Metal-organic framework-activated carbon composite materials for the removal of ammonia from contaminated airstreams
Abstract
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of porous materials that show promise in the removal of Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TICs) from contaminated airstreams, though their development for this application has so far been hindered by issues of water stability and the wide availability and low cost of traditionally used activated carbons. Here a series of three MOF-activated carbon composite materials with different MOF to carbon ratios are prepared by growing STAM-17-OEt crystals inside the commercially available BPL activated carbon. The composite materials display excellent water stability and increased uptake of ammonia gas when compared to unimpregnated carbon. Such properties make these composites very promising in the fields of air purification and personal protective equipment.
Citation
McHugh , L N , Terracina , A , Wheatley , P S , Buscarino , G , Smith , M W & Morris , R E 2019 , ' Metal-organic framework-activated carbon composite materials for the removal of ammonia from contaminated airstreams ' , Angewandte Chemie International Edition , vol. 58 , no. 34 , pp. 11747-11751 . https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201905779
Publication
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1433-7851Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2019 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201905779
Description
L.N.M and R.E.M wish to acknowledge the financial support from the EPSRC industrial CASE award (grant EP/N50936X/1). A.T and G.B would like to thank the financial support from the Fondo per il finanziamento delle attività base di ricerca (grant PJ-RIC-FFABR_2017).Collections
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