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Bagasse Cellulose Grafted with an Amino-Terminated Hyperbranched Polymer for the Removal of Cr(VI) from Aqueous Solution

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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning 530006, China
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Guangxi Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Engineering of Forest Products, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning 530006, China
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Guangxi Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for Polysaccharide Materials and Modifications, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning 530006, China
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Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7HS, UK
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International Institute for Nanocomposites Manufacturing (IINM), WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Polymers 2018, 10(8), 931; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10080931
Received: 1 August 2018 / Revised: 15 August 2018 / Accepted: 18 August 2018 / Published: 20 August 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biopolymers and Biobased Polymers: Chemistry and Engineering)
A novel bio-adsorbent was fabricated via grafting an amino-terminated hyperbranched polymer (HBP-NH2) onto bagasse cellulose. The morphology and microstructure of the HBP-NH2-grafted bagasse cellulose (HBP-g-BC) were characterized and its adsorption capacity for Cr(VI) ions in aqueous solutions was investigated. The rough surface structure of HBP-g-BC that is beneficial for improving the adsorption capacity was observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The grafting reaction was confirmed by Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The adsorbent performance was shown to be better with a lower pH value, a higher adsorbent dosage, or a higher initial Cr(VI) concentration. Moreover, the kinetics study revealed that the adsorption behavior followed a pseudo-second-order model. The isotherm results showed that the adsorption data could be well-fitted by the Langmuir, Freundlich, or Temkin models. Moreover, HBP-g-BC could maintain 74.4% of the initial removal rate even after five cycles of regeneration. Thus, the high potential of HBP-g-BC as a bio-adsorbent for heavy metal removal has been demonstrated. View Full-Text
Keywords: bagasse cellulose; hyperbranched polymer; adsorption capacity; Cr(VI) removal bagasse cellulose; hyperbranched polymer; adsorption capacity; Cr(VI) removal
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Xia, L.; Huang, Z.; Zhong, L.; Xie, F.; Tang, C.Y.; Tsui, C.P. Bagasse Cellulose Grafted with an Amino-Terminated Hyperbranched Polymer for the Removal of Cr(VI) from Aqueous Solution. Polymers 2018, 10, 931. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10080931

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Xia L, Huang Z, Zhong L, Xie F, Tang CY, Tsui CP. Bagasse Cellulose Grafted with an Amino-Terminated Hyperbranched Polymer for the Removal of Cr(VI) from Aqueous Solution. Polymers. 2018; 10(8):931. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10080931

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Xia, Lu, Zhonghang Huang, Lei Zhong, Fengwei Xie, Chak Y. Tang, and Chi P. Tsui. 2018. "Bagasse Cellulose Grafted with an Amino-Terminated Hyperbranched Polymer for the Removal of Cr(VI) from Aqueous Solution" Polymers 10, no. 8: 931. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10080931

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