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20 resultsShowing papers similar to Application of metal-organic frameworks for photocatalytic degradation of microplastics: Design, challenges, and scope
ClearAn Advanced Approach of MOF-Mediated Microplastic Degradation After Confiscating Microplastics by MOFs
This review proposed using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as an advanced approach for capturing and degrading microplastics in aquatic environments, discussing MOF characteristics tailored for adsorption and the mechanisms underlying capture and degradation. The paper highlighted MOF interaction sites, photocatalytic degradation pathways, and challenges for scaling these approaches.
Metal–Organic Framework based on Functional Materials for Photocatalytic Degradation of Micro‐ and Nano‐Plastic
Researchers reviewed how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — highly porous crystalline materials with extremely large surface areas — can be used as light-activated catalysts to break down microplastics and nanoplastics in water, potentially converting these persistent pollutants into less harmful chemicals while generating clean energy as a byproduct.
A review on microplastics degradation with MOF: Mechanism and action
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can be used to break down microplastics through various mechanisms including hydrolysis, oxidation, and photodegradation. Researchers found that MOFs' large surface area and tunable pore sizes make them well-suited for capturing and degrading microplastic particles. While the field is still in its early stages, the study suggests that MOF-based approaches could represent a significant step forward in addressing microplastic pollution.
Advancing photocatalytic strategies for microplastic degradation in aquatic systems: Insights into key challenges and future pathways
This review examines how light-activated chemical reactions (photocatalysis) can break down microplastics in water, using advanced materials like doped semiconductors and metal-organic frameworks. While promising for cleaning up waterways, challenges remain around scaling these methods for real-world use and ensuring the breakdown products are not themselves harmful.
Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Adsorption and Degradation of Microplastics
This review examines metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of porous materials, as a promising technology for capturing and breaking down microplastics in water. MOFs offer advantages over traditional filtration because they can be designed to target specific plastic types and sizes. While still mostly tested in laboratories, MOF-based approaches could help close the gap in water treatment where conventional methods fail to remove the smallest and most harmful microplastic particles.
Metal–organic framework applications for microplastic remediation: exploring pathways and future potential
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (specialized porous materials) can be used to capture and remove microplastics from water. Microplastics are emerging contaminants that threaten aquatic ecosystems and human health. The paper explores different remediation pathways and the future potential of these advanced materials for cleaning up microplastic pollution.
When microplastics/plastics meet metal–organic frameworks: turning threats into opportunities
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can be used to address microplastic pollution through adsorption, degradation, and even creative reuse. Researchers found that MOF materials can capture over 90% of microplastic particles and can also break down various plastics into valuable small molecules through thermal and light-driven catalysis. The study suggests that waste plastics can even be repurposed as building blocks for new MOF materials, turning an environmental threat into a resource.
The Application of Metal–Organic Frameworks in Water Treatment and Their Large-Scale Preparation: A Review
This review examines metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), highly porous materials being developed for water treatment that can remove pollutants including microplastics through filtration and catalytic breakdown. MOFs have exceptional surface area and can be tailored to target specific contaminants, making them promising for advanced water purification. The challenge remains scaling up MOF production for real-world water treatment use, which could help reduce human exposure to microplastics in drinking water.
Unlocking the Potential of MOFs for Waste Plastic Resource Utilization and Microplastic Pollution Control
This review examines the potential of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — a class of highly porous, engineered materials — to serve as catalysts for both breaking down microplastic pollution and converting waste plastic into valuable chemical feedstocks. MOFs offer tunable structures and large surface areas that make them attractive for both degradation and upcycling applications. The review positions MOF-enabled catalysis as a tool for transitioning toward a circular plastics economy where waste plastic becomes a resource rather than a pollutant.
MOF Catalysts for Plastic Depolymerization
This review article examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — highly porous, engineered materials — can be used as catalysts to break down plastic waste into useful chemicals through processes like hydrogenolysis, pyrolysis, and enzymatic hydrolysis. Beyond large-scale plastic recycling, MOFs also show promise for capturing and degrading microplastics from wastewater. The authors highlight MOFs' key advantages: their structure can be precisely engineered, they are reusable, and they can accommodate a wide range of plastic types. This is primarily a materials chemistry paper relevant to long-term solutions for plastic waste and microplastic remediation.
