Elsevier, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 283, January 01, 2015
Provision of clean water is one of the most important issues worldwide because of continuing economic development and the steady increase in the global population. However, clean water resources are decreasing everyday, because of contamination with various pollutants including organic chemicals. Pharmaceutical and personal care products, herbicides/pesticides, dyes, phenolics, and aromatics (from sources such as spilled oil) are typical organics that should be removed from water. Because of their huge porosities, designable pore structures, and facile modification, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are used in various adsorption, separation, storage, and delivery applications. In this review, the adsorptive purifications of contaminated water with MOFs are discussed, in order to understand possible applications of MOFs in clean water provision. More importantly, plausible adsorption or interaction mechanisms and selective adsorptions are summarized. The mechanisms of interactions such as electrostatic interaction, acid-base interaction, hydrogen bonding, π-π stacking/interaction, and hydrophobic interaction are discussed for the selective adsorption of organics over MOFs. The adsorption mechanisms will be very helpful not only for understanding adsorptions but also for applications of adsorptions in selective removal, storage, delivery and so on.
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4 Nitrophenol; 4,4' Isopropylidenediphenol; Acid; Adsorbent; Adsorption; Aqueous Solution; Base; Chemical Interaction; Chemistry; Clofibric Acid; Dangerous Goods; Fluorescein Sodium; Hazardous Organic Materials; Hazardous Organics; Hazardous Substances; Hazardous Waste; Hydrogen Bond; Hydrophobicity; Interaction Mechanism; Interaction Mechanisms; Metal; Metal Organic Framework; Metal-Organic Frameworks; Metalorganic Frameworks (MOFs); Metals; Methyl Orange; Naproxen; Nitrobenzene; Organic Chemicals; Organic Compound; Organic Materials; Organic Pollutant; Organometallic Compound; Phthalic Acid; Plausible Mechanisms; Pollutant Removal; Porosity; Procedures; Reaction Kinetics; Review; Selective Adsorption; Static Electricity; Waste Component Removal; Water; Water Contamination; Water Management; Water Pollutant; Water Pollutants, Chemical; Water Purification; Water Supply; Water Treatment; Global