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Dibenzo-18-crown-6/Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers for metal ions adsorption: adsorption studies for Na+ and K+

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Dibenzo-18-crown-6 (DB18C6) as a host compound was doped into polyacrylonitrile (PAN) solution. The composite nanofibers (DB18C6/PAN) were prepared by the electrospinning. The morphology, chemical structure and thermal stability of nanofibers were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), respectively. The composite nanofibers with good morphology were obtained by controlling the weight percent of DB18C6 and electrospinning parameters. The static adsorption behavior of alkali metal ions and alkaline earth metal ions of different proportional DB18C6/PAN nanofibers were studied. DB18C6/PAN nanofibers have adsorptive selectivity about alkali metal ions: K+  > Na+  >  > Cs+  > Li+. The 15wt%DB18C6/PAN nanofibers have the highest adsorption capacity. The adsorption kinetics of 15wt%DB18C6/PAN nanofibers for Na+ and K+ were accorded with the first-order equation, and the adsorption rate constants were 9.5 × 10–3 min−1 and 1.5 × 10–2 min−1, respectively. At 25 °C, the isotherm adsorption of the DB18C6/PAN nanofibers for Na+ and K+ was confirmed to the Langmuir adsorption isotherm, and the maximum adsorption quantities of 15wt%DB18C6/PAN nanofibers were 11.9 mg g−1 and 24.8 mg g−1, respectively.

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The funding support from the “Qinglan project” of Jiangsu Province (2018-12) and a Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions is acknowledged.

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    Jing Wang, Qiaofang Shi, Huayu Wu & Ming Chen

  3. College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng, 224051, People’s Republic of China

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Shu, Y., Wang, J., Qian, C. et al. Dibenzo-18-crown-6/Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers for metal ions adsorption: adsorption studies for Na+ and K+. Polym. Bull. 79, 6275–6288 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-021-03806-7

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