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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
Volume 58, Issue 6, Pages 2324-2332Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b05220
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- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education [NRF-2015R1A4A1042434]
- Carbon Mineralization Flagship Center in Korea
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Owing to the growing industrial demand worldwide and limited mineral deposits, the recovery of low-concentration rare earth elements (REEs) from waste sources is being considered, which also helps to reduce water pollution. In this work, the adsorption of gadolinium ions (Gd3+) in aqueous solutions over a functionalized metal-organic framework (MOF), UiO-66, was investigated. Initially, the MOF structure was synthesized solvothermally using a ligand mixture of terephthalic and trimellitic acids to produce coordination-free -COOH groups on the UiO-66 framework. Subsequently, the -COOH group was reacted with ethylenediamine to introduce additional -NH2 groups onto the MOF. The optimized product (denoted as UiO-66-COOH-ED) showed an equilibrium adsorption capacity of 79 mg/g for Gd3+ compared with 16 mg/g by pristine UiO-66. This improvement in adsorption by a factor of 4.9 was a consequence of the coordination of Gd3+ ions with the electron-abundant oxygen and nitrogen atoms of COOH and -NH2 groups. A solution pH between 6.0 and 7.0 was found to be the best for Gd3+ capture, and a selectivity of 75% toward Gd3+ was observed against other competing alkali or transition metal ions coexisting in the solution. UiO-66-COOH-ED was reusable for at least five cycles without any noticeable deterioration in its adsorption capacity.
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