Cellulose nanocrystals-based flocculants for high-speed and high-efficiency decolorization of colored effluents
Journal of Cleaner Production(2020)
摘要
The modified cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are expected to achieve fast and efficient decolorization of colored effluents. In this study, CNCs were surface-modified by grafting polymerization of acryloyloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium chloride (AETMAC) with the initiator of ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN). The optimum scheme to synthesize poly acryloyloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium chloride) (PAETMAC)-grafted CNCs (PAETMAC-g-CNCs) with the highest cationicity of 31.2% was determined from the orthogonal test as 4/1 (w/w) of AETMAC/CNCs, 0.01 mg/L of CAN, 50 °C and 5 h. Zeta potential, particle size, FT-IR and 13C-NMR characterizations manifested the successful introduction of PAETMAC on CNCs. XRD proved the same cellulose I of PAETMAC-g-CNCs as CNCs. As new eco-friendly flocculants, PAETMAC-g-CNCs were tested to decolorize 100 mg/L of neutral reactive blue 19 (RB 19) solutions. The results show that the higher the cationicity of PAETMAC-g-CNCs is, the less amount is needed for getting the maximum color removal. The widest flocculation window from 30 to 100 mg/L is acquired using PAETMAC-g-CNCs2 with the medium cationicity of 21.1%. Moreover, PAETMAC-g-CNCs2 is less sensitive to the pH and ion concentration of dye solutions due to its increased colloidal stability in electrolytes, acids and/or bases. It can work on a wide pH range and is applicable to treat high salt concentration effluents. The color removal efficiency is over 80% at pH 3–9 and NaCl concentration up to 60 g/L. The high crystallinity of PAETMAC-g-CNCs2 and the PAETMAC grafts promote the growth of dye-containing flocs and accelerate the flocs’ precipitation. PAETMAC-g-CNCs2 can rapidly decolorize the RB 19 solutions, which is desirable for industrial applications.
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Cellulose nanocrystals,Surface-grafting,Poly(acryloyloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium chloride),Flocculant,Decolorization
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