A new porous organic polymer (CTF-CAR), which takes carbazole
as
the electron-rich center unit and thiophenes as the auxiliary group,
has been synthesized through catalyst-free Schiff-base polymerization.
At the same time, the structure, thermal stability, morphology, and
other basic properties of the polymer were analyzed by IR, NMR, TGA,
and SEM. Then, CTF-CAR was applied to iodine capture and rhodamine
B adsorption. Due to its strong electron donor ability and abundant
heteroatom binding sites, which have a positive effect on the interaction
between the polymer network and adsorbates, CTF-CAR exhibits high
uptake capacities for iodine vapor and rhodamine B as 2.86 g g–1 and 199.7 mg g–1, respectively.
The recyclability test also confirmed that it has good reusability.
We found that this low-cost and catalyst-free synthetic porous organic
polymer has great potential for the treatment of polluted water and
iodine capture.