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Multifunctional metal-organic frameworks in oil spills and associated organic pollutant remediation

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The release of toxic organic compounds into the environment in an event of oil spillage is a global menace due to the potential impacts on the ecosystem. Several approaches have been employed for oil spills clean-up, with adsorption technique proven to be more promising for the total reclamation of a polluted site. Of the several adsorbents so far reported, adsorbent-based porous materials have gained attention for the reduction/total removal of different compounds in environmental remediation applications. The superior potential of mesoporous materials based on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) against conventional adsorbents is due to their intriguing and enhanced properties. Therefore, this review presents recent development in MOF composites; methods of preparation; and their practical applications towards remediating oil spill, organic pollutants, and toxic gases in different environmental media, as well as potential materials in the possible deployment in reclaiming the polluted Niger Delta due to unabated oil spillage and gas flaring.

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This work is supported by the China Scholarship Council.

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Correspondence to Olayinka Oderinde, Guodong Fu or Michael O. Daramola.

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Ejeromedoghene, O., Oderinde, O., Kang, M. et al. Multifunctional metal-organic frameworks in oil spills and associated organic pollutant remediation. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 42346–42368 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10322-0

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