The core-shell PA6/CS fibers was successfully fabricated by coaxial electrospinning.
Fe3+ was introduced into the fibers to form the PA6/CS-Fe3+ fibers.
Compared with PA6/CS fibers, TC removal rate of PA6/CS-Fe3+ increases by 235%.
The high TC removal rate is owing to the chelating interaction between TC and Fe3+.
The core-shell PA6/CTS-Fe3+ fibers could retain high efficiency after five cycles.