jin et al., 2022) . However, even at low
is surrounded by six hydroxide ions, for instance, and forms
concentrations, MG has been discovered to have numerous
toxicological side effects on human bodies, such as mutagenic, an octahedral array that is connected to form an infinite 2D
teratogenic, and cancerous consequences (Buvaneswari and structure (Ahmed and Mohamed, 2022) .
Singanan, 2022; Sarkar et al., 2021). These adsorbents have excellent MG molecule adsorption
Several cutting-edge methods, such as extraction (Raval performance, but for this purpose, sustainable, cost-effective
adsorbents made from biomass are still required (Wang et al.,
et al., 2022) , photodegradation (Puthukkara et al., 2022) , mem-
2018) . Also, when compared to several previously described
branes (Iqbal et al., 2022) , oxidation combining ultrasonic and
electrochemical (Ren et al., 2021) , and adsorption (Moradi adsorbents, biomass-based adsorbents appear to be more envi-
and Panahandeh, 2022) , have been used to remove MG from ronmentally friendly, cost-effective, and sustainable (Juleanti
aqueous medium over the past few decades. Adsorption has et al., 2021) . Designing biomass-derived adsorbents to remove
MG from aqueous media is therefore appealing. Lignin, an
Palapa et. al. Science and Technology Indonesia, 8 (2023) 305-311
amorphous high-molecular aromatic polymer, is the second Where q is adsorption capacity at t time (mg/g); C0 and C
most prevalent biomass component on the planet after cellu- are initial concentration and concentration for t time of MG,
lose (Zong et al., 2023) . The pulp and paper industry currently respectively (mg/L); V is the volume of MG (L); m is the mass
produces about 50 million tons of lignin as a byproduct each of lignin-Zn/Al (g).
year. The vast majority of lignin that has been burned up to
this point has been done so to create energy, which has re- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
sulted in significant lignin resource waste (Du et al., 2023) . FT-IR spectra of Zn/Al, lignin, and lignin-Zn/Al were pre-
The use of inexpensive, readily available industrial waste lignin sented in Figure 1. The FTIR spectra of lignin-Zn/Al displayed
to produce effective functional materials for environmental re- at 3448, 2939, 1620, 1381, 1118, 1041, and 601 cm−1 . The
mediation is a great solution when taking into account greater stretching vibration of -OH from Zn/Al is responsible for ap-
lignin usage and water remediation (Wang et al., 2022) . A pearing of the broad bandwidth 3448 and 1620 cm−1 (Ahmad
three-dimensional network structure and the abundance of et al., 2023b) . The band at 2939 cm−1 is stretching vibration of
functional groups that include oxygen in lignin give it more aliphatic -CH from lignin and the distinctive peak at bandwidth
potential for functionalization (Hamad et al., 2022) . 1381 cm−1 is anion interlayer NO3 − from Zn/Al (Zubair et al.,
In this work, the coprecipitation technique was used to pre- 2022) . The peak at 1118 and 1041 cm−1 are ascribable to
pare the lignin-Zn/Al. Many cutting-edge characterization C-O and C-O-C from lignin, respectively (Sun et al., 2022) .
techniques were used to examine the physicochemical charac- The metal oxide bond vibration is attributed to the band at 601
teristics of lignin-Zn/Al. Also, the potential of lignin-Zn/Al cm−1 (Chen et al., 2022) .
was examined, as well as its application to simulated textile
wastewater.
2. EXPERIMENTAL SECTION
2.1 Materials
All chemicals were used without any further purification. Sodium
chloride, sodium hydroxide, aluminum nitrate nonahydrate,
chloride acid, and zinc nitrate hexahydrate were purchased
from Sigma Aldrich and Merck. Lignin and distilled water
were purchased from Tokyo Chemical Industry and Brataco,
respectively.
2.3 Adsorption Process of MG The usual Zn/Al XRD pattern can be seen in Figure 2,
Batch adsorption tests were conducted in a shaker. Investiga- where the characteristic peaks are located at 10.1° and 20.1°,
tions were into the effects of temperature (30–60°C), initial dye respectively, and correspond to the basal spacings of d003 and
concentration (60–100 mg/L), contact time (10–180 min), and d006, respectively (Yuliasari et al., 2023) . The 101 and 110
pHpzc (2–11). Usually, 100 mL of beaker glass was filled with planes are responsible for two further linked peaks at 29.4°
30 mL of MG solution and 30 mg of lignin-Zn/Al. Liquid and 60.4°, respectively. The XRD of the lignin is depicted in
aliquots were obtained after adsorption and centrifuged. Then, Figure 2 and displays the distinctive peak of carbon material
the supernatant was examined using a UV-Vis spectrophotome- at 19.1° and 33.9° (Sturgeon et al., 2014) . The XRD results
ter set to the maximum wavelength of 617 nm. Equation 1 of the lignin-Zn/Al mixture reveal the presence of distinctive
was used to determine the concentration of MG. Zn/Al and lignin reflections.
When evaluating the lignin-Zn/Al structure, the specific
surface area and pore size are important factors. Table 3 quan-
(C0 -C) ×V titatively displays the lignin-Zn/Al, lignin, and Zn/Al pore’s
q= (1)
m structure (d), surface area (SBET ), and pore volume (VP). The
Pseudo-First-Order Pseudo-Second-Order
Adsorbent Qeexp Qecalc k1 R2 Qecalc k2 R2
(mg/g) (mg/g) (min )−1 (mg/g) (g/mg.min)
Lignin-Zn/Al 45.642 17.527 0.024 0.850 47.170 0.002 0.999
Lignin 39.892 29.336 0.036 0.941 44.053 0.002 0.993
Zn/Al 36.148 39.455 0.037 0.995 39.683 0.002 0.996
Freundlich Langmuir
Adsorbent T (°C) n kF R2 Qmax kL R2
Lignin-Zn/Al 30 5.230 1.431 0.828 78.125 0.233 0.994
40 5.959 1.452 0.781 79.365 0.341 0.995
50 7.930 1.490 0.645 83.333 0.723 0.996
60 1.101 1.506 0.668 84.034 1.469 0.999
Lignin 30 1.978 1.228 0.878 67.568 0.076 0.955
40 2.033 1.244 0.882 71.942 0.075 0.917
50 2.439 1.291 0.928 72.464 0.093 0.985
60 2.475 1.309 0.947 78.740 0.102 0.981
Zn/Al 30 0.876 2.037 0.880 23.310 0.121 0.982
40 1.071 1.903 0.763 26.954 0.155 0.954
50 1.388 1.789 0.732 30.675 0.203 0.956
60 1.916 1.684 0.778 36.364 0.342 0.980
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