Abstract
Due to the wonderful property of hydrogels, they can provide a platform for a wide range of applications. Recently, there is a growing research interest in the development of potential hydrogel adsorbents in wastewater treatment due to their adsorption ability toward aqueous pollutants. It is important to prepare such a hydrogel that possesses appropriate robustness, adsorption capacity, and adsorption efficiency to meet the need of water treatment. In order to improve the property of hydrogels, much effort has been made by researchers to modify hydrogels, among which incorporating inorganic components into the polymeric networks is the most common method, which can reduce the product cost and simplify the preparation procedure. Not only can hydrogel be applied as adsorbent, but it also can be used as matrix for catalyst immobilization. In this review, the key advancement on the preparation and modification of hydrogels is discussed, with special emphasis on the introduction of inorganic materials into polymeric networks and consequential changes in the properties of mechanical strength, swelling, and adsorption. Besides, hydrogels used as adsorbents for removal of dyes and inorganic pollutants have been widely explored, but their use for adsorbing emerging contaminants from aqueous solution has not received much attention. Thus, this review is mainly focused on hydrogels’ application in removing emerging contaminants by adsorption. Furthermore, hydrogels can be also applied in immobilizing catalysts, such as enzyme and photocatalyst, to remove pollutants completely and avoid secondary pollution, so their progress as catalyst matrix is overviewed.
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This work was supported by the Science and Technology Department of Siping City (2016053), the Department of Science and Technology of Jilin Province of China (20190303071SF, 20180520147JH), the Graduate Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition of Jilin Normal University (201959), and the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students of Jilin Province.
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Du, H., Shi, S., Liu, W. et al. Processing and modification of hydrogel and its application in emerging contaminant adsorption and in catalyst immobilization: a review. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 12967–12994 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08096-6
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