Efficient Mercury Capture Using Functionalized Porous Organic Polymer
Autor: | Qi Sun, Radwan Elzein, Carter W. Abney, Briana Aguila, Jason A. Perman, Lyndsey D. Earl, Rudy Schlaf, Shengqian Ma |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
Aqueous solution
Environmental remediation Mechanical Engineering Inorganic chemistry Radical polymerization chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Mercury (element) X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy chemistry Mechanics of Materials General Materials Science Chelation 0210 nano-technology Selectivity Porosity |
Zdroj: | Advanced Materials. 29:1700665 |
ISSN: | 1521-4095 0935-9648 |
Popis: | The primary challenge in materials design and synthesis is achieving the balance between performance and economy for real-world application. This issue is addressed by creating a thiol functionalized porous organic polymer (POP) using simple free radical polymerization techniques to prepare a cost-effective material with a high density of chelating sites designed for mercury capture and therefore environmental remediation. The resulting POP is able to remove aqueous and airborne mercury with uptake capacities of 1216 and 630 mg g-1 , respectively. The material demonstrates rapid kinetics, capable of dropping the mercury concentration from 5 ppm to 1 ppb, lower than the US Environmental Protection Agency's drinking water limit (2 ppb), within 10 min. Furthermore, the material has the added benefits of recyclability, stability in a broad pH range, and selectivity for toxic metals. These results are attributed to the material's physical properties, which include hierarchical porosity, a high density of chelating sites, and the material's robustness, which improve the thiol availability to bind with mercury as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray absorption fine structure studies. The work provides promising results for POPs as an economical material for multiple environmental remediation applications. |
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