(2018) Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry_Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as futuristic options for wastewater treatment

Kumar P., Bansal V., Kim K.-H., Kwon E.E.

(Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry) Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry ISSN: 1226086X Vol.62 Issue. Article No. DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2017.12.051

To date, the utilization of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is found from numerous fields of applications including separation, storage, sensing, and many other miscellaneous ones. Their feasibility toward wastewater treatment (WWT) for several pollutants (e.g., heavy metal ions, pesticides, volatile organic pollutants (VOCs), and other hazardous chemicals) has not yet been thoroughly evaluated. Here, we attempted to provide the current technical advances associated with MOF-based WWT in reference to conventional materials. Our review emphasized current perspectives on contamination processes in water systems and performance of MOF in diverse WWT applications. © 2018 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

This study was supported by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT, & Future Planning (Grant No. 2016R1E1A1A01940995 ). PK thanks the Vice Chancellor, Central University of Jammu, Jammu, for infrastructural facilities and UGC, New Delhi, for a Start-up Research Grant. VB thanks CIAB for infrastructural facilities and DST-SERB for a young scientist fellowship.