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Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of a Thiophene− Pyrrole Copolymer As an Efficient Adsorbent for Removal of Methylene Blue Abhishek Kumar Mishra,†,‡ Vinod K. Shahi,§ Namita Rani Agrawal,*,‡ and Ishwar Das† †
Chemistry Department, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur 273009, India Chemistry Department, St. Andrew’s College, Gorakhpur 273001, India § CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat 364002, India ‡
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ABSTRACT: An electrochemically synthesized thiophene− pyrrole (Th-Py) copolymer was characterized by various techniques such as powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), energy-dispersive Xray spectroscopy (EDX), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Electrical conductivity, pH point of zero charge (pHPZC), and surface area measurements by the Brunauer−Emmett− Teller (BET) method were also carried out. The particle size