The Ecofriendly Biosorbent of Methylene Blue Using Banana Peels Waste

Indri Susanti; Rendy Muhamad Iqbal; Novia Amalia Sholeha; Khusnul Fatimah Putri

Indonesian Journal of Chemical Research (Sep 2022)

The Ecofriendly Biosorbent of Methylene Blue Using Banana Peels Waste

Indri Susanti,
Rendy Muhamad Iqbal,
Novia Amalia Sholeha,
Khusnul Fatimah Putri

Affiliations

Indri Susanti: Department of Science Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Lamongan Islamic University, Jl. Veteran No. 53A Lamongan, Indonesia
Rendy Muhamad Iqbal: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematic and Natural Sciences, Universitas Palangka Raya, Kampus UPR Tunjung Nyaho, Palangka Raya 73111, Indonesia
Novia Amalia Sholeha: College of Vocational Studies, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB University), Jl. Kumbang No. 14, Bogor, Indonesia
Khusnul Fatimah Putri: Department of Science Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Lamongan Islamic University, Jl. Veteran No. 53A Lamongan, Indonesia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 2

Abstract

Read online

This research aimed to synthesize and characterize the properties of green banana peel waste to be used as adsorbent material. The green banana peel waste was prepared by sieved to be banana powder and then characterized by XRD, FTIR, XRF, and TGA. The adsorption capacity of methylene blue was tested using a simple method, the “batch method”, with further analysis by spectrophotometry UV-Vis. The XRF results of green banana peel showed that most of the composition is potassium and phosphorus. The methylene blue adsorption capacity of banana peel material is up to 75.10% with 0.5 grams of adsorbent, which is more significant than in the banana peel, which is 68.04% with 0.2 grams.

Green banana peels, adsorption, methylene blue, UV-Vis, adsorbent.

Published in Indonesian Journal of Chemical Research

ISSN: 2338-5359 (Print); 2614-2627 (Online)
Publisher: Department of Chemistry, Pattimura University
Country of publisher: Indonesia
LCC subjects: Technology: Chemical technology: Chemical engineering; Science: Chemistry
Website: https://ojs3.unpatti.ac.id/index.php/ijcr

About the journal

Abstract

Keywords