Design of a Metal Oxide-Organic Framework (MoOF) Foam Microreactor: Solar-Induced Direct Pollutant Degradation and Hydrogen Generation.
A macroporous carbon network combined with mesoporous catalyst immobilization by a template method gives a metal-oxide-organic framework (MoOF) foam microreactor that readily soaks up pollutants and localizes solar energy in itself, leading to effective degradation of water pollutants (e.g., methyl orange (MO) and also hydrogen generation. The cleaned-up water can be removed from the microreactor simply by compression, and the microreactor used repeatedly.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, 117583, Singapore.
Liangliang
L
Zhu
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, 117583, Singapore.
Chuan
C
Fu Tan
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, 117583, Singapore.
Minmin
M
Gao
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, 117583, Singapore.|Engineering Science Programme, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, 117575, Singapore.|Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 3 Research Link, 117602, Singapore.
Ghim Wei
GW
Ho
D065966:Absorption, Physicochemical; D002384:Catalysis; D015195:Drug Design; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D013472:Sunlight
D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D006859:Hydrogen
carbon foams; metal oxide-organic framework composites; microreactors; photocatalysis; solar hydrogen