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J Hazard Mater. 2018 Feb 05;343:298-303. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.09.045. Epub 2017 Sep 28.

A phosphorylethanolamine-functionalized super-hydrophilic 3D graphene-based foam filter for water purification.

Journal of hazardous materials

Yiying Chen, Xinhong Song, Tingting Zhao, Yujuan Xiao, Yiru Wang, Xi Chen

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
  2. Xiamen Huaxia University, Xiamen 361024, China.
  3. Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 28988055 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.09.045

Abstract

A phosphorylethanolamine-functionalized graphene foam (PNGF) has been proposed as an active filtration material for the capture and removal of heavy metal ions in water. Benefiting from its abundant hydrophilic portion of oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus groups, the PNGF is super-hydrophilic. The selected heavy metal ions, Pb(II) and Cd(II), could be rapidly and efficiently absorbed within 10min using the PNGF through a filtration model, which is obviously less time compared with the several hours or even longer time when employing the traditional shaking or stirring model. In addition, the used PNGF filters can be easily reused after a simple, low-cost detachment using HCl to remove the heavy metals, providing a new approach for water purification.

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Keywords: 3D graphene; Heavy metal; Metal recovery; Phosphorylethanolamine; Water purification

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