Removal of emerging persistent organic pollutants (Em-POPs) model compounds from water using a natural porous material functionalized with graphene-based products

Donald Boehm; Alice Lecus; Hai-Feng Zhang; David Garman; Marcia R. Silva

doi:10.2166/h2oj.2020.010

Removal of emerging persistent organic pollutants (Em-POPs) model compounds from water using a natural porous material functionalized with graphene-based products

Donald Boehm, Alice Lecus, Hai-Feng Zhang, David Garman, Marcia R. Silva

Western Sydney University

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This study focuses on the removal of three model compounds, classified as emerging persistent organic pollutants (Em-POPs), from water using a modified version of natural Australian zeolite. Following a series of subsequent treatments and vacuum deposition of graphene oxide (GO), both chemical and physical properties of the adsorbent were characterized. The GO-coated zeolite was tested for the removal of methylene blue (MB), disperse blue 26 (DB26), and sodium fluorescein (NaFn). Results show excellent removal capability for MB and DB26 dyes and decent removal for NaFn when compared to commercially available products such as granular activated carbon. Regeneration of the adsorbent showed virtually no loss in adsorptive performance after two cycles, with MB and DB26.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	416-427
Number of pages	12
Journal	H2Open Journal
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2166/h2oj.2020.010
Publication status	Published - 2020

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