Industrial effluents and wastewater treatment have been a mainstay of environmental preservation and remediation for the last decade. Silica nanoparticles (SiO) obtained from rice husk (RH) are an alternative to producing low-cost adsorbent and agriculture waste recovery. One adsorption challenge is facilitating the adsorbate separation and reuse cycle from aqueous medium. Thus, the present work employs SiO supported on polylactic acid (PLA) nanofibers obtained by the electrospinning method for Rhodamine B (RhB) dye adsorption. The silica surface was modified with trimethylsilyl chloride (TMCS) to increase affinity towards organic compounds. As a result, the silanized surface of the silica from rice husk (RHSil) promoted an increase in dye adsorption attributed to the hydrophobic properties. The PLA fibers containing 40% SiO (w w) showed about 85-95% capacity adsorption. The pseudo-first-order kinetic model was demonstrated to be the best model for PLA:SiO RHSil nanocomposites, exhibiting a 1.2956 mg g adsorption capacity and 0.01404 min kinetic constant (k) value. In the reuse assay, PLA:SiO membranes preserved their adsorption activity after three consecutive adsorption cycles, with a value superior to 60%. Therefore, PLA:SiO nanocomposites from agricultural waste are an alternative to "low-cost/low-end" treatments and can be used in traditional treatment systems to improve dye removal from contaminated waters.
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