Imperial College London

ProfessorDarylWilliams

Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Chemical Engineering

Professor of Particle Science
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5611d.r.williams Website

 
 
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Location

 

439ACE ExtensionSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Mohd:2020:10.1016/j.cherd.2020.03.017,
author = {Mohd, Azmi LH and Williams, D and Ladewig, B},
doi = {10.1016/j.cherd.2020.03.017},
journal = {Chemical Engineering Research and Design},
pages = {102--113},
title = {Can metal organic frameworks outperform adsorptive removal of harmful phenolic compound 2-chlorophenol by activated carbon?},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2020.03.017},
volume = {158},
year = {2020}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - Removal of persistent organic compounds from aqueous solutions is generally achieved using adsorbent like activated carbon (AC) but it suffers from limited adsorption capacity due to low surface area. This paper describes a pioneering work on the adsorption of an organic pollutant, 2-chlorophenol (2-CP) by two MOFs with high surface area and water stability; MIL-101 and its amino-derivative, MIL-101-NH2. Although MOFs have higher surface area than AC, the latter was proven better having the highest equilibrium 2-CP uptake (345 mg g−1), followed by MIL-101 (121 mg g−1) and MIL-101-NH2 (84 mg g−1). Used MIL-101 could be easily regenerated multiple times by washing with ethanol and even showed improved adsorption capacity after each washing cycle. These results can open the doors to meticulous adsorbent selection for treating 2-CP-contaminated water.
AU - Mohd,Azmi LH
AU - Williams,D
AU - Ladewig,B
DO - 10.1016/j.cherd.2020.03.017
EP - 113
PY - 2020///
SN - 0263-8762
SP - 102
TI - Can metal organic frameworks outperform adsorptive removal of harmful phenolic compound 2-chlorophenol by activated carbon?
T2 - Chemical Engineering Research and Design
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2020.03.017
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/78798
VL - 158
ER -