Abstract: In this work, cellulose nanofibers/chitosan(CNFs/CS) composites were prepared by freeze-drying method and characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS). The results showed that CNFs/CS had abundant functional groups such as $ -NH_{2} $, -COOH and -OH groups. The removal conditions of Cu(Ⅱ) and Cd(Ⅱ) from wastewater by CNFs/CS were optimized by batch sorption experiments, and the experimental data were fitted by kinetic models and sorption isotherm models. The fitting results showed that the sorption of Cu(Ⅱ) and Cd(Ⅱ) on CNFs/CS conformed to the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Langmuir isotherm model, and the maximum sorption capacities of Cu(Ⅱ) and Cd(Ⅱ) were 181.81 mg/g and 187.89 mg/g, respectively. Meanwhile, the thermodynamic results showed that the sorption was a spontaneous and endothermic process.
Keywords: cellulose nanofibers(CNFs); chitosan(CS); sorption; Cu(Ⅱ); Cd(Ⅱ)