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Preparation of cellulose-chitosan foams using an aqueous lithium bromide solution and their adsorption ability for Congo red

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Herein, we present a new process for the preparation of cellulose-chitosan foams using an aqueous lithium bromide (LiBr) solution. After obtaining hydrogels via dissolution-regeneration from an aqueous LiBr solution and methanol, cellulose-chitosan foams were prepared via solvent exchange (water → ethanol → t-butyl alcohol) followed by freeze-drying. The amino group content and elemental analysis confirmed the successful preparation of three foam grades by controlling the blend ratio of cellulose and chitosan. The cellulose-chitosan foams possessed three-dimensional porous networks composed of nano-fibrils. The swelling properties of the foams improved due to the presence of amino groups. The cellulose-chitosan foams exhibited a higher adsorption capacity (1170.2 mg/g) of Congo red compared to the cellulose (623.2 mg/g). The adsorption–desorption process of Congo red demonstrated the strong interactions between chitosan and Congo red. The cellulose-chitosan foams could be applied as an adsorbent for the treatment of industrial wastewater, especially for anionic dyes.

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This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (NRF-2015R1D1A1A01058918 and NRF-2018R1A2B6002983).

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  1. Department of Plant and Environmental New Resources, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 446-701, Republic of Korea

    Ung-Jin Kim, Dabum Kim, Jungmok You, Satoshi Kimura & Masahisa Wada

  2. Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology and Institute of Green-Bio Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do, 26354, Republic of Korea

    Joon Weon Choi

  3. Department of Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan

    Satoshi Kimura

  4. Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

    Masahisa Wada

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Kim, UJ., Kim, D., You, J. et al. Preparation of cellulose-chitosan foams using an aqueous lithium bromide solution and their adsorption ability for Congo red. Cellulose 25, 2615–2628 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-018-1742-2

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