Scalable Fabrication of Metallopolymeric Superstructures for Highly Efficient Removal of Methylene Blue
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
2.1. Chemicals and Materials
2.2. Synthesis of Amphiphilic Polyarylene Ether Nitrile Block Copolymer (amPEN)
2.3. Preparation of Metallopolymeric Nanostructures (MPS)
2.4. Adsorption of Methylene Blue (MB) by MPS
2.5. Characterization
2.6. Kinetic Adsorption Isotherm Models
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Entry | Qe,exp | Pseudo-First-Order Model | Pseudo-Second-Order Model | ||||
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K1 | qe,cal | R2 | K2 | qe,cal | R2 | ||
(mg/g) | (min−1) | (mg/g) | (g/(mg·min)) | (mg/g) | |||
Pb2+-PEN | 539.89 | 0.0440 | 25.473 | 0.8453 | 0.0046 | 555.56 | 0.9999 |
Fe3+-PEN | 513.57 | 0.0434 | 44.425 | 0.9358 | 0.0028 | 526.32 | 0.9999 |
Cr3+-PEN | 528.51 | 0.0259 | 26.133 | 0.6192 | 0.0036 | 526.32 | 0.9999 |
Zr4+-PEN | 495.67 | 0.0299 | 76.976 | 0.8998 | 0.0012 | 500.00 | 0.9997 |
Entry | 0~10 min | 10~60 min | 60~150 min | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K1 | ci | R | K2 | ci | R2 | Kid | ci | R2 | |
Pb2+-PEN | 18.76 | 461.69 | 0.9974 | 3.77 | 510.24 | 0.8880 | 0.54 | 533.61 | 0.9918 |
Fe3+-PEN | 27.56 | 401.35 | 0.8625 | 5.82 | 466.12 | 0.9262 | 0.95 | 501.88 | 0.9940 |
Cr3+-PEN | 16.98 | 451.06 | 0.9417 | 5.01 | 487.66 | 0.9579 | 0.35 | 522.67 | 0.9915 |
Zr4+-PEN | 16.96 | 360.15 | 0.9372 | 11.23 | 396.96 | 0.6665 | 3.36 | 454.40 | 0.9904 |
Kinds of Adsorbents | Adsorption Capacity | Temperatures | Reference |
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Poly(cyclotriphosphazene-co-phloroglucinol) (PCCP) microspheres | 50.7 mg/g | 298 K | [51] |
Porous poly-melamine-formaldehyde (PMF) | 82.5 mg/g | 298 K | [52] |
Polydopamine (PDA) microspheres | 90.7 mg/g | 298 K | [53] |
Porous Poly(imide-ether)s (PIEs) | 166.8 mg/g | 303 K | [54] |
Bakelite-type anionic microporous organic polymers (MOPs) | 712.2 mg/g | 298 K | [55] |
Magnetic adsorbent (Na-(CS/PAA)n/MPC) | 305.8 mg/g | 298 K | [56] |
amphoteric β-cyclodextrin-based adsorbent | 335.5 mg/g | 298 K | [57] |
Pb2+-PEN | 936.13 mg/g | 298 K | This work |
Fe3+-PEN | 871.67 mg/g | 298 K | This work |
Cr3+-PEN | 889.08 mg/g | 298 K | This work |
Zr4+-PEN | 769.44 mg/g | 298 K | This work |
Entry | qm,exp | Langmuir Model | Freundlich Model | ||||
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(mg/g) | KL (L/mg) | qm (mg/g) | R2 | KF (L/g) | n | R2 | |
Pb2+-PEN | 936.13 | 0.1963 | 943.40 | 0.9997 | 254.40 | 3.8580 | 0.8431 |
Fe3+-PEN | 871.67 | 0.0824 | 892.86 | 0.9990 | 176.81 | 3.3444 | 0.9099 |
Cr3+-PEN | 889.08 | 0.1250 | 909.10 | 0.9993 | 216.00 | 3.6670 | 0.9220 |
Zr4+-PEN | 769.44 | 0.0496 | 806.45 | 0.9995 | 112.82 | 5.6252 | 0.8392 |
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Zhou, M.; Yang, T.; Hu, W.; He, X.; Xie, J.; Wang, P.; Jia, K.; Liu, X. Scalable Fabrication of Metallopolymeric Superstructures for Highly Efficient Removal of Methylene Blue. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1001. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9071001
Zhou M, Yang T, Hu W, He X, Xie J, Wang P, Jia K, Liu X. Scalable Fabrication of Metallopolymeric Superstructures for Highly Efficient Removal of Methylene Blue. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(7):1001. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9071001
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhou, Meirong, Tianyu Yang, Weibin Hu, Xiaohong He, Junni Xie, Pan Wang, Kun Jia, and Xiaobo Liu. 2019. "Scalable Fabrication of Metallopolymeric Superstructures for Highly Efficient Removal of Methylene Blue" Nanomaterials 9, no. 7: 1001. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9071001