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ClearMolecularly Engineered Covalent Organic Frameworks for Hydrogen Peroxide Photosynthesis
Researchers developed a bipyridine-based covalent organic framework photocatalyst for producing hydrogen peroxide from water and air, achieving solar-to-chemical conversion efficiencies of 0.57% at 298 K and 1.08% at 333 K, surpassing previously reported values. The work addresses selectivity challenges in the two-electron water oxidation reaction that have limited photocatalytic H2O2 production.
Application of metal-organic frameworks for photocatalytic degradation of microplastics: Design, challenges, and scope
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks can be designed and applied for photocatalytic degradation of microplastics in wastewater, addressing the challenge of microplastic hydrophobicity and their resistance to conventional treatment. The authors discuss design strategies, current performance limitations, and future directions for scaling photocatalytic MOF technology to practical remediation applications.
Comprehensive Insights into Photoreforming of Waste Plastics for Hydrogen Production
This review examines photocatalytic "photoreforming" — a solar-powered process that breaks down waste plastics while simultaneously generating hydrogen fuel and useful chemical byproducts. Recent advances in catalyst design, including semiconductor materials and metal-organic frameworks, are analyzed alongside factors like light intensity and pH that affect hydrogen output. This dual-purpose approach could help address both the global plastic waste crisis and the need for clean energy simultaneously.
Impact of Interfaces, and Nanostructure on the Performance of Conjugated Polymer Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production from Water
This review examines how interfaces and nanostructure influence the performance of conjugated polymer photocatalysts for hydrogen production via water splitting and CO2 reduction, surveying the field since early reports of carbon nitride and organic semiconductor photocatalysts and analyzing structure-property relationships governing efficiency.
In-situ formation of Ag2O in metal-organic framework for light-driven upcycling of microplastics coupled with hydrogen production
Researchers developed a light-activated catalyst that can break down microplastics while simultaneously producing hydrogen gas as a clean energy byproduct, using a novel metal-organic framework material that converts plastic pollution into useful chemicals — offering a potential two-in-one solution for plastic waste and energy production.
Visible-light photocatalysts: Prospects and challenges
This research update reviews the state of visible-light photocatalysis, discussing material types including metal oxides, organic semiconductors, and composites, their applications for environmental remediation and solar fuel generation, and the major challenge of scaling up photocatalytic processes to industrial viability. The authors identify cost-competitiveness with existing technologies as the primary barrier to practical deployment.
From photocatalysis to photon–phonon co-driven catalysis for methanol reforming to hydrogen and valuable by-products
This review covers hydrogen production from methanol using light-driven chemical reactions, examining new photocatalytic materials and methods. While not about microplastics directly, the clean energy technologies discussed could help reduce fossil fuel dependence and the plastic production that drives microplastic pollution.
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.
Recent Progress of MIL MOF Materials in Degradation of Organic Pollutants by Fenton Reaction
This review summarizes MIL-type metal-organic frameworks (MIL-100, MIL-101, MIL-88, MIL-53) as Fenton reaction catalysts for degrading organic pollutants, covering synthesis methods, activation and modification strategies, and applications in advanced oxidation processes for water treatment.
Simultaneous H2 production and water purification with surface-modified nanostructured TiO2 photoelectrodes
Surface-modified nanostructured TiO2 photoelectrodes were developed to simultaneously produce hydrogen and purify water containing organic contaminants through photoelectrocatalysis, demonstrating improved performance over unmodified TiO2 and offering a strategy for coupling green energy production with water treatment.
Molecularly Engineered Covalent Organic Frameworks for Hydrogen Peroxide Photosynthesis
Researchers developed a covalent organic framework photocatalyst for producing hydrogen peroxide from water and air using solar energy, achieving a solar-to-chemical conversion efficiency of up to 1.08%. The resulting hydrogen peroxide solution was capable of degrading pollutants. While not directly about microplastics, this research presents a potentially useful technology for environmental remediation including pollutant degradation in water systems.
Recent Advances in Titanium-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks: Structure, Property, and Application in Photocatalysis
This review covers recent advances in titanium-based metal-organic frameworks and their applications in photocatalysis, including potential uses for environmental remediation. Researchers summarized the diverse structures, synthesis methods, and catalytic properties of these materials. While broadly focused on photocatalysis, the findings are relevant to developing new approaches for degrading persistent environmental pollutants including microplastics.
Recent advances in hydrogen production using MXenes-based metal sulfide photocatalysts
This review examines recent advances in MXene-based metal sulfide photocatalysts for hydrogen production via photocatalytic water splitting, highlighting the unique properties of MXenes including tunable bandgaps, high electrical conductivity, large surface area, and photo-thermal effects that make them promising noble metal-free photocatalyst supports. The review covers four years of progress in MAX phase synthesis and new MXene derivatives developed for visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution.
Building a bridge from solid wastes to solar fuels and chemicals via artificial photosynthesis
This review examined photoreforming (PR) as a process that converts solid plastic and other waste materials into hydrogen fuel and value-added chemicals using solar energy, combining waste remediation with clean fuel production. The authors assessed photocatalyst design strategies that enable efficient PR of diverse waste streams including polyethylene and polypropylene.
Hierarchy of hybrid materials. Part-II: The place of organics-on-inorganics in it, their composition and applications
This review classifies and examines organic-on-inorganic hybrid materials, covering their structure, properties, and wide-ranging applications from catalysis to biomedicine, highlighting how combining organic molecules with metallic and non-metallic inorganic substrates creates synergistic material properties.
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.
Carbon-based Composite Materials as Photocatalyst for Photo-Reforming of Organics to Obtain H2
Researchers investigated carbon-based composite photocatalysts — including Nb2O5 and TiO2 combined with graphene or graphene oxide — for photo-reforming of plastics (PET and PLA) and organic compounds into hydrogen under both UV and natural solar light, finding that composite materials produced significantly more hydrogen than bare semiconductors.
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.
Recent Advances in Metal–Organic Framework (MOF)-Based Composites for Organic Effluent Remediation
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks, a class of highly porous engineered materials, are being developed to clean up organic pollutants from industrial wastewater. Researchers found these materials show strong potential for treating contamination from chemical, pharmaceutical, textile, and agricultural sources due to their high surface area and customizable surface chemistry.
An 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 Membranes for Efficient Wastewater Purification: Syntheses and Applications: A Review
This review synthesizes research on metal-organic framework (MOF) based membranes for wastewater treatment, examining the synthesis methods, tunable pore geometries, and applications of MOF membranes in removing contaminants including heavy metals, dyes, and pharmaceuticals from water.
Bimetallic defect-engineered CoMoMOF modulates CdZnS for efficient hydrogen production from water/microplastic waste
Researchers created a novel photocatalyst combining metal-defect-engineered materials to simultaneously generate hydrogen fuel and break down PET plastic waste using light energy. The system produced significantly more hydrogen using PET microplastics as a feedstock compared to water alone, suggesting plastic waste could serve as a raw material for clean energy production. This "waste to fuel" approach could address both the plastic pollution crisis and the energy transition, though it remains at an early laboratory stage.