Adsorptive removal of bisphenol-a from water with a metal-organic framework, a porous chromium-benzenedicarboxylate

Eun Young Park, Zubair Hasan, Nazmul Abedin Khan, Sung Hwa Jhung

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Abstract

Adsorptive removal of bisphenol-A (BPA) using a MOF, Cr- benzenedicarboxylate (MIL-53), has been studied to understand the applicability of MOFs for the removal of hazardous endocrine disturbing chemicals from water. MIL-53 shows very fast adsorption in an hour and the adsorption capacity of MIL-53 is higher than that of activated carbon. Importantly, the adsorption of BPA over MIL-53 is very favorable especially at very low concentrations of BPA. Therefore, MOFs such as MIL-53 can be one of adsorbents that may be used in the adsorptive removal of BPA from contaminated water.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2789-2794
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Volume13
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2013

Keywords

  • Adsorption
  • Bisphenol-A
  • Chromium benzenedicarboxylates
  • MIL-53
  • MOFs
  • Removal

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