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Cellulose-Supported Nanosized Zinc Oxide: Highly Efficient Bionanomaterial for Removal of Arsenic from Water

  • Sunil K. Sharma
  • , Priyanka R. Sharma
  • , Hui Chen
  • , Ken Johnson
  • , Chengbo Zhan
  • , Ruifu Wang
  • , Benjamin Hsiao
  • Stony Brook University

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Abstract

Arsenic contamination in drinking water has become a worldwide problem, especially in developing countries, and has led to the development of various arsenic removal methods. Herein, regenerated microfibrillated cellulose (R-MFC) fibers were isolated by a combination of dissolution and regeneration methodologies using a mixture of phosphoric acid and ethanol treatment on jute cellulose. The isolated R-MFC fibers possessed high specific surface area (10 m2/g), good aspect ratio (L/D = 30), high thermal stability (T max = 352 °C) with a zeta potential of -8.4 mV, and a low crystallinity index of 47.5%. These R-MFC fibers exist in cellulose II polymorph form, confirmed by 13C CPMAS nuclear magnetic resonance and wide-angle X-ray diffraction studies, and they were highly effective as support for growth of ZnO nanocrystals. Wide-angle X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy analysis on the imbedded ZnO nanocrystals indicated that they possessed the hexagonal wurtzite crystal structure.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationACS Symposium Series
EditorsSatinder Ahuja, Bommanna G. Loganathan
PublisherAmerican Chemical Society
Pages253-267
Number of pages15
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

Publication series

NameACS Symposium Series
Volume1352
ISSN (Print)0097-6156
ISSN (Electronic)1947-5918

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