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Yanbo Zhou1, Guang Cheng2, Ke Chen3
1Key Laboratory of Coal Gasification and Energy Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, East China University of Science and Technology, No. 130 Meilong road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200237, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, No. 130 Meilong road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200237, China.
Abstract:
The emerging organic micro-pollutants, such as bisphenol A (BPA), chloroxylenol (PCMX) and carbamazepine (CBZ), have raised concerns owing to their adverse impact on human health and ecological security. In this study, a novel cyclodextrin polymer (β-CDP) has been successfully prepared by nucleophilic substitution of β-cyclodextrin with tetrafluoroterephthalonitrile (TFP). The removal of three emerging organic micro-pollutants (BPA, CBZ and PCMX) by β-CDP under a single or mixture adsorption system was examined, and the adsorption behavior was investigated by adsorption kinetics and isotherm study. The maximum adsorption capacity of β-CDP for BPA, PCMX and CBZ according to Langmuir isotherm in single system was 164.4, 144.1 and 136.4 mg/g, respectively. Compared with single system, the competitive adsorption of each pollutant on β-CDP in mixture system was only slightly inhibited. Changing the pH, raising the presence of fulvic acid (FA) or ionic strength had no significant influence on the adsorption of BPA, PCMX and CBZ onto β-CDP. The removal of these three organic micro-pollutants was related to the value of logKow of the contaminants. These results demonstrated remarkable advantages of β-CDP material relevant to organic micro-pollutants removal in wastewater treatment.
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