Energy Efficient Ultrahigh Flux Separation of Oily Pollutants from Water with Superhydrophilic Nanoscale Metal-Organic Framework Architectures

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The rising demand for clean water for a growing and increasingly urban global population is one of the most urgent issues of our time. Here, we introduce the synthesis of a unique nanoscale architecture of pillar-like Co-CAT-1 metal-organic framework (MOF) crystallites on gold-coated woven stainless steel meshes with large, 50 μm apertures. These nanostructured mesh surfaces feature superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic wetting properties, allowing for gravity-driven, highly efficient oil-water separation featuring water fluxes of up to nearly one million L m-2  h-1 . Water physisorption experiments reveal the hydrophilic nature of Co-CAT-1 with a total water vapor uptake at room temperature of 470 cm3  g-1 . Semiempirical molecular orbital calculations shed light on water affinity of the inner and outer pore surfaces. The MOF-based membranes enable high separation efficiencies for a number of liquids tested, including the notorious water pollutant, crude oil, affording chemical oxygen demand (COD) concentrations below 25 mg L-1 of the effluent. Our results demonstrate the great impact of suitable nanoscale surface architectures as a means of encoding on-surface extreme wetting properties, yielding energy-efficient water-selective large-aperture membranes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

Enthalten in:

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) - 60(2021), 10 vom: 01. März, Seite 5519-5526

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mähringer, Andre [VerfasserIn]
Hennemann, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Clark, Timothy [VerfasserIn]
Bein, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Medina, Dana D [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Nanostructures
Surface chemistry
Thin films
Vapor-assisted conversion

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Date Revised 11.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/anie.202012428

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NLM315862254