Abstract
The presence of large amounts of antibiotic residues can potentially threaten environmental sustainability and human health. Thus, it is imperative to develop convenient and effective technologies for eliminating antibiotics from aquatic environments, which are major contaminant reservoirs. Herein, based on Zn/Fe-MIL-88B, we designed and synthesized a magnetic nanocomposite (MC) that contains hierarchical pores and as an effective and regenerative adsorbent for the removal of chlortetracycline (CTC) from water. The characteristics of the MC and its CTC adsorption performance were investigated systematically. The synthesized MC sample pyrolyzed at 800 °C (MC-800) consisted of metallic iron and N/O-doped graphitic carbon along with cluster-like particles with a mesoporous structure. Further, the adsorption of CTC on MC-800 (maximum adsorption amount of 1158.0 mg/g) could be described using the Freundlich isotherm model and a pseudo-second-order model, indicating that the surface of MC-800 was heterogeneous. The adsorption is likely driven by weak chemical forces, including hydrogen bond formation, cation-π electron donor–acceptor (EDA), and π-π EDA interactions. Finally, MC-800 could be recovered readily through facile magnetic separation and regenerated such that its adsorption rate remained higher than 85% even after five cycles.
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