| Title: | Activated boron nitride as an effective adsorbent for metal ions and organic pollutants |
| Author(s): | Li J; Xiao X; Xu X; Lin J; Huang Y; Xue Y; Jin P; Zou J; Tang C; |
| Address: | "School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, PR China" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2045-2322 (Electronic) 2045-2322 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Novel activated boron nitride (BN) as an effective adsorbent for pollutants in water and air has been reported in the present work. The activated BN was synthesized by a simple structure-directed method that enabled us to control the surface area, pore volume, crystal defects and surface groups. The obtained BN exhibits an super high surface area of 2078 m(2)/g, a large pore volume of 1.66 cm(3)/g and a special multimodal microporous/mesoporous structure located at ~ 1.3, ~ 2.7, and ~ 3.9 nm, respectively. More importantly, the novel activated BN exhibits an excellent adsorption performance for various metal ions (Cr(3+), Co(2+), Ni(2+), Ce(3+), Pb(2+)) and organic pollutants (tetracycline, methyl orange and congo red) in water, as well as volatile organic compounds (benzene) in air. The excellent reusability of the activated BN has also been confirmed. All the features render the activated BN a promising material suitable for environmental remediation" |
| Keywords: | Adsorption Air Pollutants/chemistry Azo Compounds/chemistry Benzene/chemistry Boron Compounds/*chemistry Congo Red/chemistry Ions/*chemistry Metals/*chemistry Porosity Tetracycline/chemistry Volatile Organic Compounds/*chemistry Water/*chemistry Water Pol; |
| Notes: | "MedlineLi, Jie Xiao, Xing Xu, Xuewen Lin, Jing Huang, Yang Xue, Yanming Jin, Peng Zou, Jin Tang, Chengchun eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2013/11/14 Sci Rep. 2013 Nov 13; 3:3208. doi: 10.1038/srep03208" |