Advances in metal-organic frameworks for microplastic removal from aquatic environments: Mechanisms and performance insights
Researchers reviewed over 65 studies on using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — highly porous, sponge-like materials — to remove microplastics from water, finding some MOFs achieved up to 98% removal efficiency and could be reused six times, making them a promising filtration technology for microplastic pollution.
Countering microplastics pollution with photocatalysis: Challenge and prospects
This review summarized the use of photocatalysis for degrading microplastics, covering catalyst types, reaction mechanisms, and operational parameters, and discussing challenges including the stability of highly polymerized plastics and prospects for scaling photocatalytic treatment to address environmental microplastic pollution.
Efficiency ofMOFs in Water Treatment Against the Emerging Water Contaminants Such as Endocrine Disruptors, Pharmaceuticals, Microplastics, Pesticides, and Other Contaminants
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can remove a broad range of emerging water contaminants — including microplastics, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine disruptors — from water. MOFs outperform conventional treatment methods because of their large surface area, tunable pore structure, and ability to work through both adsorption and photocatalysis. The paper highlights MOFs as a promising next-generation water treatment technology that could meaningfully reduce human and environmental exposure to microplastics and co-occurring pollutants.
A review on metal organic frameworks (MOFs) modified membrane for remediation of water pollution
This review covers how metal-organic framework (MOF) materials can be incorporated into membranes to improve filtration of pollutants from contaminated water. The technology shows promise for removing microplastics and chemical contaminants, though most applications remain at laboratory scale.
Synthetic approaches, classification, properties and application of Metal-organic Frameworks: A review
Despite its title referencing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), this paper reviews the synthesis, classification, and applications of MOF materials in areas like catalysis, energy, and environmental remediation — not microplastic pollution. While MOFs have been explored as tools for removing pollutants from water, this paper does not focus on microplastics and is not directly relevant to microplastics research or human health.
Microplastics removal from aqueous environment by metal organic frameworks
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of advanced porous materials, can remove 70-99.9% of microplastics from water in laboratory settings. MOFs can be customized with specific pore sizes and chemical properties to target different types of microplastics. While challenges remain with cost and scaling up, this technology shows promise for developing more effective water treatment systems to reduce human exposure to microplastics in drinking water.
Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Elimination of Microplastics from Water: A Review of Advances and Mechanisms.
**TLDR:** This review summarizes research on using special materials called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to remove tiny plastic particles from water that can harm human health. Scientists have found these materials can effectively capture and break down microplastics in lab studies, but they still need to overcome challenges like high costs and making the process work in real-world water treatment systems. This research is important because microplastics are everywhere in our water supply and pose health risks to humans.
Photocatalytic strategy to mitigate microplastic pollution in aquatic environments: Promising catalysts, efficiencies, mechanisms, and ecological risks
This review summarizes recent advances in photocatalytic degradation of microplastics, covering catalysts, mechanisms, and reactive oxygen species generation pathways. The authors call for more realistic photocatalytic materials, better mechanistic understanding of degradation intermediates, and quantitative ecological risk assessment of photocatalysis byproducts.
A Review on the Use of Metal Oxide-Based Nanocomposites for the Remediation of Organics-Contaminated Water via Photocatalysis: Fundamentals, Bibliometric Study and Recent Advances
This review examines how metal oxide nanocomposite materials can be used as photocatalysts to break down toxic organic pollutants in contaminated water using light energy. While focused on cleaning up dyes, drugs, and pesticides, the technology is relevant to microplastics because similar photocatalytic approaches are being explored to degrade plastic particles in water. Improving water treatment technologies like these could help reduce human exposure to the cocktail of pollutants, including microplastics, found in water supplies.
Photocatalytic Degradation of Emerging Pollutants Using Covalent Organic Frameworks
This review covers how covalent organic frameworks, a class of porous crystalline materials, can be used as photocatalysts to break down emerging contaminants including microplastics and pharmaceuticals. Researchers highlighted the tunable structure and high surface area of these materials as key advantages for environmental cleanup applications. The technology represents a promising sustainable approach to degrading persistent pollutants using light-driven chemistry.