Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous compounds that represent the 2D and 3D levels in reticular chemistry. Metal ions and organic linking molecules are connected to create these infinite clusters that are widely studied nowadays in the literature. The captivating features of these nanostructures such as high porosity, designability, stability, and scalability will open the door wide for these compounds as futuristic commercial competitive materials. Furthermore, the interest in such materials continues to grow dramatically over the last decade due to the extraordinary features they exhibit in terms of infinite structures and facile synthesis approaches. These compounds have been investigated for numerous revolutionizing applications in wastewater treatment, gas purification, water harvesting, light harvesting and energy conversion, separation processes, drug delivery, and catalysis. Within these applications, MOFs can play a significant role in wastewater treatment due to their flexibility, unique properties and the tunability of their features. The scope of this talk is to provide a comprehensive description on the promising adsorptive and photocatalytic application of MOFs for the removal of organic emerging contaminants from wastewater. Up to now, prospect of wide-scale implementation of MOFs in wastewater treatment needs further investigation in terms of scaled up MOFs characteristics, regeneration, and environmental consideration. However, this kind of research will be of tremendous impact in Palestine due to the current stressed political situation, as these compounds can be useful to treat wastewater affordably and effectively.

Conference Title

VII Congresso CUCS

Conference Country

Italy

Conference Date

April 21, 2022 - April 23, 2022

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https://retecucs.it/home-cucs2021-eng/

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