Novel Electroblowing Synthesis of Submicron Zirconium Dioxide Fibers: Effect of Fiber Structure on Antimony(v) Adsorption

Overview

Journal Nanoscale Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2022 Sep 22

PMID 36134400

Authors

Johanna Paajanen

Satu Lonnrot

Mikko Heikkila

Kristoffer Meinander

Marianna Kemell

Timo Hatanpaa

Kaisu Ainassaari

Mikko Ritala

Risto Koivula

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Abstract

Both stable and radioactive antimony are common industrial pollutants. For antimonate (Sb(v)) removal from industrial waste water, we synthesized submicron zirconium dioxide (ZrO) fibers by electroblowing and calcination of the as-electroblown fibers. The fibers are amorphous after calcination at 300 and 400 °C and their average diameter is 720 nm. The fibers calcined at 500 to 800 °C have an average diameter of 570 nm and their crystal structure transforms from tetragonal to monoclinic at the highest calcination temperatures. We investigated Sb(v) adsorption capacity of the synthesized ZrO fibers as a function of pH, adsorption isotherm at pH 6 and adsorption kinetics at pH 7. The tetragonal ZrO fibers calcined at 500 °C exhibited the best potential for Sb(v) remediation with Sb(v) uptake of 10 mg g at pH 2 and a maximum Sb(v) uptake of 8.6 mg g in the adsorption isotherm experiment. They also reached 30% of 7 days' Sb(v) uptake in only a minute. The adsorption kinetics followed the Elovich model.

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