Study on the performance and mechanism of methylmercury removal by hydrogen substituted graphdiyne
LI Hong-hu1,4, LU Hua-ying2, PENG Xi-yan1,4, SHEN Zhen-hua3, AN Miao1,4, JIE Cui1,4, YANG Jiao-yv1,4
1. School of Information Engineering, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China; 2. Yichang Ecological Environment Monitoring Center of Hubei Provincial Department of Ecological Environment, Yichang 443000, China; 3. Yichang Three Gorges Reservoir Ecological Environment Monitoring Station, Yichang 443000, China; 4. Research Center for Environment and Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China
Abstract:Hydrogen substituted graphdiyne (HsGDY) was synthesized through an in-situ cross-coupling reaction with triethynylbenzene as a precursor. The CH3Hg+adsorption performance of the novel sp-hybridized carbon material HsGDY was studied in comparison with traditional sp2-hybridized carbon material graphene (GE). This work showed that HsGDY had an excellent adsorption performance for CH3Hg+, which was significantly better than GE. When the CH3Hg+ concentration was 1.25 μg/L and solution pH was 7, the final removal efficiency of HsGDY with 30 mg dosage for CH3Hg+ could reach nearly 100%. An increase in ion strength, a decrease in pH and the presence of Hg2+ would to some extent inhibit the adsorption of CH3Hg+ on HsGDY due to the competitive adsorption effect. HsGDY had good regeneration performance. After 5 regeneration cycles, its CH3Hg+removal efficiency was still above 80%. By characterization methods such as Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, the adsorption mechanism of CH3Hg+ onto HsGDY was thoroughly studied. The results indicated that CH3Hg+ was chemically adsorbed on the HsGDY surface, mainly due to the interaction between the acetylenic functional group and CH3Hg+.
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LI Hong-hu, LU Hua-ying, PENG Xi-yan, SHEN Zhen-hua, AN Miao, JIE Cui, YANG Jiao-yv. Study on the performance and mechanism of methylmercury removal by hydrogen substituted graphdiyne. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2025, 45(1): 198-207.
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