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Glutaraldehyde and polyvinyl alcohol crosslinked cellulose membranes for efficient methyl orange and Congo red removal

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Self-standing and flexible regenerated cellulose membranes were fabricated by using a facile ZnCl2/CaCl2/cellulose dissolution system. The filtration experiments of the membranes were conducted by using methyl orange and Congo red as water contaminations. To improve the selectivity and stability, the crosslinkers of glutaraldehyde and polyvinyl alcohol were introduced to the membrane network. The best performance was observed over glutaraldehyde and polyvinyl alcohol crosslinked cellulose (P-G-RC) membrane with a Congo red rejection rate of 99.9% and a methyl orange rejection rate of 93.5%. The suitable pore radius (0.67 nm), low root-mean-square roughness (2.9 nm) and abundant hydroxyl groups were considered as the primary reasons contributed to the separation behavior. Furthermore, the P-G-RC membrane displayed excellent stability and reusability during the filtration tests.

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The authors are grateful for financial supports from the Natural Science Key Project of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (15KJA220001), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province Youth Fund (BK20180766, BK20170919), and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD). The authors also thank the testing services from Advanced Analysis and Testing Center of Nanjing Forestry University.

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  2. Jiangsu Key Lab for the Chemistry and Utilization of Agricultural and Forest, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China

    Zhongguo Wang, Xiong-Fei Zhang, Yi Feng & Jianfeng Yao

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Hou, T., Guo, K., Wang, Z. et al. Glutaraldehyde and polyvinyl alcohol crosslinked cellulose membranes for efficient methyl orange and Congo red removal. Cellulose 26, 5065–5074 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-019-02433-w

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