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Graphene Oxide Facilitates Transformation of Waste PET into MOF Nanorods in Ionic Liquids
Although though ionic liquids (IL) are rapidly emerging as highly efficient reagents for the depolymerization of waste plastics, their high cost and adverse impact on the environment make the overall process not only expensive but also environmentally harmful. In this manuscript, we report that grap...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10255645/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37299279 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15112479 |
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author | Gangaraju, Deepa Shanmugharaj, Andikkadu Masilamani Sridhar, Vadahanambi |
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description | Although though ionic liquids (IL) are rapidly emerging as highly efficient reagents for the depolymerization of waste plastics, their high cost and adverse impact on the environment make the overall process not only expensive but also environmentally harmful. In this manuscript, we report that graphene oxide (GO) facilitates the transformation of waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) to Ni-MOF (metal organic framework) nanorods anchored on reduced graphene oxide (Ni–MOF@rGO) through NMP (N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone)-based coordination in ionic liquids. Morphological studies using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed mesoporous three-dimensional structures of micrometer-long Ni-MOF nanorods anchored on reduced graphene substrates (Ni–MOF@rGO ), whereas structural studies using XRD and Raman spectra demonstrated the crystallinity of Ni-MOF nanorods. Chemical analysis of Ni–MOF@rGO carried out using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrated that nickel moieties exist in an electroactive OH-Ni-OH state, which was further confirmed by nanoscale elemental maps recorded using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The applicability of Ni–MOF@rGO as an electro-catalyst in a urea-enhanced water oxidation reaction (UOR) is reported. Furthermore, the ability of our newly developed NMP-based IL to grow MOF nanocubes on carbon nanotubes and MOF nano-islands on carbon fibers is also reported. |
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spelling | pubmed-102556452023-06-10 Graphene Oxide Facilitates Transformation of Waste PET into MOF Nanorods in Ionic Liquids Gangaraju, Deepa Shanmugharaj, Andikkadu Masilamani Sridhar, Vadahanambi Polymers (Basel) Article Although though ionic liquids (IL) are rapidly emerging as highly efficient reagents for the depolymerization of waste plastics, their high cost and adverse impact on the environment make the overall process not only expensive but also environmentally harmful. In this manuscript, we report that graphene oxide (GO) facilitates the transformation of waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) to Ni-MOF (metal organic framework) nanorods anchored on reduced graphene oxide (Ni–MOF@rGO) through NMP (N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone)-based coordination in ionic liquids. Morphological studies using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed mesoporous three-dimensional structures of micrometer-long Ni-MOF nanorods anchored on reduced graphene substrates (Ni–MOF@rGO ), whereas structural studies using XRD and Raman spectra demonstrated the crystallinity of Ni-MOF nanorods. Chemical analysis of Ni–MOF@rGO carried out using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrated that nickel moieties exist in an electroactive OH-Ni-OH state, which was further confirmed by nanoscale elemental maps recorded using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The applicability of Ni–MOF@rGO as an electro-catalyst in a urea-enhanced water oxidation reaction (UOR) is reported. Furthermore, the ability of our newly developed NMP-based IL to grow MOF nanocubes on carbon nanotubes and MOF nano-islands on carbon fibers is also reported. MDPI 2023-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10255645/ /pubmed/37299279 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15112479 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Gangaraju, Deepa Shanmugharaj, Andikkadu Masilamani Sridhar, Vadahanambi Graphene Oxide Facilitates Transformation of Waste PET into MOF Nanorods in Ionic Liquids |
title | Graphene Oxide Facilitates Transformation of Waste PET into MOF Nanorods in Ionic Liquids |
title_full | Graphene Oxide Facilitates Transformation of Waste PET into MOF Nanorods in Ionic Liquids |
title_fullStr | Graphene Oxide Facilitates Transformation of Waste PET into MOF Nanorods in Ionic Liquids |
title_full_unstemmed | Graphene Oxide Facilitates Transformation of Waste PET into MOF Nanorods in Ionic Liquids |
title_short | Graphene Oxide Facilitates Transformation of Waste PET into MOF Nanorods in Ionic Liquids |
title_sort | graphene oxide facilitates transformation of waste pet into mof nanorods in ionic liquids |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10255645/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37299279 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15112479 |
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