Remediation of Water and Wastewater Using Metal Organic Framework based Membranes

Abstract

Over the past few years, metal-organic frameworks have gained considerable attention. Metal-organic frameworks are widely regarded as promising materials for separation, catalysis, molecular recognition, and storage applications. The applications and potentials of engineered forms of metal-organic frameworks such as thin films and membranes supported on various substrates in the area of water purification are discussed in this chapter. Metal-organic frameworks applications in separation and purification techniques with metal-organic frameworks-based membrane matrix is underlined at their promising levels. Metal-organic frameworks polymer composite membranes, including polymer-supported metal-organic frameworks membranes, are identified and the recent development are discussed. This chapter will provide a comprehensive assessment of recent studies on the removal of various contaminants from water using metal-organic frameworks-based membranes.