Preparation of iron ions-coordinated poly acrylic acid-based Fenton catalytic fiber and its performance
In order to improve the performance of polyacrylic acid(PAA)fiber,the stretchable PAA as-spun fiber was suc-cessfully prepared based on the coordination reaction of iron ions in the process of wet spinning,and the perfor-mance of fiber was finally optimized using the processes of post-stretching and heat setting.The application of fiber as a Fenton catalyst in the field of dye wastewater treatment was researched.The results showed that com-pared with sulphate iron salt,the chloride iron salt-coordinated PAA fiber had outstanding mechanical properties and dimensional stability.The processes of post-stretching and heat setting could significantly improve the me-chanical properties and catalytic activity of PAA fiber and inhibit the loss of iron ions.The breaking strength of fibers stretched 20 times and heat set at 130 ℃ could reach up to 1.42 cN/dtex,which was 914.3%higher than that of unstretched fibers,and it could decolorize more than 90%of MB within 3 min without an attenuation in decolorization efficiency during 40 cycles.