Metal Organic Framework Derived Nanoporous Carbon As a Novel Adsorbent for Water Treatment

摘要

Nanoporous carbon materials have attracted a great deal of attention because of their potential application in many areas such as adsorption and catalysis. These materials have desirable properties such as high surface area, good chemical and thermal stabilities as well as fast kinetics, which make them suitable for adsorption applications. Porous metal organic frameworks (MOFs) consist of crystalline structures that provide high internal surface areas and tunable porosities which could be considered as starting materials for developing novel carbon based nano composite adsorbents. Different types of adsorbents have been studied for the removal of organic pollutants from water and wastewater such as activated carbon, fly ash waste materials and different kind of MOFs. However, their adsorption capacity is low in comparison with nanoporous carbons. Therefore, developing novel carbon based materials with simple synthesis methods for adsorption of pollutants from water is of great importance.