Recycling of precious materials by modified electrospun membranes

Zeytuncu Gökoğlu B., Şengür Taşdemir R., Tanc B., AKTAŞ S., Koyuncu İ.

Desalination and Water Treatment, cilt.211, ss.439-447, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 211
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5004/dwt.2021.26748
  • Dergi Adı: Desalination and Water Treatment
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Environment Index, Geobase, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.439-447
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Adsorption, Electrospinning, Gold, Keratin, Nanofiber membrane, Platinum
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2021 Desalination Publications. All rights reserved.In this study, adsorption of gold (Au) and platinum (Pt) ions by electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) natural keratin-modified membranes with high sulfur content and affinity toward precious metals were investigated. Different adsorption parameters, sorbent amount, contact time, tem-perature and pH of solution on adsorption (%) were studied in detail in batch sorption. First, a PAN nanofiber membrane was fabricated by an electrospinning technique as a low-cost method for producing nanofiber membranes and was then modified with the natural keratin (human hair) by hydrolysis in a basic solution. A PAN–keratin nanofiber membrane was characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (FTIR and SEM, respec-tively). FTIR verified the modification of PAN with keratin in which the spectrum of the resulting membrane showed significant changes, by using this modified nanofiber membrane, Au adsorp-tion of 99% was achieved while the Pt adsorption showed a maximum of 37%. The reason for this finding may be because the electronegativity of Au is higher than Pt. When the adsorption iso-therms were investigated, it was noted that the Langmuir isotherm fit better than the Freundlich isotherm. 1.0 M thiourea solution was used as a desorption reagent for both Au and Pt ions. Reusability studies showed that the adsorption capacity can remain up to 90 % after four times of usage. This finding indicates that the adsorption process of precious ions onto the electrospun membrane is a monolayer adsorption process.