C@MOF composite material for rapid and efficient capture of gaseous iodine.

[Display omitted] • Preparation of composite adsorbents for rapid adsorption of gaseous iodine. • The adsorption capacity at 95 °C is 1.29 g g−1. • Adsorption rate increased by 2.3–10.1 times. • The dynamic maximum iodine adsorption capacity reached 1077 mg g−1. • Prediction of adsorption properties using the Levenberg-Marquardt neural network. In addressing the urgent challenge of mitigating gaseous iodine, a highly volatile and hazardous element in nuclear incidents, this study synthesized composite adsorbents with diverse C/Zn molar ratios using MOF and carbon powder. The saturated iodine adsorption at 75 °C exhibited the sequence: CZ-3 (1.15 g g−1) > CZ-2 (1.08 g g−1) > CZ-1 (0.93 g g−1) > C (0.79 g g−1), displaying 2.3–10.1 times increase in adsorption rate compared to carbon powder and Zn-MOF-2. At an elevated temperature of 95 °C, it achieved saturated adsorption of 1.29 g g−1(CZ-3). The adsorbed iodine primarily manifested in the forms of I 2 , I 3 -, and I 5 -. The dynamic maximum iodine adsorption capacity under specific conditions (75 °C, 300 ppm, 100 mL min−1, 0.5 MPa, 4 cm column length, and 6 mm diameter) reached 1077 mg g−1. Leveraging the Levenberg-Marquardt backpropagation neural network (LM-BPNN) algorithm, a superior fit was achieved. This research provides a theoretical foundation for the rapid and efficient treatment of gaseous iodine in nuclear scenarios. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]