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He M, Chen Y, Chen G, Li W, Zhang M, Zhang C, Zhang H, Long X, Tang K, Duan T, Zhu L. Efficient removal of perrhenate/pertechnetate by a pyridinium-based porous polymer. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 357:124442. [PMID: 38944180 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 06/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/01/2024]
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The extraction of 99TcO4- from radioactive effluents is extremely crucial for the purposes of nuclear disposal and environmental remediation. Herein, utilizing a facile and low-cost synthesis method, we report a pyridinium-based cationic polymer network, CPP-Cl, with impressive adsorption performance and ultrafast adsorption kinetics towards ReO4-. The structure featuring highly density of charged pyridinium units was synthesized, making it an effective adsorbent for capturing ReO4-. The material showed fast ReO4- adsorption kinetics reaching adsorption equilibrium within 30 s, an excellent capture capability of 1069.7 mg/g, and exceptional separation efficiency of 94.3% for removing 1000 ppm ReO4-. Furthermore, it possessed excellent reusability in multiple sorption/desorption trials and good uptake capacity within a widely ranging pH values. It is noteworthy that the extraction efficiency of CPP-Cl for ReO4- from simulated nuclear waste can be up to 94.2%. The favorable performance of the material in multiple tests revealed that CPP-Cl has tremendous potential as a high-efficiency sorbent for capturing 99TcO4-/ReO4- in complex nuclear associated environmental systems.
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- Miaomiao He
- National Co-Innovation Center for Nuclear Waste Disposal and Environmental Safety, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China; State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, School of National Defence Science & Technology, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China
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- National Co-Innovation Center for Nuclear Waste Disposal and Environmental Safety, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China; State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, School of National Defence Science & Technology, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China
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- National Co-Innovation Center for Nuclear Waste Disposal and Environmental Safety, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China; State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, School of National Defence Science & Technology, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China
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- National Co-Innovation Center for Nuclear Waste Disposal and Environmental Safety, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China; State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, School of National Defence Science & Technology, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, 232001, China
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- National Co-Innovation Center for Nuclear Waste Disposal and Environmental Safety, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China; State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, School of National Defence Science & Technology, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China
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- National Co-Innovation Center for Nuclear Waste Disposal and Environmental Safety, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China; State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, School of National Defence Science & Technology, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China
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- National Co-Innovation Center for Nuclear Waste Disposal and Environmental Safety, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China; State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, School of National Defence Science & Technology, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China
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- National Co-Innovation Center for Nuclear Waste Disposal and Environmental Safety, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China; State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, School of National Defence Science & Technology, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China
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- National Co-Innovation Center for Nuclear Waste Disposal and Environmental Safety, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China; State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, School of National Defence Science & Technology, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China.
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Fajal S, Dutta S, Ghosh SK. Porous organic polymers (POPs) for environmental remediation. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:4083-4138. [PMID: 37575072 DOI: 10.1039/d3mh00672g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Modern global industrialization along with the ever-increasing growth of the population has resulted in continuous enhancement in the discharge and accumulation of various toxic and hazardous chemicals in the environment. These harmful pollutants, including toxic gases, inorganic heavy metal ions, anthropogenic waste, persistent organic pollutants, toxic dyes, pharmaceuticals, volatile organic compounds, etc., are destroying the ecological balance of the environment. Therefore, systematic monitoring and effective remediation of these toxic pollutants either by adsorptive removal or by catalytic degradation are of great significance. From this viewpoint, porous organic polymers (POPs), being two- or three-dimensional polymeric materials, constructed from small organic molecules connected with rigid covalent bonds have come forth as a promising platform toward various leading applications, especially for efficient environmental remediation. Their unique chemical and structural features including high stability, tunable pore functionalization, and large surface area have boosted the transformation of POPs into various macro-physical forms such as thick and thin-film membranes, which led to a new direction in advanced level pollutant removal, separation and catalytic degradation. In this review, our focus is to highlight the recent progress and achievements in the strategic design, synthesis, architectural-engineering and applications of POPs and their composite materials toward environmental remediation. Several strategies to improve the adsorption efficiency and catalytic degradation performance along with the in-depth interaction mechanism of POP-based materials have been systematically summarized. In addition, evolution of POPs from regular powder form application to rapid and more efficient size and chemo-selective, "real-time" applicable membrane-based application has been further highlighted. Finally, we put forward our perspective on the challenges and opportunities of these materials toward real-world implementation and future prospects in next generation remediation technology.
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- Sahel Fajal
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, India.
- Centre for Water Research, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, India
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Xu W, Wang X, Li Y, Cui WR. Ultra-stable 3D pyridinium salt-based polymeric network nanotrap for selective 99TcO 4-/ReO 4- capture via hydrophobic and steric engineering. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 455:131549. [PMID: 37163896 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Selective capture of radioactive 99TcO4- from highly alkaline nuclear waste is highly desirable for environmental remediation and waste disposal. However, the combined features of adsorbents with excellent chemical stability and high capture selectivity for 99TcO4- have not yet been achieved. Herein, we report an ultra-stable 3D pyridinium salt-based polymeric network (TMP-TBPM) nanotrap with remarkable radiation, acid and base stability for selective capture of ReO4- via hydrophobic engineering and steric hindrance, a non-radioactive surrogate of 99TcO4-. The batch capture experiments show that TMP-TBPM has high capture capacity (918.7 mg g-1) and fast sorption kinetics (94.3 % removal in 2 min), which can be attributed to the high density of pyridinium salt-based units on the highly accessible pore channels of 3D interconnected low-density skeleton. In addition, the introduction of abundant alkyl and tetraphenylmethane units into the 3D framework not only greatly enhanced the hydrophobicity and stability of TMP-TBPM, but also significantly improved the affinity toward 99TcO4-/ReO4-, enabling reversible and selective capture of 99TcO4-/ReO4- even under highly alkaline conditions. This study exhibits the great potential of 3D pyridinium salt-based polymeric network nanotrap for 99TcO4-/ReO4- capture from highly alkaline nuclear waste, providing a new strategy to construct high-performance cationic polymeric sorbents for radioactive wastewater treatment.
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- Wei Xu
- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organo-Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, PR China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organo-Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, PR China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organo-Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, PR China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organo-Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, PR China.
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