A new synthetic method was designed to prepare poly (trimesoyl chloride-co-polyethyleneimine) (PEI-TMC). Characterization of PEI-TMC was investigated by FTIR, SEM, EDS , XPS, TGA , and BET. TGA test revealed that the PEI-TMC had excellent thermal stability. The BET specific surface area (4.74 m 2 g −1 ) and pore diameter of about 9.44 nm indicated that PEI-TMC possessed a mesoporous structure. The adsorption behavior of U(VI) on the PEI-TMC was investigated. The thermodynamic analysis showed that the process of PEI-TMC adsorption of U(VI) was endothermic and spontaneous, and the adsorption efficiency was better at higher temperatures. The U(VI) sorption on PEI-TMC was conformed to the Langmuir adsorption isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic models . The adsorption mechanism of U(VI) with PEI-TMC was systematically elucidated by XPS and FTIR. Under the best condition, the maximum adsorption capacity of PEI-TMC could reach 212.8 mg g −1 by calculating the Langmuir isothermal model. It indicated that PEI-TMC was a potential adsorbent for the treatment of U(VI)-containing wastewater.
A kind of new magnetic oyster shell (OS) composite (OS-Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 @NH 2 @PEI) was synthesized and used as an adsorbent to remove carmine (CM), sunset yellow (SY) and Pb (II) from water. Firstly, Fe 3 O 4 magnetic nanoparticles were introduced on the surface of waste oyster shell powder, then amino silanization was used to improve the stability of the material, and finally polyethylenimide (PEI) was grafted by Schiff base reaction. The composite was characterized by FT-IR, SEM, EDS, XPS , VSM, BET, TEM and zeta potential . The effects of adsorbent dosage and initial solution pH on the three samples were investigated by adsorption experiments. The adsorption kinetics and isotherms were investigated in depth under the best experimental conditions. The composite adsorbent not only selectively removed anionic azo dyes, but also had good recycling. In addition, OS-Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 @NH 2 @PEI still had good performance in mixed samples. These results indicated that OS-Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 @NH 2 @PEI was successfully used for the removal of a wide range of anionic dyes and heavy metal ions from the environment, and provided a new strategy for recycling waste.