Instant removal of methylene blue using water-soluble non-cadmium based quantum dots

Gracia It Mwad Mbaz; Sundararajan Parani; Oluwatobi Samuel Oluwafemi

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2021.130495

Instant removal of methylene blue using water-soluble non-cadmium based quantum dots

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University of Johannesburg

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Abstract

Contamination of water sources by dye and colourant industries has been a serious issue that could lead to a water crisis. Herein, we report a novel method for instant removal of methylene blue (MB) from the aqueous solution using water-soluble AgInS₂-ZnS (AIS-ZnS) quantum dots (QDs) as coagulant material. Briefly, AIS-ZnS QDs were synthesized in an aqueous medium using glutathione and sodium citrate as dual stabilizing agents. The as-synthesized AIS-ZnS QDs was simply mixed with MB solution and immediately filtered with a 20 nm filter to obtain clear water with very low conductivity. The removal of MB by coagulation with AIS-ZnS QDs followed by filtration was efficiently high up to 99.3%. This result shows AIS-ZnS QDs as an excellent candidate for the rapid removal of dyes.

Original language	English
Article number	130495
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	303
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2021.130495
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 2021

Keywords

Dye removal
Filtration
Methylene blue
Quantum dots
Water treatment

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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