Waste PET-MOF-cleanwater : : waste PET-derived metal-organic framework (MOFs) as cost-effective adsorbents for removal of hazardous elements from polluted water / / edited by Jianwei Ren, Philiswa Nosizo Nomngogo, Tien-Chien Jen.

• TeilnehmendeR: Ren, Jianwei,; Nosizo, Philiswa,; Jen, Tien-Chien,
• Place / Publishing House: Johannesburg : : UJ Press,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (212 pages)

In counties 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.

Table of Contents

Preface / Jianwei Ren, Philiswa Nomngogo, Tien-Chien Jen, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36615/9781776419463-00 -- 1. More MOFs - less mess / State of art and MOFs application perspectives / Bozena Sartowska, Jianwei Ren, Wojciech Starosta, Philiswa Nomngogo, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36615/9781776419463-01 -- 2. Synthesis of zirconium porous sorbents from waste PET flakes / Wojciech Starosta, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36615/9781776419463-02 -- 3. Batch, fixed-bed column and hybrid membrane process studies of radiocesium removal from contaminated water by nanocomposite SiEA-KNiFe sorbent / Dagmara Chmielewska-Smietanko, Agnieszka Miskiewicz, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36615/9781776419463-03 -- 4. MOF assisted membrane process for removal of radionuclides from aqueous solutions / Wojciech Starosta, Agnieszka Miskiewicz, Grazyna Zakrzewska-Koltuniewicz, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36615/9781776419463-04 -- 5. Production of Prototypical MOFs from Waste-PET Provides a Steppingstone towards MOFs-based Water-harvesting Applications / Bozena Sartowska, Jianwei Ren, Wojciech Starosta, Philiswa Nomngogo, Tien-Chien Jen, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36615/9781776419463-05 -- 6. Nanocomposite membranes for the removal of dyes / Jianwei Ren, Philiswa Nomngogo, Azile Nqombolo, Anele Mpupa, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36615/9781776419463-06 -- 7. Application of various metal-organic framework in analytical methods / Recent trends and future perspectives / Bozena Sartowska, Jianwei Ren, Wojciech Starosta, Philiswa Nomngogo, Tien-Chien Jen, Azile Nqombolo, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36615/9781776419463-07 -- 8. Post-synthetic modification of zirconium terephthalate sorbents and their application for sorption of selected toxic elements from water / Wojciech Starosta, Rafal Walczak, Iga Zuba, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36615/9781776419463-08 -- 9. Reuse of waste PET canisters through the production of activated carbon, an adsorbent to remove radionuclides from aqueous solutions / Leon Fuks, Irena Herdzik-Koniecko, Marcin Rogowski, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36615/9781776419463-09 -- 10. Nanoporous Carbon Adsorbents derived from PET waste for the Adsorption of Environmental Contaminants in aqueous matrices / Philiswa Nomngogo, Tshimangadzo S. Munonde, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36615/9781776419463-10 -- 11. Techno-economic Feasibility Assessment on the Viability of Using Waste PET (Trays and Coloured Bottles) to Produce Metal-Organic Framework (MOFs) / Bozena Sartowska, Jianwei Ren, Wojciech Starosta, Philiswa Nomngogo, Tien-Chien Jen, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36615/9781776419463-11.