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Two mesoporous cellular foams materials and their adsorption properties to brominated flame retardants

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Two novel mesoporous cellular foams (MCFs) materials with well-defined large and aerogel-like mesostructure were successfully synthesized using tetraethyl orthosilicate as silica source, cyclohexane (CHE) as a swelling agent and triblock copolymer Pluronic P123 and F68 as a template, respectively. The effect of CHE on the expansion of the framework were characterized in detailed by small-angle X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and nitrogen adsorption–desorption. The results showed that CHE was an effective swelling agent on the pore size of MCFs. All as-prepared materials were employed as the adsorbent to brominated flame retardants (BFRs) from environmental water samples. The adsorption study indicated the new materials exhibited superior adsorption capacity, the removal efficiencies of MCF-1-1.5 for seven BFRs reached 81.4–95.2 % in industrial wastewater. The recoveries of method were in the range of 86.3–105.7 % for Xiaoqing River sample and 74.6–114.6 % for chemical plant wastewater sample.

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This work was generously supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21467028, 21107086, 21265009, 21265018, 21265019, and 21327005), the Program for Chang jiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team, Ministry of Education, China (Grant No. IRT1283); the Program for Innovative Research Group of Gansu Province, China (Grant No.1210RJIA001), Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials of Gansu Province and the Key Laboratory of Ecological Environment Related Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education.

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    Xuemei Wang, Muxin Lu, Yifei Pei, Xiaoquan Lu & Xinzhen Du

  2. Key Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry and Environmental Analysis of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730070, China

    Xuemei Wang, Xiaoquan Lu & Xinzhen Du

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Wang, X., Lu, M., Pei, Y. et al. Two mesoporous cellular foams materials and their adsorption properties to brominated flame retardants. J Porous Mater 22, 83–90 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-014-9875-7

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