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Phosphorylated-CNC/MWCNT thin films-toward efficient adsorption of rare earth La(III)

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The purpose of the paper is to achieve adsorption and secondary application of La(III) through strong coordination ability of phosphate groups and La(III). Firstly, cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) were phosphorylated in two solvents (water and molten urea). p-CNC(water)/MWCNT and p-CNC(urea)/MWCNT thin films were successfully synthesized by using p-CNCs as film units based on EISA method. The addition of multi-wall carbon nanotube was to improve thermal stability and repeatability of films and carboxyl groups thereon could also involve in the coordination of La(III). Adsorption experiments show that, at pH 4.0, adsorption capacities of p-CNC(water)/MWCNT and p-CNC(urea)/MWCNT films were 21.23 and 44.71 mg g−1, with half equilibrium time (t1/2) of 23.06 and 4.87 min. Repeatability tests show that the adsorption capacities of films remained above 82% of the maximum adsorption capacities after five adsorption–desorption cycles.

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This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21876015, 21808018, 21822807), Applied Basic Research of Changzhou (No. CJ20180055), Natural Science Research of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (No. 18KJB610002), Science and Technology Support Program of Changzhou (No. CE20185015, No. CE20195020), Postgraduate Research and Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (No. SJCX18_0958), Jiangsu Provincial Graduate Research and Practice Innovation Program (No. SJCX17_0711), and “333” Project of Jiangsu Province (BRA2018323).

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    Yi Zhang, Xudong Zheng, Tingting Bian, Yuzhe Zhang, Jinfeng Mei & Zhongyu Li

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, People’s Republic of China

    Zhongyu Li

  3. Advanced Catalysis and Green Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Center, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, People’s Republic of China

    Zhongyu Li

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Zhang, Y., Zheng, X., Bian, T. et al. Phosphorylated-CNC/MWCNT thin films-toward efficient adsorption of rare earth La(III). Cellulose 27, 3379–3390 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-020-03012-0

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