Citation: Xiao Yang, Wenjing Liu, Jiarui Kong, Xiangcheng Shan, Qiupei Lei, Zhipeng Yin, Runzeng Liu, Min Zhang, Qingzhe Zhang, Yongguang Yin, Chuanyong Jing, Yong Cai. Synthesis of amine-functionalized polystyrene resin-based globular adsorbents for efficient and selective removal of As and Sb species[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(11): 110856. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.110856 shu

Synthesis of amine-functionalized polystyrene resin-based globular adsorbents for efficient and selective removal of As and Sb species

Xiao Yang ^{a, 1} ,
Wenjing Liu ^{b, 1} ,
Jiarui Kong ^a ,
Xiangcheng Shan ^{a, *,} ,
Qiupei Lei ^a ,
Zhipeng Yin ^{a, *,} ,
Runzeng Liu ^a ,
Min Zhang ^a ,
Qingzhe Zhang ^{a, *,} ,
Yongguang Yin ^c ,
Chuanyong Jing ^a ,
Yong Cai ^{a, d}

a.
Shandong Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
b.
Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
c.
State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
d.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, United States

shanxc@mail.sdu.edu.cn

zpyin@sdu.edu.cn

qzz@sdu.edu.cn

Received Date: 7 August 2024
Revised Date: 27 December 2024
Accepted Date: 14 January 2025
Available Online: 15 January 2025

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The removal of highly toxic arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) contaminants in water by adsorption presents a great challenge worldwide. Conventional adsorbents exhibit insufficient efficacy for removing pentavalent oxyanions, As(Ⅴ) and Sb(Ⅴ), which are predominant compared with the trivalent species, As(Ⅲ) and Sb(Ⅲ), in surface waters. Here, we synthesized a novel composite adsorbent, amine-functionalized polystyrene resin loaded with nano TiO₂ (AmPSd-Ti). The mm-scale spheres showed outstanding adsorption capacities for As(Ⅲ), As(Ⅴ), Sb(Ⅲ), and Sb(Ⅴ) at 73.85, 153.29, 86.80, and 123.71 mg/g, respectively. AmPSd-Ti exhibited selective adsorption for As and Sb in the presence of Cl⁻, NO₃⁻, SO₄²⁻, and F⁻. As and Sb were adsorbed by the nano-sized TiO₂ confined in the porous resin via forming inner-sphere complexes. The protonated amine groups enhanced the adsorption of As(Ⅴ) and Sb(Ⅴ) by electrostatic attraction and hydrogen bonding, which was confirmed by experimental results and molecular dynamics simulations. Fixed-bed column tests showed breakthrough curves with adsorption capacities of 1.38 mg/g (6600 BV) and 6.65 mg/g (1260 BV) upon treating real As-contaminated groundwater and Sb-contaminated industrial wastewater. Our study highlights a feasible strategy by incorporating inorganic metal oxides into organic polymers to achieve highly efficient removal of As and Sb in real-world scenarios.
- Polystyrene resins,
- Titanium dioxide,
- Arsenic,
- Antimony,
- Adsorption mechanism
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