Porous Boron Nitride Materials: Influence of Structure, Chemistry and Stability on the Adsorption of Organics.

ABSTRACT: Porous boron nitride (BN) is structurally analogous to activated carbon. This material is gaining increasing attention for its potential in a range of adsorption and chemical separation applications, with a number of recent proof-of-concept studies on the removal of organics from water. Today though, the properties of porous BN-i.e., surface area, pore network, chemistry-that dictate adsorption of specific organics remain vastly unknown. Yet, they will need to be optimized to realize the full potential of the material in the envisioned applications. Here, a selection of porous BN materials with varied pore structures and chemistries were studied for the adsorption of different organic molecules, either directly, through vapor sorption analyses or as part of a water/organic mixture in the l

SUBMITTER: Marchesini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6443638 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature