PI fibers used in the present research work were mainly prepared by Changchun HiPolyking Co. Ltd., China. Simply, PI fibers used in the present research were obtained by a two-step method that involves reacting dianhydride and diamine monomers in the wet-spinning process. Pyromellitic dianhydride and 3,4′-oxydianiline were crosslinked with 0.5 wt% N,N-dimethylacetamide; the resulting fibers were treated by annealing, rapidly cooled with water and then stretched to the final forms. The main structure of PI fibers is shown as Fig. 1 A and identified by FESEM, EDS, and FTIR. Field-emission scanning electron microscopic (FESEM) images35 (link) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) mappings were obtained using a JEOL-7800F field emission scanning electron microscope equipped with an energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer operating at 10 kV.36 (link) Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra were recorded using a Nicolet-5700 FT-IR spectrometer (Thermo Electron Corporation, USA),37 (link) in a test range of 4000–500 cm−1 and a resolution of 4 cm−1.