Waste PET-MOF-Cleanwater: Waste PET-Derived Metal-Organic Framework (MOFs) as Cost-Effective Adsorbents for Removal of Hazardous Elements from Polluted Water
In countries like South Africa, firstly, the waste PET stream has posed a serious problem to the environment, and the current recycling of waste PET remains as low as 30%. The waste PET recycling industries such as PETCO & Extrupet (South Africa) are struggling to implement innovative processes to make cooperate more profitable. Secondly, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as a new class of porous materials, the MOFs-based water treatment holds the promises to provide cost-effective solutions dealing with the polluted water. However, the high costs of MOFs production have raised a challenge for its effective implementations. Given that, cross-cutting advances in materials and engineering will help to solve those societal challenges. To maintain the world-class research and development associated with human capacity in South Africa, this multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary work has been strengthened along with the basic-applied research continuum under the frame of South Africa (NRF)/Poland (NCBR) Joint Science and Technology Research Collaboration.
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Preface
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1. More MOFs – less messState of art and MOFs application perspectives
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2. Synthesis of zirconium porous sorbents from waste PET flakes
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3. Batch, fixed-bed column and hybrid membrane process studies of radiocesium removal from contaminated water by nanocomposite SiEA-KNiFe sorbent
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4. MOF assisted membrane process for removal of radionuclides from aqueous solutions
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5. Production of Prototypical MOFs from Waste-PET Provides a Steppingstone towards MOFs-based Water-harvesting Applications
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6. Nanocomposite membranes for the removal of dyes
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7. Application of various metal-organic framework in analytical methodsRecent trends and future perspectives
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8. Post-synthetic modification of zirconium terephthalate sorbents and their application for sorption of selected toxic elements from water
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9. Reuse of waste PET canisters through the production of activated carbon, an adsorbent to remove radionuclides from aqueous solutions
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10. Nanoporous Carbon Adsorbents derived from PET waste for the Adsorption of Environmental Contaminants in aqueous matrices
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11. Techno-economic Feasibility Assessment on the Viability of Using Waste PET (Trays and Coloured Bottles) to Produce Metal-Organic Framework (MOFs)
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