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ZIF-8-Derived Hollow Carbon for Efficient Adsorption of Antibiotics

Tang, H; Li, W; Jiang, H; Lin, R; Wang, Z; Wu, J; He, G; ... Brett, D; + view all (2019) ZIF-8-Derived Hollow Carbon for Efficient Adsorption of Antibiotics. Nanomaterials , 9 (1) , Article 117. 10.3390/nano9010117. Green open access

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Abstract

The harmful nature of high concentrations of antibiotics to humans and animals requires the urgent development of novel materials and techniques for their absorption. In this work, CTAB (Cetyltrimethyl Ammonium Bromide)-assisted synthesis of ZIF-8 (zeolitic imidazolate framework)-derived hollow carbon (ZHC) was designed, prepared, and used as a high-performance adsorbent, and further evaluated by Langmuir and Freundlich isothermal adsorption experiments, dynamic analysis, as well as theoretical calculation. The maximum capacities of ZHC for adsorbing tetracycline (TC), norfloxacin (NFO), and levofloxacin (OFO) are 267.3, 125.6, and 227.8 mg g−1, respectively, which delivers superior adsorptive performance when compared to widely studied inorganic adsorbates. The design concept of ZIF-8-derived hollow carbon material provides guidance and insights for the efficient adsorbent of environmental antibiotics.

Type: Article
Title: ZIF-8-Derived Hollow Carbon for Efficient Adsorption of Antibiotics
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3390/nano9010117
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano9010117
Language: English
Additional information: © 2019 by the Authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: ZIF-8, hollow carbon, antibiotics, adsorbent
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10066351
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