Abstract
Efficient elimination of nitrogenous compounds (NCs) from fuel is an important issue. Recently, metal organic frameworks (MOFs), both pristine and modified ones, have attracted continuous attention as an adsorbent for the purification of fuel. In this study, we used, for the first time, MOFs functionalized on both metal (via coordination on open metal site) and ligand, in the purification of fuel. A highly stable MOF, MIL-101(Cr), was modified to introduce amino groups both on the ligand and metal sites, and the NH2-MIL-101 was further reacted with oxalyl chloride to obtain a multifunctional adsorbent named OC-ED-A-M101. This adsorbent showed an outstanding performance in adsorptive denitrogenation of fuels. Or, the OC-ED-A-M101 had 11.7 and 9.3 times adsorption capacity for indole and quinoline, respectively, that of an activated carbon. Moreover, the new adsorbent showed the highest and the second highest adsorption capacity for indole and quinoline, respectively, compared with any reported MOF-based adsorbents. The noticeable performances of OC-ED-A-M101 could be interpreted with H-bonding because of ample hydrogen donor and hydrogen acceptor sites on the OC-ED-A-M101. Adsorption over other M101s could be explained with the combination of H-bonding, acid-base interaction, and base–base repulsion. Finally, the studied MOF could be easily reactivated by washing with ethanol. Therefore, OC-ED-A-M101 might be a potential adsorbent for the purification of fuel containing NCs.
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