摘要
Studies on the effect of the chlorine content of chlorophenols （CPs） on their adsorption from aqueous solution by mesoporous SBA-15 are important in understanding the mechanisms of CP adsorption. In this study, three CPs with different degrees of chlorine content （i.e., 2-chlorophenol, 2,6-dichlorophenol and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol） were investigated. The effects of parameters such as temperature and solution pH were studied. The results showed that CP adsorption by SBA- 15 increased with increasing number of chlorine substituents and depended strongly on the temperature and solution pH. Thermodynamic parameters such as Gibbs free energy change （AGO）, enthalpy change （△H^0） and entropy change （△S^0） were also calculated. By comparison of the adsorption coefficient of CPs with varying physical-chemical properties （size, hydrophobicity and electron density）, we propose that hydrophobic interactions between CPs and the SBA-15 surface, as well as electron donor-acceptor （EDA） complexes between oxygen of the siloxane surface of SBA-15 （e--donor） and the n-system of the CPs （e--acceptor）, were dominant adsorption mechanisms.
Studies on the effect of the chlorine content of chlorophenols （CPs） on their adsorption from aqueous solution by mesoporous SBA-15 are important in understanding the mechanisms of CP adsorption. In this study, three CPs with different degrees of chlorine content （i.e., 2-chlorophenol, 2,6-dichlorophenol and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol） were investigated. The effects of parameters such as temperature and solution pH were studied. The results showed that CP adsorption by SBA- 15 increased with increasing number of chlorine substituents and depended strongly on the temperature and solution pH. Thermodynamic parameters such as Gibbs free energy change （AGO）, enthalpy change （△H^0） and entropy change （△S^0） were also calculated. By comparison of the adsorption coefficient of CPs with varying physical-chemical properties （size, hydrophobicity and electron density）, we propose that hydrophobic interactions between CPs and the SBA-15 surface, as well as electron donor-acceptor （EDA） complexes between oxygen of the siloxane surface of SBA-15 （e--donor） and the n-system of the CPs （e--acceptor）, were dominant adsorption mechanisms.
基金
supported by the Postdoctoral Fund of Southeast University
the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK2009294)
