Removal of carcinogenic hexavalent chromium from aqueous solutions using newly synthesized and characterized polypyrrole-titanium(IV)phosphate nanocomposite

• Main Authors: Baig, Umair, Rao, Rifaqat Ali Khan, Khan, Asif Ali, Sanagi, Mohd. Marsin, Gondal, Mohammed Ashraf
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54866/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2015.06.031

This paper reports the synthesis of polypyrrole-titanium(IV)phosphate (PPy-TiP) nanocomposite as a synthetic adsorbent for the adsorptive removal of Cr(VI) ions from aqueous solutions. Facile in situ chemical oxidative polymerization of pyrrole in presence of titanium(IV)phosphate (TiP) formed PPy-T...