In this study, a porous organic triazine-based polyimide (PPI network) was prepared from 2,4,6-tris(hydrazino)-s-triazine and 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride. TGA, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field emission SEM, XRD and a nitrogen sorption study confirmed the PPI network structure. Then, the synthesized PPI network was used to evaluate Ni 2+ ion removal from aqueous solution and the effective parameters on adsorption functions of Ni 2+ ions such as initial concentration, contact time and pH of the solution in batch adsorption experiments was studied. The results showed that the maximum adsorption capacity (q m ) of Ni 2+ ions was 36.1 mg g −1 in only 30 min with a pH of 7. The kinetics and adsorption isotherm were identified to be better fitted by the pseudo-second-order model and the Langmuir model, respectively. Based on the results, the proposed adsorbent has good potential for removing Ni 2+ ions from aqueous solutions.