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Unlocking Fluoride Removal: Mesoporous MOF/Graphene Oxide Adsorbents

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2024-04-24
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Research Team of Prof. Min Jang Develops Mesoporous MOF/Graphene Oxide Adsorbents for Effective Removal of Fluoride Ions and Identifies Removal Mechanism

- Published in Chemical Engineering Journal (JCR IF 15.1, JCR Rank: 3.5%) -

The research team of Professor Min Jang in the Department of Environmental Engineering at Kwangwoon University has announced that Soyeon Yoon (first author), Choeun Jong (co-corresponding author), and Prof. Eunha Choi (Director) of the Plasma Bio Center (PBRC) and Prof. Min Jang (Vice director) have developed mesoporous composite adsorbents of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF) and Graphene Oxide (GO) for the effective removal of fluoride ions from water and identified the fluoride removal mechanism through ATR-FTIR and in-situ Raman analysis.

The study was supported by the education division of National Research Foundation of Korea and Basic Science Research Program by the Ministry of Science and ICT (2021R1A6A1A03038785), as well as the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (2020002470002 and RS-2023-00215807), and was published in the April 16, 2024 issue of the Chemical Engineering Journal (IF: 15.1, JCR rank: 3.5%) with the title, "Preparation of granulated UIO-66/graphene oxide using polyacrylamide/polyvinyl alcohol for selective fluoride removal: Mechanism studies via in situ surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy analysis and continuous-flow column operation" The web link to the publication is as follows: [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.151217](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.151217].

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