Issue 3, 2020

Remarkably efficient removal of toxic bromate from drinking water with a porphyrin–viologen covalent organic framework

Abstract

The presence of carcinogenic bromate (BrO3) in drinking water became a global concern and efforts towards its removal mainly focused on addressing the source. Herein, we rationally designed a porphyrin-based covalent organic framework (PV-COF) with a cationic surface to provide electrostatic interactions and a porphyrin core to induce hydrogen bonding interactions for the efficient removal of BrO3 from water. Through H-bonding and electrostatic interactions, PV-COF exhibited an exceptional bromate removal efficiency (maximum adsorption capacity, Qmax: 203.8 mg g−1) with the fastest uptake rate (kads) of 191.45 g mg−1 min−1. The bromate concentration was reduced to far below the allowed concentration in drinking water (10 ppb) within 20 minutes. We studied the relationship between bromate adsorption and COF surface modification by metalation of the porphyrinic core or neutralization of the viologen linkers by chemical reduction. The bromate adsorption mechanism was studied by EDAX mapping and molecular simulations, and it was found that ion exchange and hydrogen bonding formation drive the adsorption. Importantly, PV-COF could be easily recycled several times without compromising its adsorption efficiency.

Graphical abstract: Remarkably efficient removal of toxic bromate from drinking water with a porphyrin–viologen covalent organic framework

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
16 Sep 2019
Accepted
22 Nov 2019
First published
22 Nov 2019
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chem. Sci., 2020,11, 845-850

Remarkably efficient removal of toxic bromate from drinking water with a porphyrin–viologen covalent organic framework

T. Skorjanc, D. Shetty, F. Gándara, L. Ali, J. Raya, G. Das, M. A. Olson and A. Trabolsi, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 845 DOI: 10.1039/C9SC04663A

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