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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 61, Issue 35, Pages 13883-13892Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01886
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- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2021MB106, ZR2021QB090]
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In this study, a metal-organic framework (MOF) nanosheet with a positive charge was constructed for the efficient capture of radioactive iodine. The as-synthesized ultrathin nanosheets exhibited a record-high iodine adsorption capacity in aqueous solution, with fast adsorption and desorption kinetics.
Radioactive iodine (I-129 and I-131), produced or released from nuclear-related activities, posed severe effects on both human health and environment. The efficient removal of radioiodine from aqueous medium and vapor phase is of paramount importance for the sustainable development of nuclear energy. Herein, a metal-organic framework (MOF) nanosheet with a positive charge was constructed for the capture of iodine for the first time. The as-synthesized ultrathin nanosheets, with a thickness of 4.4 +/- 0.1 nm, showed a record-high iodine adsorption capacity (3704.08 mg g(-1)) from aqueous solution, which is even higher than that from the vapor phase (3510.05 mg g(-1)). It can be ascribed to the fully interactions between the extensive accessible active sites on the largely exposed surface of 2D MOF nanosheets and the target pollutants, which also gave rise to fast adsorption kinetics with relative high removal efficiencies in the low concentrations, even in seawater. Moreover, a facile recyclability with fast desorption kinetics can also be achieved for the MOF nanosheets. The excellent iodine removal performance in aqueous solution demonstrated that the electrostatic attraction between MOF nanosheets with a positive charge and the negatively charged triiodide (I-3(-), the dominant form of iodine in aqueous solution) is the driving force in adsorption, which endows the adsorbents with the characteristics of fast adsorption and desorption kinetics. The adsorption mechanism was systematically verified by the studies of zeta potential, Fourier transform infrared, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Raman spectra.
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