Activated Carbon from Waste Coffee Grounds for Effective Methylene Blue Removal in Textile Wastewater Treatment

Authors

  • Wa Ode Sitti Ilmawati Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Halu Oleo, Kampus Hijau Bumi Tridharma, Kendari 93232, Indonesia
  • Nurmayasari Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
  • Diki Purnawati Research Center for Electronics, National Research and Innovation Agency, Jawa Barat 40135, Indonesia
  • Sholihun Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
  • Ari Dwi Nugraheni Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48048/tis.2025.10925

Keywords:

Activated carbon, Adsorption, Hexane, Hot water, Methylene blue, Reusability, WCGs

Abstract

Utilizing waste coffee grounds (WCGs) to produce activated carbon (WCGs-AC) supports sustainable waste management by converting organic waste into value-added materials. This study investigates the optimization of the production process, physicochemical properties, and adsorption performance of activated carbon derived from WCGs. This study pretreated WCGs using hexane and hot water washing methods, followed by carbonization under oxygen-limited conditions. The resulting WCGs-AC exhibited grain sizes ranging from 1.34 to 1,376.00 nm, high specific surface areas (1,304 - 3,405 m²/g), pore volumes of 1.262 - 4.079 cm³/g, and average pore radii between 1.936 and 2.397 nm. Functional groups such as amine (N–H), hydroxyl (–OH), and C–O were identified on the WCGs-AC surface. All WCGs-AC samples achieved 100% Methylene Blue (MB) removal, with similar adsorption capacities ranging from 10.20 ± 0.00 to 10.74 ± 0.02 mg/g. The highest-performing adsorbent was obtained using the hot water washing method and carbonization at 550 °C (WZ550), which exhibited an effectively infinite adsorption rate and sustained 100% removal efficiency over 6 reuse cycles. Various kinetic models, including pseudo-1st-order (PFO), pseudo-2nd-order (PSO), Elovich, and Weber-Morris, were applied to describe the adsorption behavior. These findings demonstrate that low-cost and efficient adsorbents can be derived from coffee waste, offering promising potential for dye removal in textile wastewater treatment.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • WCGs are extracted by the hot water and hexane washing method, then carbonized without a gas flow.
  • The activated carbon showed large surface areas, 1,300 - 3,400 m²/g
  • The WZ550 demonstrated sustained 100% removal efficiency across 6 reuse cycles
  • Adsorption kinetics fixed to the PSO model with R2 = 1

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