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- Title
Toward sustainable environmental cleanup: metal-organic frameworks in adsorption - a review.
- Authors
Alsehli, Bandar R.
- Abstract
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have gained significant consideration as highly promising materials for adsorption and reducing environmental contamination. They exhibit unique catalytic chemistry and coordination capabilities, making them versatile in various applications such as catalysis, gas handling, drug delivery, sensing, and separation. Compared to traditional adsorbents, MOFs offer advantages like high adsorption potential, large surface area, tunable porosity, hierarchical structure, and recyclability. However, their low stability in water poses a challenge for real-world implementation. By carefully selecting metal ions and organic linkers, the efficiency and selectivity of MOFs can be controlled for the removal of specific contaminants. Researchers have identified thermally and water-stable MOFs and their composites with other materials for the removal of environmental pollutants in water, soil, and the atmosphere. This review critically discusses the efficiency of MOFs for adsorption and their mechanisms of action, as well as their potential in com-bination with other adsorbents. The growing body of research demonstrates the emerging value of MOFs in environmental applications and provides insights for the development of efficient treatment technologies for the removal of hazardous environmental emissions.
- Subjects
ENVIRONMENTAL remediation; METAL-organic frameworks; ADSORPTION (Chemistry); POLLUTANTS; WATER pollution
- Publication
Desalination & Water Treatment, 2023, Vol 316, p44
- ISSN
1944-3994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5004/dwt.2023.30146