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  • Title: Effective defluoridation of water using nanosized UiO-66-NH2 encapsulated within macroreticular polystyrene anion exchanger.
    Author: Ni W, Dai H, Ding G, Ye M, Qiu H.
    Journal: Chemosphere; 2022 Aug; 300():134584. PubMed ID: 35427659.
    Abstract:
    Environmental concerns associated with the efficient defluoridation of contaminated water remain a substantial challenge. In this work, a new nanocomposite, UiO-66-NH2@PS+, was successfully fabricated via in situ precipitation of a water-stable metal-organic framework (UiO-66-NH2) inside a commercial polystyrene anion exchanger PS+. The as-formed nanocomposite UiO-66-NH2@PS+ was characterized using various morphological methods, which demonstrated that nanosized UiO-66-NH2 was homogenously dispersed within the inner pores of PS+. Batch adsorption experiments indicated that UiO-66-NH2@PS+ exhibited outstanding adsorption performance for fluoride over a broad pH range of 3.0-8.0. The saturated adsorption capacity of fluoride at 298 K was 27.5 and 32.8 mg/g for pH 6.5 and 4.5 with the adsorbent dosage of 0.5 g/L and initial concentration of 5-80 mg/L. Moreover, the utilization rate of active adsorption sites of UiO-66-NH2 was greatly improved after encapsulation. The XPS study indicated that the integrated effects of specific inner-sphere coordination and ligand exchange between fluoride and UiO-66-NH2 might be the dominant adsorption mechanism. Fixed-bed tests indicated that the UiO-66-NH2@PS+ column could successively produce clean water with bed volumes of 350 and 70 ([F-] <1.5 mg/L) from simulated fluoride-pollution water at pH 4.5 and 8.0, with a liquid velocity of 20 mL/h, and an empty bed contact time (EBCT) of 15 min, which was higher than that of the other materials. In addition, the exhausted UiO-66-NH2@PS+ was regenerated and reused for 5 times through complete regeneration, highlighting the potential feasibility of defluorination in practical applications.
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