Functionalized Porous Aromatic Frameworks as High-Performance Adsorbents for the Rapid Removal of Boric Acid from Water

Kamcev, Jovan; Taylor, Mercedes K.; Shin, Dong‐Myeong; Jarenwattananon, Nanette N.; Colwell, Kristen A.; Long, Jeffrey R.

doi:10.1002/adma.201808027

Title: Functionalized Porous Aromatic Frameworks as High-Performance Adsorbents for the Rapid Removal of Boric Acid from Water

Journal Article · Mon Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201808027· OSTI ID:1566392

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Department of ChemistryUniversity of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA; Materials Sciences DivisionLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
Department of ChemistryUniversity of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
Department of ChemistryUniversity of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringUniversity of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
Department of ChemistryUniversity of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA; Materials Sciences DivisionLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringUniversity of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA

This study demonstrates that functionalized, highly porous polymers are promising for the adsorptive capture of boric acid, a neutral contaminant that is difficult to remove from seawater using conventional reverse osmosis membranes. Appending N-methyl-d-glucamine (NMDG) to the pore walls of high-surface-area porous aromatic frameworks (PAFs) yields the adsorbents PAF-1-NMDG and P2-NMDG in a simple two-step synthesis. The boron-selective PAFs demonstrate adsorption capacities that are up to 70% higher than those of a commercial boron-selective resin, Amberlite IRA743, and markedly faster adsorption rates, owing to their higher NMDG loadings and greater porosities relative to the resin. Remarkably, PAF-1-NMDG is able to reduce the boron concentration in synthetic seawater from 2.91 to <0.5 ppm in less than 3 min at an adsorbent loading of only 0.3 mg mL^-1. The boron adsorption rate constants of both frameworks, determined via a pseudo-second-order rate model, represent the highest values reported in the literature—in most cases orders of magnitude higher than those of other boron-selective adsorbents. The frameworks can also be readily regenerated via mild acid/base treatment and maintain constant boron adsorption capacities for at least 10 regeneration cycles. These results highlight the numerous advantages of PAFs over traditional porous polymers in water treatment applications.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Gas Separations Relevant to Clean Energy Technologies (CGS); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; SC0001015

OSTI ID:: 1566392

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Vol. 31, Issue 18; ISSN 0935-9648

Publisher:: Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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