Electrospun Ta-MOF/PEBA Nanohybrids and Their CH4 Adsorption Application

Saade Abdalkareem Jasim; Jihad M Hadi; Abduladheem Turki Jalil; Maria Jade Catalan Opulencia; Ali Thaeer Hammid; Mohadeseh Tohidimoghadam; Mohammadreza Moghaddam-Manesh

doi:10.3389/fchem.2022.868794

Electrospun Ta-MOF/PEBA Nanohybrids and Their CH₄ Adsorption Application

Front Chem. 2022 Jun 16:10:868794. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2022.868794. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Saade Abdalkareem Jasim¹, Jihad M Hadi², Abduladheem Turki Jalil³, Maria Jade Catalan Opulencia⁴, Ali Thaeer Hammid⁵, Mohadeseh Tohidimoghadam⁶, Mohammadreza Moghaddam-Manesh⁷

Affiliations

¹ Medical Laboratory Techniques Department, Al-Maarif University College, Ramadi, Iraq.
² Department of Medical Laboratory of Science, College of Health Sciences, University of Human Development, Kurdistan Regional Government, Slemani, Iraq.
³ Medical Laboratories Techniques Department, Al-Mustaqbal University College, Hilla, Iraq.
⁴ College of Business Administration, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
⁵ Computer Engineering Techniques Department, Faculty of Information Technology, Imam Ja'afar Al-Sadiq University, Baghdad, Iraq.
⁶ Pasteur Hospital, Bam University of Medical Science, Bam, Iran.
⁷ Petrochemistry and Polymer Research Group, Chemistry and Petrochemistry Research Center, Standard Research Institute, Karaj, Iran.

Abstract

For the first time, biocompatible and biodegradable Ta-metal organic framework (MOF)/polyether block amide (PEBA) fibrous polymeric nanostructures were synthesized by ultrasonic and electrospinning routes in this study. The XRD peaks of products were wider, which is due to the significant effect of the ultrasonic and electrospinning methods on the final product. The adsorption/desorption behavior of the nanostructures is similar to that of the third type of isotherm series, which showed mesoporous behavior for the products. The sample has uniform morphology without any evidence of agglomeration. Since the adsorption and trapping of gaseous pollutants are very important, the application of the final Ta-MOF/PEBA fibrous polymeric nanostructures was investigated for CH₄ adsorption. In order to achieve the optimal conditions of experiments and also systematic studies of the parameters, fractional factorial design was used. The results showed that by selecting temperature 40°C, time duration 35 min, and pressure 3 bar, the CH₄ gas adsorption rate was near 4 mmol/g. Ultrasonic and electrospinning routes as well as immobilization of Ta-MOF in the PEBA fibrous network affect the performance of the final products for CH₄ gas adsorption.

Keywords: CH4 adsorption; Ta-MOF/PEBA; air pollution; fibrous polymer; ultrasonic-assisted electrospinning.

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