Fabrication and Highly Efficient Dye Removal Characterization of Beta-Cyclodextrin-Based Composite Polymer Fibers by Electrospinning

Rong Guo; Ran Wang; Juanjuan Yin; Tifeng Jiao; Haiming Huang; Xinmei Zhao; Lexin Zhang; Qing Li; Jingxin Zhou; Qiuming Peng

doi:10.3390/nano9010127

Fabrication and Highly Efficient Dye Removal Characterization of Beta-Cyclodextrin-Based Composite Polymer Fibers by Electrospinning

Nanomaterials (Basel). 2019 Jan 20;9(1):127. doi: 10.3390/nano9010127.

Authors

Rong Guo^{1

2

3}, Ran Wang⁴, Juanjuan Yin⁵, Tifeng Jiao^{6

7}, Haiming Huang⁸, Xinmei Zhao⁹, Lexin Zhang¹⁰, Qing Li¹¹, Jingxin Zhou¹², Qiuming Peng¹³

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China. guorong@stumail.ysu.edu.cn.
² School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, China. guorong@stumail.ysu.edu.cn.
³ Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China. guorong@stumail.ysu.edu.cn.
⁴ Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China. wr1422520780@163.com.
⁵ Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China. jjy1729@163.com.
⁶ State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China. tfjiao@ysu.edu.cn.
⁷ Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China. tfjiao@ysu.edu.cn.
⁸ School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, China. huanghaiming52hu@163.com.
⁹ Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China. zhaoxinmei2008@yeah.net.
¹⁰ Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China. zhanglexin@ysu.edu.cn.
¹¹ Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China. liqing_buct@163.com.
¹² Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China. zhoujingxin@ysu.edu.cn.
¹³ State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China. pengqiuming@ysu.edu.cn.

Abstract

Dye wastewater is one of the most important problems to be faced and solved in wastewater treatment. However, the treatment cannot be single and simple adsorption due to the complexity of dye species. In this work, we prepared novel composite fiber adsorbent materials consisting of ε-polycaprolactone (PCL) and beta-cyclodextrin-based polymer (PCD) by electrospinning. The morphological and spectral characterization demonstrated the successful preparation of a series of composite fibers with different mass ratios. The obtained fiber materials have demonstrated remarkable selective adsorption for MB and 4-aminoazobenzene solutions. The addition of a PCD component in composite fibers enhanced the mechanical strength of membranes and changed the adsorption uptake due to the cavity molecular structure via host⁻guest interaction. The dye removal efficiency could reach 24.1 mg/g towards 4-aminoazobenzene. Due to the admirable stability and selectivity adsorption process, the present prepared beta-cyclodextrin-based composite fibers have demonstrated potential large-scale applications in dye uptake and wastewater treatment.

Keywords: beta-cyclodextrin polymer; dye removal; electrospinning; host–guest interaction; wastewater treatment.

Grants and funding

21473153/National Natural Science Foundation of China