Upcycling fruit waste into high-performance 3D porous aerogel for dye removal: Experimental and density functional theory study
Durian shell waste was subjected to hydrothermal treatment followed by freeze-drying to create highly porous 3D aerogels, whose surfaces were judiciously functionalized to enable strong interactions with RhB dye. The aerogels were tailored to be superhydrophilic/oleophobic to enhance affinity to the...
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| description | Durian shell waste was subjected to hydrothermal treatment followed by freeze-drying to create highly porous 3D aerogels, whose surfaces were judiciously functionalized to enable strong interactions with RhB dye. The aerogels were tailored to be superhydrophilic/oleophobic to enhance affinity to the dye, magnetic to enable directional mobility, and highly porous (up to 97 %) to augment the specific surface area. The durian shell waste – derived, surface-modified aerogels exhibited RhB removal efficiency of over 99 %. Density Functional Theory (DFT) simulations suggest that the strong adsorption of RhB onto the aerogel was governed by π–π interactions, hydrogen bonding, and electrostatic interactions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6dcd18984e9e466aaaeb6acca66d5d082025-08-20T03:07:11ZengElsevierCase Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering2666-01642025-06-011110123810.1016/j.cscee.2025.101238Upcycling fruit waste into high-performance 3D porous aerogel for dye removal: Experimental and density functional theory studyMuhammad Imran0Meilan Pan1Ashraful Islam2Jia Wei Chew3Division of Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, SwedenCollege of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhejiang, 310014, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Haidian District, Beijing, 100085, ChinaDivision of Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden; Corresponding author.Durian shell waste was subjected to hydrothermal treatment followed by freeze-drying to create highly porous 3D aerogels, whose surfaces were judiciously functionalized to enable strong interactions with RhB dye. The aerogels were tailored to be superhydrophilic/oleophobic to enhance affinity to the dye, magnetic to enable directional mobility, and highly porous (up to 97 %) to augment the specific surface area. The durian shell waste – derived, surface-modified aerogels exhibited RhB removal efficiency of over 99 %. Density Functional Theory (DFT) simulations suggest that the strong adsorption of RhB onto the aerogel was governed by π–π interactions, hydrogen bonding, and electrostatic interactions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666016425001458Eco-friendly 3D porous aerogelGreen synthesisDye sorptionBiomass wasteDFT simulation |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Imran Meilan Pan Ashraful Islam Jia Wei Chew Upcycling fruit waste into high-performance 3D porous aerogel for dye removal: Experimental and density functional theory study Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering Eco-friendly 3D porous aerogel Green synthesis Dye sorption Biomass waste DFT simulation |
| title | Upcycling fruit waste into high-performance 3D porous aerogel for dye removal: Experimental and density functional theory study |
| title_full | Upcycling fruit waste into high-performance 3D porous aerogel for dye removal: Experimental and density functional theory study |
| title_fullStr | Upcycling fruit waste into high-performance 3D porous aerogel for dye removal: Experimental and density functional theory study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Upcycling fruit waste into high-performance 3D porous aerogel for dye removal: Experimental and density functional theory study |
| title_short | Upcycling fruit waste into high-performance 3D porous aerogel for dye removal: Experimental and density functional theory study |
| title_sort | upcycling fruit waste into high performance 3d porous aerogel for dye removal experimental and density functional theory study |
| topic | Eco-friendly 3D porous aerogel Green synthesis Dye sorption Biomass waste DFT simulation |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666016425001458 |
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