Reactive & Functional Polymers | 2021
Polyamidoxime nanoparticles/polyvinyl alcohol composite chelating nanofibers prepared by centrifugal spinning for uranium extraction
Abstract
Abstract In this work, polyacrylonitrile nanoparticles (PAN NPs)/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) precursor nanofibers were prepared by the centrifugal spinning of the dope composed of PAN emulsion and PVA solution. Subsequently, the precursor nanofibers were modified by crosslinking and oximation to obtain PAO NPs/PVA nanofibers. The results of the scanning electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction indicates that a large number of PAO NPs are exposed on the surface of the PVA nanofibers when the content of PAN NPs exceeds 30\xa0wt%. The PAO NPs/PVA nanofibers possess excellent adsorption kinetics and can adsorb 176.5\xa0mg/g of uranium from uranium ion solution (12\xa0mg/L) within 30\xa0min, which is faster than most other chelating nanofibers. It also has a good selectivity to uranyl ions and good regeneration performance. Its dynamic adsorption process is consistent with the Langmuir model and pseudo-second-order kinetics.