Nitrogen-doped magnetic porous carbon material from low-cost anion-exchange resin as an efficient adsorbent for tetracyclines in water

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Abstract
In this work, nitrogen-doped magnetic porous carbon material (N-MPC) was prepared through the high-temperature calcination of low-cost [Fe(CN)6]3−-loaded anion-exchange resin, which was experimentally demonstrated to have significant adsorption performance for tetracycline (TC) in water. The N-MPC adsorbent with a large specific surface area (781.1 m2 g−1) was able to maintain excellent performance in a wide pH range from 4 to 10 or in high ionic strength solution. The adsorption of TC on N-MPC was found to be more consistent with the pseudo-second-order model and Langmuir adsorption model, and the maximum adsorption capacity (qm, cal) was calculated to be 603.4 mg g−1. As a recoverable magnetic adsorbent, the N-MPC remained a TC removal rate higher than 70% after four adsorption cycles. The adsorption mechanism was speculated on the basis of characterizations, where pore filling, hydrogen bonding interaction, and π-π electron donor–acceptor (EDA) interaction were crucial adsorption mechanisms. A variety of antibiotics were selected for adsorption, and excellent performance was found especially for TCs, indicating that the N-MPC can be used for the efficient removal of TCs from water.
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  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (52070080, 51478196)

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