Biocompatible cellulose acetate supported ammonium based ionic liquid membranes; way forward to remediate water pollution

Dyes contaminated water has caused various environmental and health impacts in developing countries especially Pakistan due to different industrial activities. This issue has been addressed in present study by fabricating biocompatible ionic liquid (IL) membranes for the remediation of Crystal violet (CV) dye from contaminated water. Novel ammonium-based IL such as Triethyl dimethyl ammonium sulfate ([C3A][C2H6]SO4); (A2) was synthesized and further functionalized with hydroxyapatite (HAp; extracted from refused fish scales) resulting in the formation of HA2. Furthermore, A2 and HA2 were then used to fabricate the cellulose acetate (CA) based membranes with different volume ratios. The physicochemical properties of membranes-based composite materials were investigated using FTIR, XRD, and TGA and used for the adsorption of CV in the closed batch study. In results, CA-HA2 (1:2) showed higher efficiency of 98% for CV reduction, after the contact time of 90 min. Kinetic studies showed that the adsorption of CV followed the pseudo-second-order kinetic model for all adsorbents. The antibacterial properties of the synthesized membrane were investigated against gram-positive strain, S. aureus and CA-A2 (1:1) showed better antibacterial properties against S. aureus. The developed membrane is sustainable to be used for the adsorption of CV and against bacteria.