Department of Chemistry, Himachal Pradesh University, Summer Hill, Shimla 171005, India.
Department of Chemistry, Himachal Pradesh University, Summer Hill, Shimla 171005, India.
Int J Biol Macromol. 2018 Jun;112:728-736. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.01.206. Epub 2018 Feb 6.
Presence of mercury ions in water, even in trace amounts, is a serious environmental hazard. Hence, there is imperative need to develop innovative and environmentally-friendly materials for their removal from wastewaters. In the present study, cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) extracted from bagasse was esterified with l-cysteine to yield thiol and amine functionalized green material (Cys-CNFs) for removal of Hg ions. The Cys-CNFs were well characterized by SEM, TEM, FTIR, EDS and XRD and evaluated for selective removal of Hg ions from the simulated wastewater. It was observed that Cys-CNFs adsorb Hg ions even at a very low concentration of 1.0mg/L and it exhibited a maximum adsorption capacity of 116.822mgg. Kinetic analysis of the data revealed that pseudo-second order kinetics and Langmuir isotherm were followed for adsorption of Hg ions.
水中汞离子的存在,即使是痕量的,也是一种严重的环境危害。因此,迫切需要开发创新的、环保的材料,以从废水中去除这些汞离子。在本研究中,从甘蔗渣中提取的纤维素纳米纤维(CNFs)与 L-半胱氨酸酯化,得到巯基和胺功能化的绿色材料(Cys-CNFs),用于去除 Hg 离子。Cys-CNFs 通过 SEM、TEM、FTIR、EDS 和 XRD 进行了很好的表征,并评估了其从模拟废水中选择性去除 Hg 离子的能力。结果表明,即使在 1.0mg/L 的极低浓度下,Cys-CNFs 也能吸附 Hg 离子,最大吸附容量为 116.822mgg。数据的动力学分析表明,Hg 离子的吸附遵循准二级动力学和朗缪尔等温线。