title: [Kinetics of enhanced adsorption by polarization for organic pollutants on activated carbon fiber].
abstract: The adsorption kinetics for model pollutants on the activated carbon fiber (ACF) by polarization was investigated. Kinetics data obtained for the adsorption of these model pollutants at open-circuit and 400mV, -400mV polarization was applied to the Lagergren equation, and adsorption rate constants (Ka) were determined. With the anodic polarization of 400mV, the capacity of sodium phenoxide increases from 0.0083mmol x g(-1) at open-circuit to 0.18mmol x g(-1), and a seventeen-fold enhancement is achievable; however, the capacity of p-nitrophenol decreases from 2.93 mmol x g(-1) at open-circuit to 2.65 mmol x g(-1). With the cathodal polarization of -400mV, the capacity of aniline improves from 3.60 mmol x g(-1) at open-circuit to 3.88 mmol x g(-1); however, the capacity of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate reduces from 2.20 mmol x g(-1) at open-circuit to 1.59 mmol x g(-1). The enhancement for electrosorption changes with different groups substituting. Anodic polarization enhances the adsorption of benzene with electron-donating group. But whether anodic or not cathodal polarization has less effect on the adsorption of electron-accepting aromatic compounds, and decreases the adsorption of benzene bearing donor-conjugate bridge-acceptor but increases the adsorption rate. Electrostatic interaction plays a very important role in electrosorption of ion-pollutants.
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental and Biological Science & Technology, Dalian University of Technology, China. hunyh@xinhuanet.com
authors.forename: Yan-he
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Xie
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.forename: Hui-min
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Shuo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ya-zhi
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002244:Carbon; D000077482:Carbon Fiber; D002606:Charcoal / Q000737:chemistry*; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D007700:Kinetics; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000077482:Carbon Fiber; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002606:Charcoal; D002244:Carbon