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A versatile bio-based material for efficiently removing toxic dyes, heavy metal ions and emulsified oil droplets from
Daikun Li1, Qing Li1, Daoyong Mao1
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road NO. 2, Chongqing 400715, PR China.
Abstract:
Developing versatile materials for effective water purification is significant for environment and water source protection. Herein, a versatile bio-based material (CH-PAA-T) was reported by simple thermal cross-linking chitosan and polyacrylic acid which exhibits excellent performances for removing insoluble oil, soluble toxic dyes and heavy metal ions from water, simultaneously. The adsorption capacities are 990.1mgg-1 for methylene blue (MB) and 135.9mgg-1 for Cu2+, which are higher than most of present advanced absorbents. The adsorption towards organic dyes possesses high selectivity which makes CH-PAA-T be able to efficiently separate dye mixtures. The stable superoleophobicity under water endows CH-PAA-T good performance to separate toluene-in-water emulsion stabilized by Tween 80. Moreover, CH-PAA-T can be recycled for 10 times with negligible reduction of efficiency. Such versatile bio-based material is a potential candidate for water purification.
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