Preparation & Synthesis of Vanadium-Metal-Organic Frameworks (MIL-101) for Acid-Gas Adsorption and Separation
Department
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Major
Chemical Engineering
Research Advisor
Rezaei, Fateme
Advisor's Department
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Funding Source
Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experiences (OURE)
Abstract
Carbon dioxide (CO2) level in the air is increasing every day, due to continuous emissions of flue and greenhouse gases. CO2 is the major contributor to global warming and oceans acidification. Recycling and resupply fresh air is also critical and sensitive in closed areas like mining, submarines and diving. Our project goal is removing CO2 from the air by developing and synthesizing novel porous materials, namely Metal-Organic frameworks (MOFs) that adsorb mixture of CO2 and different gases and selectively and efficiently separate CO2. Vanadium MOFs are one of the trinuclear transition metal clusters. MIL-101 has the biggest surface area among other MOFs. We successfully synthesized the first batch of MIL-101 after series of lab experiments. We were also able to determine the targeted parameters like concentration and temperature to develop MIL-101. We used vanadium tetrachloride and terphethalic acid dissolved in pure ethanol at 120C for two days to synthesis MIL-101. We are currently working on the characterization phase using SEM, BET, TGA and XRD.
Biography
Timon Abraham is a chemical engineering student at Missouri University of Science & Technology. Summer 2015, He received SULI award from DOE and worked as a Summer intern at Oak Ridge National Lab. Timon successfully achieved his Summer research project at ORNL and is coauthoring on publication. He participated in Chem-E-Car competition team in Fall 2015. Timon is hoping to graduate a professional chemical engineer and find a job in product and process development.
Research Category
Engineering
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Document Type
Presentation
Award
Engineering oral presentation, Second place
Location
Turner Room
Presentation Date
11 Apr 2016, 9:00 am - 9:20 am
Preparation & Synthesis of Vanadium-Metal-Organic Frameworks (MIL-101) for Acid-Gas Adsorption and Separation
Turner Room
Carbon dioxide (CO2) level in the air is increasing every day, due to continuous emissions of flue and greenhouse gases. CO2 is the major contributor to global warming and oceans acidification. Recycling and resupply fresh air is also critical and sensitive in closed areas like mining, submarines and diving. Our project goal is removing CO2 from the air by developing and synthesizing novel porous materials, namely Metal-Organic frameworks (MOFs) that adsorb mixture of CO2 and different gases and selectively and efficiently separate CO2. Vanadium MOFs are one of the trinuclear transition metal clusters. MIL-101 has the biggest surface area among other MOFs. We successfully synthesized the first batch of MIL-101 after series of lab experiments. We were also able to determine the targeted parameters like concentration and temperature to develop MIL-101. We used vanadium tetrachloride and terphethalic acid dissolved in pure ethanol at 120C for two days to synthesis MIL-101. We are currently working on the characterization phase using SEM, BET, TGA and XRD.
