Long-Term Stability of MFM-300(Al) toward Toxic Air Pollutants.
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SUBMITTER: Carter JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7517712 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
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Long-Term Stability of MFM-300(Al) toward Toxic Air Pollutants.
Carter Joseph H JH Morris Christopher G CG Godfrey Harry G W HGW Day Sarah J SJ Potter Jonathan J Thompson Stephen P SP Tang Chiu C CC Yang Sihai S Schröder Martin M
ACS applied materials & interfaces 20200914 38
Temperature- or pressure-swing sorption in porous metal-organic framework (MOF) materials has been proposed for new gas separation technologies. The high tunability of MOFs toward particular adsorbates and the relatively low energy penalty for system regeneration indicate that reversible physisorption in MOFs has the potential to create economic and environmental benefits compared with state-of-the-art chemisorption systems. However, for MOF-based sorbents to be commercialized, they have to show ...[more]
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