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Oxidized Cellulose Nanofibers Decorated with Magnetite as Efficient Bioadosrbent for Organic Dyes

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Introduction

Organic pollutants have attracted great interest due to their toxic effects on human beings and the environment. Developing innovative sustainable and environmentally friendly efficient adsorbents are required for water purification.

Objectives

This article describes the immobilization of magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles on TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofiber (TEMPO-CNF) through the co-precipitation of iron salts by the alkaline medium.

Experiments

TEMPO-CNF and TEMPO-CNF/Fe3O4 were prepared, and their structure was confirmed by XRD, TGA, SEM, TEM, BET, and AFM. The ability of the synthesized nanobiocomposite for methylene blue (MB) adsorption, as a cationic dye model, was examined. In addition, the thermodynamics parameters have been evaluated from direct measurement based on Isothermal Titration Calorimetry as well as the recyclability of the material.

Results

Characterization of the samples successfully showed the preparation of cellulose nanofibers with a diameter ranging from 10-15 nm and homogenous and uniform magnetic nanoparticles with a diameter of ~ 10 nm. At pH 7, the highest adsorption efficiency was observed. The isotherm, kinetic models, and enthalpic contributions were calculated to evaluate adsorption experiments. With an adsorption capacity of around 303 mg/g, pseudo-second-order and Langmuir isotherm provided the best interpretation adsorption process. The adsorption process was endothermic and spontaneous, with weak interactions (5.2 kJ/mol). The material exhibits a good desorption ability with a mixture of 5% (v/v) acetic acid and methanol up to the fifth regeneration cycle.

Conclusion

The current results showed that TEMPO-CNF/Fe3O4 nanocomposite is a promising green bioadsorbent for organic dye removal for water purification.

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The authors would like to thank the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt, for providing financial support for the study efforts through the Egypt-France Scientific and Technological Cooperation Program PHC “IMHOTEP” 41898XD.

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    Ahmed Salama, Ragab Abouzeid & Mohamed Diab

  2. Institut Charles Gerhardt de Montpellier ICGM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier Cedex 05, 34293, France

    Benedicte Prelot, Marwa Assaf & Peter Hesemann

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Ahmed Salama and Benedicte Prelot shared equally in funding acquisition and project administration. A.S., B.P., R. A., M. D., M. A. investigation, methodology, validation, and writing—original draft. P. H. methodology, writing—review and editing. All authors have read and agreed to the submitted version of the manuscript.

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Salama, A., Abouzeid, R., Prelot, B. et al. Oxidized Cellulose Nanofibers Decorated with Magnetite as Efficient Bioadosrbent for Organic Dyes. Chemistry Africa 6, 2343–2356 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42250-023-00669-5

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