Abstract
Ionic covalent organic frameworks make up an emerging class of functional materials in which the included ionic interfaces induce strong and attractive interactions with ionic species of the opposite charge. In this work, the strong and selective binding forces between the confined diiminoguanidinium groups in the framework and tetrahedral oxoanions have led to unparalleled effectiveness in the removal of the toxic chromium(VI) pollutant from aqueous solutions. The new functional framework can take up from 90 to 200 mg/g of chromium(VI), depending on the solution pH, and is capable of decreasing the chromium(VI) concentration in water from 1 ppm to 10 ppb within minutes (an order of magnitude below the current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maximum contaminant level of 100 ppb), demonstrating superior properties among known ion exchange materials and natural sorbents.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 878-883 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Environmental Science and Technology |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 15 2019 |
Funding
The work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division [S.J.-P., A.M., and B.A.M., ERKCC08; J.A.S. and S.M.M. (PXRD and BET) and I.P. (TGA), ERKCT08; and G.M.V. (XPS), ERKCZ06]. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under Contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The authors thank Dr. Edward W. Hagaman and Dr. Xiao-Guang Sun for helpful discussions, Dr. Alexandr S. Ivanov for calculating the pKa value of BT-DGCl, and Atlantic Microlab, Inc., and ALS Environmental for performing EA and IC analyses, respectively.
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U.S. Department of Energy | |
Office of Science | |
Basic Energy Sciences | |
Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division | DE-AC05-00OR22725, ERKCZ06, ERKCT08 |