Multifunctional metal-organic frameworks in oil spills and associated organic pollutant remediation
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REVIEW ARTICLE
Multifunctional metal-organic frameworks in oil spills and associated organic pollutant remediation Onome Ejeromedoghene 1 & Olayinka Oderinde 1 & Mengmeng Kang 1 & Solomon Agbedor 2 & Ajibola R. Faruwa 3 & Olubunmi M. Olukowi 4 & Guodong Fu 1 & Michael O. Daramola 5 Received: 23 June 2020 / Accepted: 29 July 2020 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract The release of toxic organic compounds into the environment in an event of oil spillage is a global menace due to the potential impacts on the ecosystem. Several approaches have been employed for oil spills clean-up, with adsorption technique proven to be more promising for the total reclamation of a polluted site. Of the several adsorbents so far reported, adsorbent-based porous materials have gained attention for the reduction/total removal of different compounds in environmental remediation applications. The superior potential of mesoporous materials based on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) against conventional adsorbents is due to their intriguing and enhanced properties. Therefore, this review presents recent development in MOF composites; methods of preparation; and their practical applications towards remediating oil spill, organic pollutants, and toxic gases in different environmental media, as well as potential materials in the possible deployment in reclaiming the polluted Niger Delta due to unabated oil spillage and gas flaring. Keywords Metal–organic frameworks . Mesoporous materials . Adsorption . Oil spillage . Organic pollutants . Environmental remediation . Responsible Editor: Tito Roberto Cadaval Jr
Introduction The presence of pollutants is ubiquitous in our environment since the beginning of human existence. However, their astronomical increase has been triggered by the rapid and continuous increase in human/industrial activities (Zhang et al. 2019b). Most of the toxic/harmful pollutants with diverse structures present in the environment today originate from
anthropogenic sources which include crude oil exploration and exploitation. Despite numerous and concerted efforts being made towards renewable energies, oil is unquestionably significant and crucial in human society, as oil and oil-derived products are useful in the production of vital products including fuels, fertilizers, plastics, and chemical feedstocks, which will still be required even in many years to come. Interestingly, as the production and utilization of oil and
Responsible Editor: Tito Roberto Cadaval Jr * Olayinka Oderinde [email protected]; [email protected] * Guodong Fu [email protected]; [email protected]
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College of Mechanics and Materials, Hohai University, Jiangning District, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China
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College of Earth Science and Engineering, Hohai University, Jiangning District, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China
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School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 200 Xiao Lingwei Street, Nanjing 210094, People’s Re
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