Metal-organic frameworks (MOF) are a class of highly porous, sponge-like materials that have diverse applications, such as water purification, gas storage and separations, and catalysis. This research team sees a bigger picture: they will design reactive MOFs that can capture CO2 from gas mixtures and subsequently transform this greenhouse gas into value-added products.
Keywords: Metal-organic frameworks, Bi- or multi-functional sites, Catalysis, CO2 conversion, Value added product
Samir El Hankari
Since September 2019, Samir joined Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Chemical & Biochemical Science (CBS) department as an Assistant Professor in inorganic chemistry.
Wendy L. Queen
In 2015, she was appointed Assistant Professor in the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering at EPFL.
Research project
Since El Hankari’s arrival at UM6P, his main interest has been the design and synthesis of new porous hybrid materials. His particular focus is on the development of sustainable approaches for the fabrication of Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and MOF composites to target applied research in water cleaning, catalysis, sensing and meanwhile solve some of issues encountered in phosphate industry. In this context, Samir was delighted to receive an EXAF grant within the frame of the JFD programme to work in close collaboration with Prof. Wendy Lee Queen from the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering at EPFL.
Our project focuses on the design and development of new MOFs and MOF composites for the implementation of new catalytic technology-based MOF in CO2 conversion, which consists of constructing new bi- or multi-functional MOF catalysts. These catalysts contain different sites to simultaneously reduce CO2 emission and provide new source of energy by converting CO2 to value added product, which has relevance to environment and energy.
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