Journal
COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING
Volume 123, Issue -, Pages 45-54Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.05.018
Keywords
Nano-structures; Porosity; Chemical properties; Surface analysis
Funding
- Nano-Material Technology Development Program [2016M3A7B4900117]
- Leading Human Resource Training Program of Regional Neo Industry through the National Research Foundation - Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning of Republic of Korea [2016H1D5A1909049]
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Development of highly efficient adsorbent materials for the wastewater treatment is an excellent, cheap, environmental friendly and sustainable approach. Herein, a novel cotton flower-like hierarchically porous boron nitride (BN) structure was successfully synthesized by pyrolizing a boric acid/melamine mixture at 1100 degrees C in a controlled flow rate ratio of N-2/H-2. The obtained porous BN material with a large specific surface area (SSA) of 1140 m(2) g(-1) exhibited high selectivity, fast adsorption rate (similar to 96% for methylene blue (MB) after 20 min and similar to 80% for rhodamine B (RhB) after 10 min) and high adsorption capacities (similar to 471.2 and 313.4 mg.g(-1) for MB and RhB, respectively). The excellent selectivity of porous BN material towards dyes adsorption was confirmed from a mixed solution of dye and inorganic salts. In addition, porous BN material remain sustained without losing its adsorption activity even after 10 cycles and exhibited easy regeneration and good reusability which were achieved by a simple heating process. The obtained results indicated that the present porous BN material is a potential candidate for the removal of organic pollutants in water treatment applications. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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