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Recent Progress in Advanced Adsorption Materials

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Porous Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 April 2023) | Viewed by 14017

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Dr. Václav Slovák

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Department of Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Technologies, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 30. dubna 22, 701 03 Ostrava, Czech Republic
Interests: carbons; porous materials; reaction kinetics; thermal analysis

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Currently, tens of thousands of scientific papers published annually focus on the experimental or theoretical investigation of various adsorption systems for many different application fields, mostly (but not only) interconnected with environmental protection/depollution. Many of these contributions describe low-cost adsorbents based on cheap raw sources (e.g., biomass) or industrial wastes, which are economically very effective, but their adsorption efficiency is usually low (although it can be interesting for large-scale industrial application). 

On the contrary, the present Special Issue of Materials will comprise articles discussing the synthesis, characterization, and application testing of adsorbents with very special adsorption properties such as:

  • Outstanding adsorption capacity;
  • Extremely fast adsorption/desorption process;
  • Very easy regeneration/recycling;
  • Highly specific adsorption of components in the mixture;
  • Adsorption/separation of specific adsorbates (biomolecules, radioactive species, etc.);
  • Very good separability (magnetic, monolithic, etc.);
  • Controllable multimodal pore size distribution (hierarchical porosity);
  • Multifunctionality (e.g., adsorption–photocatalysis).

In addition, manuscripts introducing new or significantly improved approaches for the characterization of adsorbents and their properties are also welcome.

Dr. Václav Slovák
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • advanced adsorbents
  • specific adsorption
  • desorption
  • regenerable adsorbents
  • multifunctional adsorbents
  • surface characterization

