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High exposure effect of the adsorption site significantly enhanced the adsorption capacity and removal rate: A case of adsorption of hexavalent chromium by quaternary ammonium polymers (QAPs)

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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 416, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125829

Keywords

Rapid removal; Adsorption; Hexavalent chromium recovery; Quaternary ammonium polymers; Selective materials

Funding

  1. National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFC0406400, 2019YFC1907900]
  2. National Science Foundation of China [51678285]
  3. Key Research and Development Program of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [2019ZD001]
  4. Key Project of Innovative Talents of Science and Technology of Jiangxi Province [20181BCB18002]
  5. Fostering Project of National Science and Technology Awards of Jiangxi Province [20192AEI91001]

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The study developed novel quaternary ammonium polymers with high density adsorption sites for rapid selective removal of Cr(VI) from water, showing significantly higher adsorption capacity and rate compared to Cr(VI)-imprinted polymers. The high exposure effect of the adsorption site provides valuable guidance for designing rapid selective adsorbents for removing and reclaiming Cr(VI) from wastewater.
Enhancing the performance of adsorbents to the utmost extent is an objective but challenging in applying adsorption technology to wastewater treatment. In this work, novel quaternary ammonium polymers (QAPs) with high density adsorption site (i.e., quaternized N, confirmed by FT-IR results) were designed and prepared for rapid selective removal of Cr(VI) from water. The results of EDS analysis indicated the maximum exposure rate of N on the surface of QAPs was as high as 86.1%, which almost doubled comparing to that of Cr(VI) ions imprinted polymers (Cr(VI)-IIP) (46.2%). Interestingly, the maximum adsorption capacity (211.8 mg/g) and initial adsorption rate (h0, 66.6 mg/ (g.min)) of QAPs (i.e., 5:1(TRIM)) for Cr(VI) are about 3.6 times and 4.9 times those of Cr(VI)-IIP (63.0 mg/g and 13.5 mg/(g.min)), respectively. Impressively, flow-through adsorption experiments demonstrated 5:1(TRIM) can completely remove 5 mg/L of Cr(VI) within five seconds. Additionally, 5:1(TRIM) exhibited a remarkable selectivity for Cr(VI) adsorption, and high purity (100%) of chromium can be readily obtained. The proposed idea of high exposure effect of the adsorption site can provide a valuable guidance for designing rapid selective adsorbents to remove and reclaim Cr(VI) from wastewater.

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