Herein, a novel imprinted
solid-phase extraction cartridge was
fabricated to investigate the kinetic, thermodynamic, and isothermal
parameters for the selective adsorption of Bisphenol A (BPA). The
imprinted polymeric cartridges (BMC) for the BPA adsorption were fabricated
in the presence of a template and functional monomer using the in
situ polymerization technique. To prove the efficiency and selectivity
of BMC, the nonimprinted polymeric cartridges (BNC) and the empty
polymeric cartridges (EC) were also fabricated with and without functional
monomer using the same manner for the preparation of BMC. The characterization
of cartridges was performed by elemental analysis, Fourier transform
infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM),
Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area measurements,
and swelling tests. BPA removal studies were performed by analyzing
some parameters such as temperature, BPA concentration, flow rate,
salt type, and concentration. The highest capacity was determined
as 103.2 mg BPA/g polymer for a 0.75 mL/min flow rate of 0.75 M (NH
4
)
2
SO
4
containing 200 mg/L BPA solution
at 50 °C. NaOH (1.0 M) was used as a desorption agent. The reusability
performance was examined by performing 10 consecutive cycles. The
solid-phase extraction (SPE) performance was also checked to determine
the enrichment and extraction recovery factors for tap water and synthetic
wastewater samples. Temkin, Langmuir, Freundlich, and Dubinin–Radushkevich
isotherm models were applied to BPA adsorption data examining the
adsorption mechanism, surface properties, and adsorption degree. The
most suitable isotherm model for BPA adsorption was determined as
the Langmuir isotherm model. The thermodynamic parameters (Δ
G
°, Δ
H
°, and Δ
S
°) were investigated to reveal the thermodynamics
of adsorption. Adsorption thermodynamic parameters (Δ
H
°, Δ
S
°, and Δ
G
°) were calculated using the thermodynamic equilibrium
constant (thermodynamic equilibrium constant,
K
°)
values that change with temperature. It was determined that BPA adsorption
was spontaneous (Δ
G
° < 0) and endothermic
(Δ
H
° > 0) and entropy increased (Δ
S
° > 0) at the temperatures studied in the BPA adsorption
process. The rate control step in the adsorption process was examined
by applying pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetic models
to the adsorption data for the investigations of BPA adsorption kinetics,
and the pseudo-second-order kinetic model was found to be more suitable
for describing BPA adsorption kinetics. In examining the selectivity
of cartridges, structural analogues of hydroquinone, phenol, β-estradiol,
and 8-hydroxyquinoline were tested.