Ion exchange and porous materials are high effective adsorbents.These novel adsorbents have high specific surface areas or abundant functional groups

which make them have greater adsorption/desorption rate and larger adsorption capacity than other adsorbents.Besides granules or fibers

they can also be prepared as bundle

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cloth and felt to meet various technical requirements.In this paper the latest progress in the studies of author

s group on the preparation and adsorption properties of these novel adsorbents such as ion exchange fibers

chelating fibers

activated carbon fibers

and carbon aerogels is reviewed.The applications of these materials in drinking water purification

environmental control

resource recovery

chemical industry

medicine and health care and in preparation of catalyst are also presented.