Tailoring of Mesoporous Silica-Based Materials for Enhanced Water Pollutants Removal.

ABSTRACT: The adsorptive performance of mesoporous silica-based materials towards inorganic (metal ions) and organic (dyes) water pollutants was investigated. Mesoporous silica materials with different particle size, surface area and pore volume were prepared and tailored with different functional groups. These materials were then characterised by solid-state techniques, namely vibrational spectroscopy, elemental analysis, scanning electron microscopy and nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms, allowing the successful preparation and structural modifications of the materials to be confirmed. The influence of the physicochemical properties of the adsorbents towards the removal of metal ions (Ni²⁺, Cu²⁺ and Fe³⁺) and organic dyes (methylene blue and methyl green) fro

SUBMITTER: Flores D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10223029 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature