Li‐Mei Shang, Si‐Cheng Li, Jun Jiang, Li‐Bo Mao, Shu‐Hong Yu

Bioinspired High‐Magnesium Calcite for Efficiently Reducing Chemical Oxygen Demand in Lake Water

  • General Materials Science
  • General Chemistry
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AbstractOrganic matter accumulation in water can cause serious problems such as oxygen depletion and quality deterioration of waters. While calcium carbonate has been used as green and low‐cost adsorbent for water treatment, its efficiency in reducing the chemical oxygen demand (COD) of water, which is a measure of organic pollution, is restrained by the limited specific surface area and chemical activity. Herein, inspired by the high‐magnesium calcite (HMC) found in biological materials, a feasible method to synthesize fluffy dumbbell‐like HMC with large specific surface area is reported. The magnesium inserting increases the chemical activity of the HMC moderately but without lowering its stability too much. Therefore, the crystalline HMC can retain its phase and morphology in aqueous environment for hours, which allows the establishment of adsorption equilibrium between the solution and the adsorbent that retains its initial large specific surface area and improved chemical activity. Consequently, the HMC exhibits notably enhanced capability in reducing the COD of lake water polluted by organics. This work provides a synergistic strategy to rationally design high‐performance adsorbents by simultaneously optimizing the surface area and steering the chemical activity.

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