The spherical macroporous cellulose(SMC) was fabricated using medical absorbent cotton as raw material and nano CaCO3 as porogenic agents.And then,the phenylglycine was grafted onto the SMC to obtain the novel spherical macroporous cellulose derivative adsorbent(PSMC).FT-IR and scanning electron microscope(SEM) were employed to characterize the adsorbents and Fe3+ ions served as model solute to evaluate the adsorption property of the adsorbents.The experimental results show that the amount of porogenic agents and the value of pH have obvious influence on adsorption capacity of the adsorbents.The data of adsorption kinetic and isotherm display that the adsorbents possess excellent equilibrium adsorption capacity(348.94 mg/g) and have a bright prospect and considerable potential in the treatment of Fe3+ ions in wastewater.
An efficient porous spherical polyethyleneimine-cellulose(PEI-cell) absorbent was synthesized and characterized. The main influencing factors and adsorption mechanism for two typical metal ions, Cr3+and Fe3+, were investigated. The adsorption performance primarily depends on the initial concentration of metal ions, pH value and temperature, and the chelation action between N atoms of PEI-cell and metal ions plays an important role. Under dynamic adsorption conditions, the saturation adsorption of polyethyleneimine-cellulose is 83.98 mg·g-1for Cr(III) and 377.19 mg·g-1for Fe(III), higher than reported data and that of unmodified cellulose. The adsorption can be well described with second-order kinetic equation and Freundlich adsorption model, and ΔH, ΔG and ΔS of the adsorption are all negative. With 5%HCl as eluent, the elution ratio of Cr(III) and Fe(III) achieved 99.88% and 97.74% at 313 K, respectively.After the porous PEI-cell was reused 6 times, it still presented satisfactory adsorption performance.Above results show the advantages such as easily-acquired raw material, high efficiency, stable recycling performance and biodegradability.
