Porous organic polymers as a promising platform for efficient capture of heavy metal pollutants in wastewater
Mathias Gomez-Suarez, Yunze Chen, Jianhua Zhang
Abstract
Heavy metal pollution in aquatic systems is a tremendous threat to the environment and human beings. Porous organic polymers (POPs) as efficient and promising adsorbents have great potential for use in the metal removal from wastewater.
Topics & Concepts
PollutantWastewaterPollutionAdsorptionHeavy metalsEnvironmental scienceMetalPolymerPorosityEnvironmental chemistryWaste managementChemistryEnvironmental engineeringOrganic chemistryEcologyEngineeringBiologyCovalent Organic Framework ApplicationsMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques