Abstract
Abstract: Eradicating hazardous materials using carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) is a cutting-edge approach in environmental remediation. The study involves procurement of plant material cotton as a feasible precursor for the synthesis of carbon materials which is further activated by using alkali solution. Activated carbon was decorated with copper nanoparticles to create a copper decorated CNMs. The effective adsorption of Cd+2 and As+3 is 85% to 90% at pH 6 and 7 respectively. Thus, this recently developed cost-effective novel adsorbent CNMs can be used to mitigate the Cd +2 and As+3 even at a very low concentration level. The prepared adsorbent was characterized by various analytical techniques such as SEM, TEM, Raman and XRD. The specific surface area and pore volume was confirmed by BET.
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