Super-Adsorptive Biodegradable Hydrogel from Simply Treated Sugarcane Bagasse

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dc.contributor.authorMondal, M.I.H.
dc.contributor.authorHaque, M.O.
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, F.
dc.contributor.authorPervez, M.N.
dc.contributor.authorNaddeo, V.
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, M.B.
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThere is a great demand for biodegradable hydrogel, and cellulose enriched wastes materials are widely used to serve this purpose for various advance applications (e.g., biomedical and environmental). Sugarcane bagasse is cellulose-enriched agro-waste, abundantly grown in Bangladesh. This study aimed to treat sugarcane bagasse-based agro-waste using a sustainable and ecofriendly approach to produce hydrogel with super-swelling capacity for adsorption of copper, chromium, iron ions, methylene blue and drimaren red dyes. To increase the swelling property of hydrogels, copolymerization of hydrophilic monomers is an effective technique. Therefore, this study aimed to prepare hydrogel via free radical graft-copolymerization reaction among acrylamide, methyl methacrylate and treated bagasse in the presence of N,N-methylene-bis-acrylamide as a crosslinker and potassium persulphate as an initiator. To obtain maximum yield, reaction conditions were optimized. It was found that hydrogel obtained from chemically treated sugarcane bagasse showed maximum water absorption capacity of 228.0 g/g, whereas untreated bagassebased hydrogel could absorb ~50 g/g of water. Maximum adsorption capacity of 247.0 mg/g was found for copper ion. In addition, organic pollutant removal from industrial effluent also showed good performance, removing >90% of methylene blue and 62% of drimaren red dye, with shorter kinetics. The biodegradability study showed that after 90 days of exposure, the hydrogels degraded to about 43% of their own mass. Therefore, the produced hydrogel could be an alternative adsorbent to remove pollutants and also for other potential applications.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMd. Ibrahim H. Mondal, Obaidul Haque, Firoz Ahmed, Nahid Pervez, Vincenzo Naddeo, and Mohammad Boshir Ahmed
dc.identifier.citationGels, 2022; 8(3):177-1-177-14
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/gels8030177
dc.identifier.issn2310-2861
dc.identifier.issn2310-2861
dc.identifier.orcidAhmed, M.B. [0000-0003-4756-595X]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/145874
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rights© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/gels8030177
dc.subjectsugarcane bagasse; hydrogels; water absorption; biodegradable; hydrophilic
dc.titleSuper-Adsorptive Biodegradable Hydrogel from Simply Treated Sugarcane Bagasse
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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