Abstract

The vast use of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) drinking water bottles has increased dramatically worldwide in recent decades, inflicting severe consequences on the environment. According to the latest survey, a million plastic bottles are bought around the globe every minute. The non-biodegradable nature of PET materials has led to a huge accumulation of plastic in waste landfills. Among the current recycling methods used to solve this environmental problem is chemical recycling. In this method, PET bottles are converted back cleanly into their starting materials: terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol. This paper unveils the exploitation of recycling products from PET bottles and aluminium scraps in order to prepare a metal-organic framework (MOF) material. The characterization of the prepared MOF substance was carried out using different techniques such as IR, XRD, SEM and elemental analysis.

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Publication details

DOI
10.53539/squjs.vol26iss2pp98-106
Journal
Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 26(2), 98-106
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University
Open access
Gold open access
License
CC BY-ND 4.0

Cite this article

APA 7

Al‐Busafi, S. N. (2022). Green Preparation of Aluminum-based Metal-organic Framework (Al-MOF) from Waste Plastic Bottles and Waste Aluminum Scraps. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 26(2), 98-106. https://doi.org/10.53539/squjs.vol26iss2pp98-106

MLA 9

Al‐Busafi, Saleh N. "Green Preparation of Aluminum-based Metal-organic Framework (Al-MOF) from Waste Plastic Bottles and Waste Aluminum Scraps." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 26, no. 2, 2022, pp. 98-106. https://doi.org/10.53539/squjs.vol26iss2pp98-106.

Chicago (author–date)

Al‐Busafi, Saleh N. 2022. "Green Preparation of Aluminum-based Metal-organic Framework (Al-MOF) from Waste Plastic Bottles and Waste Aluminum Scraps." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science 26 (2): 98-106. https://doi.org/10.53539/squjs.vol26iss2pp98-106.

Harvard

Al‐Busafi, S. N. (2022) 'Green Preparation of Aluminum-based Metal-organic Framework (Al-MOF) from Waste Plastic Bottles and Waste Aluminum Scraps', Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 26(2), pp. 98-106. doi:10.53539/squjs.vol26iss2pp98-106.

Vancouver

Al‐Busafi SN. Green Preparation of Aluminum-based Metal-organic Framework (Al-MOF) from Waste Plastic Bottles and Waste Aluminum Scraps. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science. 2022;26(2):98-106. doi:10.53539/squjs.vol26iss2pp98-106

IEEE

S. N. Al‐Busafi, "Green Preparation of Aluminum-based Metal-organic Framework (Al-MOF) from Waste Plastic Bottles and Waste Aluminum Scraps," Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 98-106, 2022, doi: 10.53539/squjs.vol26iss2pp98-106.