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Effective and Efficient Porous CeO2 Adsorbent for Acid Orange 7 Adsorption
by Yaohui Xu, Liangjuan Gao, Jinyuan Yang, Qingxiu Yang, Wanxin Peng and Zhao Ding
Materials 2023, 16(7), 2650; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16072650 - 27 Mar 2023
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A porous CeO2 was synthesized following the addition of guanidine carbonate to a Ce3+ aqueous solution, the subsequent addition of hydrogen peroxide and a final hydrothermal treatment. The optimal experimental parameters for the synthesis of porous CeO2, including the [...] Read more.
A porous CeO2 was synthesized following the addition of guanidine carbonate to a Ce3+ aqueous solution, the subsequent addition of hydrogen peroxide and a final hydrothermal treatment. The optimal experimental parameters for the synthesis of porous CeO2, including the amounts of guanidine carbonate and hydrogen peroxide and the hydrothermal conditions, were determined by taking the adsorption efficiency of acid orange 7 (AO7) dye as the evaluation. A template−free hydrothermal strategy could avoid the use of soft or hard templates and the subsequent tedious procedures of eliminating templates, which aligned with the goals of energy conservation and emission reduction. Moreover, both the guanidine carbonate and hydrogen peroxide used in this work were accessible and eco−friendly raw materials. The porous CeO2 possessed rapid adsorption capacities for AO7 dye. When the initial concentration of AO7 was less than 130 mg/L, removal efficiencies greater than 90.0% were obtained, achieving a maximum value of 97.5% at [AO7] = 100 mg/L and [CeO2] = 2.0 g/L in the first 10 min of contact. Moreover, the adsorption–desorption equilibrium between the porous CeO2 adsorbent and the AO7 molecule was basically established within the first 30 min. The saturated adsorption amount of AO7 dye was 90.3 mg/g based on a Langmuir linear fitting of the experimental data. Moreover, the porous CeO2 could be recycled using a NaOH aqueous solution, and the adsorption efficiency of AO7 dye still remained above 92.5% after five cycles. This study provided an alternative porous adsorbent for the purification of dye wastewater, and a template−free hydrothermal strategy was developed to enable the design of CeO2−based catalysts or catalyst carriers. Full article
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Phenolic Compounds Removal from Olive Mill Wastewater Using the Composite of Activated Carbon and Copper-Based Metal-Organic Framework
by Muna A. Abu-Dalo, Nathir A. F. Al-Rawashdeh, Moath Almurabi, Jehad Abdelnabi and Abeer Al Bawab
Materials 2023, 16(3), 1159; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16031159 - 29 Jan 2023
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As the industry of olive oil continues to grow, the management of olive mill wastewater (OMW) by-products has become an area of great interest. While many strategies for processing OMW have been established, more studies are still required to find an effective adsorbent [...] Read more.
As the industry of olive oil continues to grow, the management of olive mill wastewater (OMW) by-products has become an area of great interest. While many strategies for processing OMW have been established, more studies are still required to find an effective adsorbent for total phenolic content uptake. Here, we present a composite of a Cu 1,4-benzene dicarboxylate metal-organic framework (Cu (BDC) MOF) and granular activated carbon (GAC) as an adsorbent for total phenolic content removal from OMW. Experimental results demonstrated that the maximum adsorption capacity was 20 mg/g of total phenolic content (TPC) after 4 h. using 2% wt/wt of GAC/Cu (BDC) MOF composite to OMW at optimum conditions (pH of 4.0 and 25 °C). The adsorption of phenolic content onto the GAC/Cu (BDC) MOF composite was described by the Freundlich adsorption and pseudo-second-order reaction. The adsorption reaction was found to be spontaneous and endothermic at 298 K where ΔS° and ΔH° were found to be 0.105 KJ/mol and 25.7 kJ/mol, respectively. While ΔGº value was −5.74 (kJ/mol). The results of this study provide a potential solution for the local and worldwide olive oil industry. Full article
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Adsorption–Desorption Behavior of Hydrogen Sulfide Capture on a Modified Activated Carbon Surface
by Nurul Noramelya Zulkefli, Adam Mohd Izhan Noor Azam, Mohd Shahbudin Masdar and Wan Nor Roslam Wan Isahak
Materials 2023, 16(1), 462; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16010462 - 3 Jan 2023
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Metal-based adsorbents with varying active phase loadings were synthesized to capture hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from a biogas mimic system. The adsorption–desorption cycles were implemented to ascertain the H2S captured. All prepared adsorbents were evaluated by nitrogen adsorption, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface [...] Read more.
Metal-based adsorbents with varying active phase loadings were synthesized to capture hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from a biogas mimic system. The adsorption–desorption cycles were implemented to ascertain the H2S captured. All prepared adsorbents were evaluated by nitrogen adsorption, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface area analysis, scanning electron microscopy–energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. From the results, modified adsorbents, dual chemical mixture (DCM) and a core–shell (CS) had the highest H2S adsorption performance with a range of 0.92–1.80 mg H2S/g. After several cycles of heat/N2 regeneration, the total H2S adsorption capacity of the DCM adsorbent decreased by 62.1%, whereas the CS adsorbent decreased by only 25%. Meanwhile, the proposed behavioral model for H2S adsorption–desorption was validated effectively using various analyses throughout the three cycles of adsorption–desorption samples. Moreover, as in this case, the ZnAc2/ZnO/CAC_OS adsorbents show outstanding performances with 30 cycles of adsorption–desorption compared to only 12 cycles of ZnAc2/ZnO/CAC_DCM. Thus, this research paper will provide fresh insights into adsorption–desorption behavior through the best adsorbents’ development and the adsorbents’ capability at the highest number of adsorption–desorption cycles. Full article
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Carbonaceous Materials Porosity Investigation in a Wet State by Low-Field NMR Relaxometry
