{"id":5572,"date":"2025-08-01T09:29:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T09:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/?p=5572"},"modified":"2025-08-01T09:29:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T09:29:57","slug":"sustainable-cellulose-based-material-efficiently-removes-harmful-anions-from-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/?p=5572","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Cellulose-Based Material Efficiently Removes Harmful Anions from Water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Researchers from the Technical University of Munich have developed an innovative, eco-friendly material capable of removing toxic anionic pollutants from water with high efficiency. The study, published in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jobab.2025.04.001\"><em>Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts<\/em><\/a>, introduces a modified micro fibrillated cellulose (MFC) that could revolutionize water purification by offering a low-cost, reusable, and sustainable solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team functionalized MFC using glycidyl triethylammonium chloride (GTEAC), creating a cationic polyelectrolyte-grafted quaternized MFC (QMFC). This material demonstrated exceptional performance in removing nitrates (83.2%), sulphates (98.1%), and phosphates (94.9%) under dynamic flow conditions. Advanced techniques like small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS\/WAXS) confirmed that QMFC retains its crystalline structure while gaining enhanced hydrophilicity, which improves pollutant interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>QMFC aligns with green chemistry principles, boasting a process mass efficiency of 2.79, an E-factor of 1.97, and an energy efficiency score of 66.3. Its low production cost (3.5 Euro dollars\/kg) and reusability make it ideal for large-scale applications, from portable filters to industrial water treatment systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;This material combines sustainability with high performance, addressing a critical gap in water purification technologies,&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;noted the lead author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study highlights QMFC as a promising alternative to traditional anion exchangers, with the potential to mitigate water pollution globally. Future research may optimize the grafting process and expand its use for organic pollutants, further advancing sustainable water treatment solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from the Technical University of Munich have developed an innovative, eco-friendly material capable of removing toxic anionic pollutants from water with high efficiency. The study, published in the&nbsp;Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, introduces a modified micro fibrillated cellulose (MFC) that could revolutionize water purification by offering a low-cost, reusable, and sustainable solution. The team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1117],"tags":[3249,3247,1425,2876,726,3250,883,613],"class_list":["post-5572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-science","tag-anionic-pollutants","tag-cellulose-based","tag-environmental-science","tag-green-chemistry","tag-health","tag-triethylammonium-chloride","tag-water","tag-water-purification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5573,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5572\/revisions\/5573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}