Activated Carbon for Dyes Removal: Modeling and Understanding the Adsorption Process

Table 5

Adsorption capacities of MO onto various materials.

Adsorbents	qMO (mg/g)	References
Activated carbon nanotubes	149	[51]
Mesoporous carbon	294.1	[52]
Surfactants modified montmorillonite	149.25	[53]
Ammonium-functionalized silica nanoparticle	105.4	[54]
Lead oxide nanoparticles loaded activated carbon	333.33	[55]
Gold nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon	161	[56]
Activated carbon	79.7	[57]
Chitosan modified magnetic kaolin	349.7	[58]
Polyaniline/activated carbon composite	285	[59]
Chitosan microspheres	207	[60]
Activated carbon	336.12	This work