by Eva Kinnertová, Václav Slovák, Tomáš Zelenka, Cyril Vaulot and Luc Delmotte
Materials 2022, 15(24), 9021; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15249021 - 16 Dec 2022
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The porosity of differently wetted carbonaceous material with disordered mesoporosity was investigated using low-field 1H NMR relaxometry. Spin–spin relaxation (relaxation time T2) was measured using the CPMG pulse sequence. We present a non-linear optimization method for the conversion of relaxation [...] Read more.
The porosity of differently wetted carbonaceous material with disordered mesoporosity was investigated using low-field 1H NMR relaxometry. Spin–spin relaxation (relaxation time T2) was measured using the CPMG pulse sequence. We present a non-linear optimization method for the conversion of relaxation curves to the distribution of relaxation times by using non-specialized software. Our procedure consists of searching for the number of components, relaxation times, and their amplitudes, related to different types of hydrogen nuclei in the sample wetted with different amounts of water (different water-to-carbon ratio). We found that a maximum of five components with different relaxation times was sufficient to describe the observed relaxation. The individual components were attributed to a tightly bounded surface water layer (T2 up to 2 ms), water in small pores especially supermicropores (2 < T2 < 7 ms), mesopores (7 < T2 < 20 ms), water in large cavities between particles (20–1500 ms), and bulk water surrounding the materials (T2 > 1500 ms). To recalculate the distribution of relaxation times to the pore size distribution, we calculated the surface relaxivity based on the results provided by additional characterization techniques, such as thermoporometry (TPM) and N2/−196 °C physisorption. Full article
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LTA and FAU-X Iron-Enriched Zeolites: Use for Phosphate Removal from Aqueous Medium
by Diana Guaya, Hernán Cobos, Jhulissa Camacho, Carmen Milena López, César Valderrama and José Luis Cortina
Materials 2022, 15(15), 5418; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15155418 - 5 Aug 2022
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Hydrothermally synthesized Linde type A (LTA) and faujasite X (FAU-X) zeolites are low-cost and environmentally benign inorganic carriers for environmental applications. In this study, (oxy)hydroxides were incorporated onto LTA and FAU-X zeolites to promote the phosphate adsorption. The performance of LTA-Fe and FAU-X-Fe [...] Read more.
Hydrothermally synthesized Linde type A (LTA) and faujasite X (FAU-X) zeolites are low-cost and environmentally benign inorganic carriers for environmental applications. In this study, (oxy)hydroxides were incorporated onto LTA and FAU-X zeolites to promote the phosphate adsorption. The performance of LTA-Fe and FAU-X-Fe was evaluated through batch adsorption assays. A complete evaluation was performed to recover phosphate from synthetic wastewater. The effect of pH, concentration, equilibrium, and kinetic parameters on phosphate adsorption and its further reuse in sorption–desorption cycles were evaluated. LTA-Fe and FAU-X-Fe are effective for adsorption of phosphate at neutral (e.g., pH 7.0 ± 0.2) and in a broad range of phosphate concentrations. Higher ratios of adsorption capacities were obtained by synthetic zeolites enriched with iron in comparison to their parent forms. The phosphate adsorption occurred through hydrogen bonding and complexation reactions between protonated iron hydroxyl groups and phosphate anions. The phosphate monolayer adsorption was followed by diffusion through the internal pores and 80% of the equilibrium adsorption was reached within 50 min. The LTA-Fe and FAU-X-Fe can be used for phosphate recovery from wastewater treatment plants. The use of LTA-Fe and FAU-X-Fe in a tertiary wastewater treatment stage could allow to reduce the phosphate–phosphorous content, reaching the regulatory levels (equal 1 mg L−1 total phosphorous). The phosphate adsorption using LTA-Fe and FAU-X-Fe does not require pH adjustment, and it is endothermic. The reusability of both iron zeolites is limited, and they can be finally disposed for soil amendment applications. Full article
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Cu(C3H3N3S3)3 Adsorption onto ZnTiO3/TiO2 for Coordination-Complex Sensitized Photochemical Applications
by Ximena Jaramillo-Fierro, Karol Hernández and Silvia González
Materials 2022, 15(9), 3252; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15093252 - 30 Apr 2022
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Currently, the design of highly efficient materials for photochemical applications remains a challenge. In this study, an efficient semiconductor was prepared, based on a coordination complex (Cu-TTC) of Cu(I) and trithiocyanuric acid on ZnTiO3/TiO2 (ZTO/TO). The Cu-TTC/ZTO/TO composite was prepared [...] Read more.
Currently, the design of highly efficient materials for photochemical applications remains a challenge. In this study, an efficient semiconductor was prepared, based on a coordination complex (Cu-TTC) of Cu(I) and trithiocyanuric acid on ZnTiO3/TiO2 (ZTO/TO). The Cu-TTC/ZTO/TO composite was prepared by the solvothermal method at room temperature. The structural, optical, and electrochemical characteristics, as well as the photocatalytic performance of the composite, were experimentally and computationally studied. The results show that the Cu-TTC/ZTO/TO composite efficiently extended its photoresponse in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The electrochemistry of the proposed tautomeric architecture (s-Cu-TTC) clearly reveals the presence of metal–ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) and π → π* excitations. The maximum methylene blue (MB) dye photodegradation efficiency of 95% in aqueous solutions was achieved under the illumination of simulated solar light. Finally, computational calculations based on the Density Functional Theory (DFT) method were performed to determine the electronic properties of the s-Cu-TTC tautomeric structure and clarify the adsorption mechanism of this complex on the surface (101) of both ZnTiO3 and TiO2 oxides. The results obtained allow us to suggest that the Cu-TTC complex is an effective charge carrier and that the Cu-TTC/ZTO/TO composite can be used efficiently for photochemical applications. Full article
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