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Electrospun Polyurethane/phytic Acid Nanofibrous Membrane for High Efficient Removal of Heavy Metal Ions by Yinchun Fang; Xinhua Liu; Xiao Wu; Xuchen Tao; Wenqing Fei is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.

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Polyurethane (PU) nanofibers possess large specific surface area and excellent mechanical properties which have been used as the matrix for many applications. Phytic acid is the biocompatible and environment-friendly organic acid with excellent chelating ability of heavy metal ions due to it contains 6 phosphate groups. In this study, the PU/phytic acid nanofibrous membrane has been successfully produced by electrospinning which was used for Pb removal. Though phytic acid would improve the hydrophilicity and reduce the mechanical properties to a certain extent, the phytic acid-modified PU nanofibrous membrane still possessed excellent mechanical properties. The PU/phytic acid nanofibrous membrane achieved the highest adsorption capacity (136.52 mg/g) of Pb under the condition of the pH of Pb solution was 6 and the adsorption temperature and time were 20°C and 10 h which was over 6 times higher the unmodified one's (21.06 mg/g). These results demonstrated that the electrospun PU/phytic acid nanofibrous membrane could obtain high adsorption capacity of Pb and it would achieve the potential application in the fields of the removal of heavy metal ions.

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Author

Yinchun Fang; Xinhua Liu; Xiao Wu; Xuchen Tao; Wenqing Fei

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Published

2019

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)