Issue 1, 2024

Superior single- and multi-component siloxane removal from water using a faulted silica DON zeolite adsorbent

Abstract

Removal of monomeric siloxanes from water via adsorption poses a significant challenge, particularly during water reclamation in closed-volume systems. In this study, both faulted and faultless variants UTD-1 pure silica zeolites with a DON-type framework were considered for the removal of monomethylsilanetriol (MMST), dimethylsilanediol (DMSD), and trimethylsilanol (TMS), in single- and multi-component fashion. The results showed that UTD-1faulted exhibited the largest adsorption capacity for TMS, with a maximum adsorption uptake of 73.1 mg g−1 in the 1 to 140 mg L−1 aqueous concentration range. This is 7× larger than UTD-1faultless and at least one magnitude larger than other materials such as activated carbon. The interaction of TMS with UTD-1faulted is mainly with OH groups from siloxy-related faults present in the material, and multicomponent adsorption tests showed that TMS helps to drive the uptake of other siloxanes via co-adsorption. UTD-1 is a promising material platform for developing adsorption-based strategies for removing persistent monomeric siloxanes from aqueous environments.

Graphical abstract: Superior single- and multi-component siloxane removal from water using a faulted silica DON zeolite adsorbent

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 sep 2023
Accepted
09 nov 2023
First published
10 nov 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2024,3, 10-18

Superior single- and multi-component siloxane removal from water using a faulted silica DON zeolite adsorbent

D. R. Vega-Santander, R. Arrieta-Pérez, D. Rivera-Mirabal, G. Del Valle-Pérez, M. Sepúlveda-Pagán, J. C. Muñoz-Senmache, Y. J. Pagán-Torres and A. J. Hernández-Maldonado, Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2024, 3, 10 DOI: 10.1039/D3VA00282A

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