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MIL-53 and its OH-bonded variants for bio-polyol adsorption from aqueous solution
Na Cao1,2, Jiayi Liu1,3, Yuecheng Wang1,2
1State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China yjban@dicp.ac.cn.
Abstract:
The adsorption of bio-polyols from dilute aqueous solution is important but faces challenges in the sustainable bio-refinery process. One solution to increase adsorption efficiency is to leverage host-guest interactions between the polyols and materials to grant a preference for polyols. In this study, we synthesized MIL-53 and diverse OH-bonded variants, and studied their adsorption properties towards ethanediol, 1,3-propanediol and glycerol in water. Among the four materials, OH-MIL-53 exhibited fast adsorption kinetics and high capacity, and could be completely regenerated through ethanol elution. Hydrophobic interactions between the alkyl chains of the polyols and the organic linkers of OH-MIL-53 and hydrogen bonding interactions between their OH groups were identified. The synergistic effect of the host-guest interactions is responsible for the unique adsorption performances of OH-MIL-53 towards polyols, and particularly for 1,3-propanediol.
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