Qiu Bin, Guo Jiang, Zhang Xi, Sun Dezhi, Gu Hongbo, Wang Qiang, Wang Huanwen, Wang Xuefeng, Zhang Xin, Weeks Brandon L, Guo Zhanhu, Wei Suying
Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL) Dan F Smith Department of Chemical Engineering Lamar University , Beaumont, Texas 77710, United States.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2014 Nov 26;6(22):19816-24. doi: 10.1021/am505170j. Epub 2014 Nov 10.
Ethyl cellulose (EC) composites modified with 20.0 wt % polyethylenimine (PEI) (PEI/ECs) demonstrated effective hexavalent chromium, [Cr(VI)], removal from solutions with a wide pH range. For example, 4.0 mg/L Cr(VI) solution with a pH below 3.0 was completely purified by 3.0 g/L PEI/ECs within 5 min, much faster than the as-received EC (2 h) and activated carbon (several hours). These PEI/ECs adsorbents has overcome the low pH limitation of Cr(VI) removal; for example, 4.0 mg/L Cr(VI) solution with a pH of 11.0 was completely purified within 15 min. These adsorbents followed chemical adsorption as revealed from the pseudo-second-order kinetic study. These PEI/ECs following the isotherm Langmuir model have a maximum adsorption capacity of 36.8 mg/g, much higher than pure EC (12 mg/g), tetrabutylammonium-modified celluloses (16.67 mg/g), and magnetic carbon (16 mg/g). The reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) by the oxidation of amine groups and hydroxyl groups of PEI/ECs was verified as the main mechanism for the Cr(VI) removal.
用20.0 wt%聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)改性的乙基纤维素(EC)复合材料(PEI/ECs)在很宽的pH范围内对溶液中的六价铬[Cr(VI)]具有高效的去除能力。例如,3.0 g/L的PEI/ECs在5分钟内就能完全净化pH低于3.0的4.0 mg/L Cr(VI)溶液,比原样的EC(2小时)和活性炭(数小时)快得多。这些PEI/ECs吸附剂克服了去除Cr(VI)时低pH的限制;例如,pH为11.0的4.0 mg/L Cr(VI)溶液在15分钟内就能被完全净化。伪二级动力学研究表明这些吸附剂遵循化学吸附。遵循等温线朗缪尔模型的这些PEI/ECs的最大吸附容量为36.8 mg/g,远高于纯EC(12 mg/g)、四丁基铵改性纤维素(16.67 mg/g)和磁性碳(16 mg/g)。PEI/ECs的胺基和羟基氧化将Cr(VI)还原为Cr(III)被证实是去除Cr(VI)的主要机制。