The aim of this study was to prepare titanium dioxide nanoparticles calcined at different temperatures to be used for adsorption of zinc ions from aqueous medium and then to investigate the kinetics and isotherms of the adsorption process. For this purpose, nanoparticles were synthesized using the sol-gel method and then calcinated at 450 °C and 800 °C. XRD, BET, FTIR, and SEM analyses were used to investigate the structural, surface, and chemical properties of the synthesized nanoparticles. Adsorption studies revealed that the solution containing zinc with an initial concentration of 10 mg/l had the highest adsorption efficiency under conditions of pH = 7, adsorbent concentration of 0.3 g/l, and temperature of 25 ° C. Under these conditions, adsorbents prepared at 450 °C and 800 °C achieved 99% and 92% adsorption efficiencies, respectively. Adsorption isotherm studies revealed that the Freundlich, Temkin, Langmuir, and Dubinin–Radushkevich isotherms had the best agreement with equilibrium sorption data, in that order. In addition, investigations on fitting into kinetic models revealed that the quasi-second-order, Elovich and the quasi-first-order equations had the best fit with experimental data, respectively.
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Nanomaterials Received: 2022/06/23 | Accepted: 2022/10/25