Fast Removal of Naphthol Blue Black B Dye from Water Using Polyethyleneimine Functionalized Zinc, Iron, and Manganese...

In the present work, meso-tetrakis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl) porphyrinato)zinc(II): ([Zn(TMP)] (1), meso-tetrakis-(tetraphenyl)porphyrin iron(III))chloride): [Fe(TPP)Cl] (2), and meso-tetrakis(phenyl)porphyrin manganese(III) chloride): [Mn(TPP)Cl] (3) were synthesized. Then, the three prepared porphyrinic complexes (1-3) were functionalized with branched polyethyleneimine (PEI). The prepared complexes were thoroughly analyzed using several analytical techniques, including ¹H NMR, FT-IR, UV-vis, XRD, XRF, TGA-DTA, SEM, and EDX. The presence of sharp main peaks at 2θ between 10° and 80°, in XRD analysis, for all studied compounds suggested the crystalline nature of the porphyrinic complexes. The morphological properties of the porphyrininc complexes were significantly affected by the chemical modification with polyethyleneimine. EDX result confirmed the complexation of zinc, iron, and manganese metals with the porphyrinic core. The increase in carbon and nitrogen contents after the addition of polyethyleneimine to the complexes (1-3) was noticeable. After thermal decomposition, the total mass loss was equal to 92.97%, 66.77%, and 26.78% for complexes (1), (2), and (3), respectively. However, for the complex (1)-PEI, complex (2)-PEI, and complex (3)-PEI, the total mass losses were 83.12%, 81.88%, and 35.78%, respectively. The synthetic compounds were additionally utilized for the adsorption of Naphthol blue black B from water. At optimum adsorption conditions (T = 20 °C, time = 60 min, pH = 5), the highest adsorption capacities were 154 mg/g, 139 mg/g, and 119 mg/g for complex (3)-PEI, complex (2)-PEI, and complex (1)-PEI, respectively. The adsorption mechanism followed the pseudo second order, the Freundlich, and the Temkin models. The results indicated that the adsorption process is reliant on chemical interactions. It was also governed by intraparticular diffusion and other kinetic phenomena.