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Zinc-based triazole metal complexes for efficient iodine adsorption in water

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Radioactive iodine is extremely harmful to the environment, and it is of great significance to develop materials that efficiently remove iodine. We prepared two triazole metal complexes with simple method, denoted as Zn(tr)(OAc) and Zn(ttr)(OAc), which were used to adsorb iodine from aqueous solution. The properties and adsorption mechanism of the two materials were studied by different techniques including XRD, SEM, N2 porosimetry at 77 K, FTIR, TGA, elemental analysis (EDS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results showed that both materials had good water and thermal stability. Pseudo-second-order kinetic model was better at describing the iodine adsorption kinetics onto the adsorbents. It was proved that chemical adsorption dominated, iodine mainly enriched on the materials in the form of I3−1. Zn(ttr)(OAc) had a higher adsorption capacity than Zn(tr)(OAc) due to the electron-donating group –NH2. The maximum adsorption capacity of the two materials for iodine reached 714.501 mg·g−1 and 846.108 mg·g−1 at 25 °C.

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    Jianxian Qin, Wei Zhang, Yuantao Chen, Rong Liu & Yuanrui Fan

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Jianxian Qin: experiment preparation and completion, data analysis, original draft preparation, and writing; Wei Zhang and Yuantao Chen*: methodology analysis; Rong Liu: data analysis; Yuanrui Fan: original draft review.

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Qin, J., Zhang, W., Chen, Y. et al. Zinc-based triazole metal complexes for efficient iodine adsorption in water. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 28797–28807 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-12588-4

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