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						Yu Meng1, Yitong Wang1, Guozhu Li1,2, Guozhu Liu1,2, Li Wang1,2( ) | 
					 
															
						1. Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China 2. Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China | 
					 
										
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													     		                            						                            																	    Abstract  Primary, secondary and tertiary amino-functionalized zirconia (ZrO2−NH2, ZrO2−NH and ZrO2−N) was synthesized by the postgrafting method for the adsorption removal of typical metallic ions, phosphate and total oxidizable carbon from a real H2O2 solution. ZrO2−NH2, ZrO2−NH and ZrO2−N exhibited similar pore sizes and sequentially increased zeta potentials. The adsorption results of single and binary simulated solutions showed that the removal efficiency increased in the order of Fe3+ > Al3+ > Ca2+ > Na+. There is competitive adsorption between metallic ions, and Fe3+ has an advantage over the other metals, with a removal efficiency of 90.7%. The coexisting phosphate could promote the adsorption of metallic ions, while total oxidizable carbon had no effect on adsorption. The adsorption results of the real H2O2 solution showed that ZrO2−NH2 exhibited the best adsorption affinity for metallic ions, as did phosphate and total oxidizable carbon, with a total adsorption capacity of 120.9 mg·g–1. Density functional theory calculations revealed that the adsorption process of metallic ions involves electron transfer from N atoms to metals and the formation of N-metal bonds. 
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																																																				adsorption  
																		  																																				metallic ion  
																		  																																				phosphate  
																		  																																				total oxidizable carbon  
																		  																																				zirconia  
																		  																																				H2O2  
																																			  
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																Li Wang   
																													     		
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																															Just Accepted Date: 24 January 2024  
																																																													Issue Date: 23 April 2024
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