Combining Organic and Inorganic Wastes to Form Metal-Organic Frameworks.

ABSTRACT: This paper reports a simple method to recycle plastic-bottle and Li-ion-battery waste in one process by forming valuable coordination polymers (metal-organic frameworks, MOFs). Poly(ethylene terephthalate) from plastic bottles was depolymerized to produce an organic ligand source (terephthalate), and Li-ion batteries were dissolved as a source of metals. By mixing both dissolution solutions together, selective precipitation of an Al-based MOF, known as MIL-53 in the literature, was observed. This material can be recovered in large quantities from waste and presents similar properties of purity and porosity to as-synthesis MIL-53. This work illustrates the opportunity to form hybrid porous materials by combining different waste streams, laying the foundations for an achievable integrated ci

SUBMITTER: Lagae-Capelle E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7013536 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature