Green one-step synthesis of ZnO/cellulose nanocrystal hybrids with modulated morphologies and superfast absorption of cationic dyes

Ying Guan; Hou-Yong Yu; Somia Yassin Hussain Abdalkarim; Chuang Wang; Feng Tang; Jaromir Marek; Wei-Lai Chen; Jiri Militky; Ju-Ming Yao

doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.03.104

Green one-step synthesis of ZnO/cellulose nanocrystal hybrids with modulated morphologies and superfast absorption of cationic dyes

Int J Biol Macromol. 2019 Jul 1:132:51-62. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.03.104. Epub 2019 Mar 25.

Authors

Ying Guan¹, Hou-Yong Yu², Somia Yassin Hussain Abdalkarim³, Chuang Wang³, Feng Tang³, Jaromir Marek⁴, Wei-Lai Chen³, Jiri Militky⁴, Ju-Ming Yao⁵

Affiliations

¹ The Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Textile, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Utilization of Forestry Biomass, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China.
² The Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Textile, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China; State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China. Electronic address: phdyu@zstu.edu.cn.
³ The Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Textile, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
⁴ Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies And Innovations, Studentska 1402/2, Liberec, Czech Republic.
⁵ The Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Textile, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China. Electronic address: yaoj@zstu.edu.cn.

PMID: 30922915
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.03.104

Abstract

Zinc oxide/cellulose nanocrystal (ZnO/CNC) hybrids with modulated morphologies were prepared by using bamboo CNC as templates via green one-step technique. The effect of pH values on the morphology, microstructure, thermal stability, antibacterial efficiency and dye absorption kinetics of hybrids were investigated. A possible mechanism for various hybrid morphologies at different pH values was provided. All the samples exhibited high antibacterial ratios of 91.4%-99.8% against both Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. ZnO/CNC8.5 gave quick removal efficiency with high dye removal ratios in methylene blue (MB, 93.55%) and malachite green (MG, 99.02%), especially >91.47% and 97.85% within 5 min. The absorption capacity could reach up to 46.77 mg/g for MB and 49.51 mg/g for MG. Besides, absorption kinetics showed that the absorption behavior followed the pseudo-second-order kinetic model (R² > 0.99996). Such ZnO/CNC hybrids show outstanding and low-cost adsorbent for efficient absorption of cationic dyes in wastewater treatment field.

Keywords: Cationic dye absorption; Morphological modulation; ZnO/cellulose nanocrystal hybrids.

MeSH terms

Absorption, Physicochemical*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Cellulose / chemistry*
Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic
Coloring Agents / chemistry*
Coloring Agents / isolation & purification*
Escherichia coli / drug effects
Green Chemistry Technology
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Kinetics
Methylene Blue / chemistry
Methylene Blue / isolation & purification
Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Rosaniline Dyes / chemistry
Rosaniline Dyes / isolation & purification
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Temperature
Wastewater / chemistry
Water Purification
Zinc Oxide / chemistry*
Zinc Oxide / pharmacology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Coloring Agents
Rosaniline Dyes
Waste Water
malachite green
Cellulose
Zinc Oxide
Methylene Blue