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Magnetically hyper-cross-linked polymers with well-developed mesoporous: a broad-spectrum and highly efficient adsorbent for water purification

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A novel magnetically hyper-cross-linked polymer (Fe3O4@HCP-NH2) was prepared in this study, which combined the advantage of the amino-modified HCP-NH2 and the magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles. The Fe3O4@HCP-NH2 composite has a high specific surface area (532.62 m2 g−1), well-developed mesoporous (0.3786 cm3 g−1) and good magnetic property. This Fe3O4@HCP-NH2 composite exhibits excellent adsorption ability for tetracycline, and the maximum adsorption capacity calculated by Langmuir model at 298 K is up to 694 mg g−1. The adsorption mechanisms could be attributed to the complexation interactions, hydrogen bonding and cation exchange, and the dominant interaction was the surface complexation which was elucidated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. In addition, the composite can be rapidly separated and maintains high adsorption performance after five regeneration cycles. More importantly, it can be used as a broad-spectrum and highly efficient adsorbent for organic contaminants including methyl orange, methylene blue, bisphenol A and 2,4-dichlorophenol removal from contaminated water. This work demonstrated that the Fe3O4@HCP-NH2 composite would be the most promising candidates for application in the adsorption of organic pollutants.

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This work was financially supported by the National Scientific Foundation of China (21477118, 51478445) and the Open Projects Foundation (No. 1604) State Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber and Cable Manufacture Technology (YOFC).

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  1. Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Material Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China

    Aibin Hu, Yanyang Liu, Qunying Wang, Guiying Liao & Dongsheng Wang

  2. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Co-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China

    Xiaofang Yang & Dongsheng Wang

  3. Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Jianghan University, Wuhan, 430056, Hubei, China

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Hu, A., Yang, X., You, Q. et al. Magnetically hyper-cross-linked polymers with well-developed mesoporous: a broad-spectrum and highly efficient adsorbent for water purification. J Mater Sci 54, 2712–2728 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-2967-z

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