@article{2f1ad20b3fc948ea8b63850ef8a84178,
title = "Effect of pH and Temperature on Adsorption of Dimethyl Phthalate on Carbon Nanotubes in Aqueous Phase",
abstract = "Adsorptions of dimethyl phthalate (DMP) on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in aqueous phase at various pH and temperatures were studied. The increase in pH results in the increase in adsorption coefficient. The adsorption is governed by the π-π electron interaction which is affected by the changes in pH of the medium. The outer diameter of the CNTs greatly influences the adsorption behavior of CNT for DMP. Under the same working temperature, the adsorption capacity of CNTs for DMP is inversely related to the average outer diameter of the CNT: single-walled SWCNT (1.4 nm)>multi-walled MWCNT10 (9.4 nm)>MWCNT30 (27.8 nm)>MWCNT40 (42.7 nm). The larger surface area of CNTs provides many active sites for adsorption of DMP molecules. The Freundlich model can describe well the adsorption isotherms of DMP on CNTs. The thermodynamic parameters of standard free energy, standard enthalpy (ΔH), and standard entropy changes are determined, showing that the adsorption of DMP on CNTs is an endothermic and spontaneous reaction. The ΔH value of 27.8 nm-sized MWCNT (22.69 kJ/mol) is higher than 1.4 nm-sized SWCNT (6.05 kJ/mol), inferring that the adsorption process becomes more endothermic with the increase in the outer diameter of CNTs.",
keywords = "Adsorption, Carbon nanotubes, Dimethyl phthalate, pH, Thermodynamics",
author = "Jingwei Wang and Fei Wang and Jun Yao and Huan Guo and Blake, \{Ruth E.\} and Choi, \{Martin M.F.\} and Changshun Song",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported in part by grants from the National Outstanding Youth Research Foundation of China (40925010), the International Joint Key Project from National Natural Science Foundation of China (40920134003), the International Joint Key Project from Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (2011DFA00120, 2009DFA92830, and 2010DFA12780), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41103060, 41103007, and 40873060), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (FRF-TP-12-005A). Funding Information: 1School of Civil \& Environmental Engineering, and National International Cooperation Base on Environment and Energy, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, P.R. China 2Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Chinese Ministry of Education and Sino-Hungarian Joint Laboratory of Environmental Science and Health, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, P.R. China 3Department of Geology \& Geophysics, Yale university, New Haven, Connecticut, USA 4Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1080/00032719.2012.713067",
language = "English",
volume = "46",
pages = "379--393",
journal = "Analytical Letters",
issn = "0003-2719",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "2",
}