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Melt-spun modified poly (styrene-co-butyl acrylate) fiber as a carrier to support manganese oxide and its application in dye wastewater decolorization

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Polymer fiber, a kind of versatile material, has been widely used in many fields. However, emerging applications still urge us to develop some new kinds of fibers. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) have created a promising prospect for organic wastewater decontamination; thus, it is of important significance to design a kind of special fiber that can be applied in AOPs. In this work, a viable route is proposed to fabricate manganese oxide-supporting melt-spun modified poly (styrene-co-butyl acrylate) fiber, and the prepared fiber has an excellent activity to catalyze H2O2 and O3 to decolorize dye-containing water. The results show that the decolorization of a cationic blue solution can be completely accomplished within 10 min with the prepared fiber as a catalyst, and its decolorization efficiency can reach up to 96.2% within 40 min. The concentration of total organic carbon can decrease from 20.3 to 12.3 mg/L. The prepared fiber can be reused five times without any loss in decolorization efficiency. Compared with other manganese oxide-based catalysts reported in the literature, the prepared fiber also shows many advantages in decolorizing methylene blue such as easy separation, mild reaction condition, and high decolorization efficiency. Therefore, we are confident that the fiber introduced in this study will exhibit a great application potential in the field of dye wastewater treatment.

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This study is funded by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Project number: 51103099), Tianjin Municipal Natural Science Foundation (Project number: 12JCQNJC01600), Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Project number: 20111201120002), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Project number: 2014 M550143; 2015 T80221), and the Program of China Scholarship Council (Project number: 201809345019).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, College of Material Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, China

    Naiku Xu, Shunqiang Chen & Changfa Xiao

  2. State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, College of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, China

    Liqun Ning, Zhifen Hao & Yan Feng

  3. Fiber and Polymer Science Program, Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry, and Science, Wilson College of Textiles, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8301, USA

    Xiangwu Zhang

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Xu, N., Ning, L., Chen, S. et al. Melt-spun modified poly (styrene-co-butyl acrylate) fiber as a carrier to support manganese oxide and its application in dye wastewater decolorization. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 28209–28221 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09105-4

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