Remarkable adsorptive performance of a metal-organic framework, vanadium-benzenedicarboxylate (MIL-47), for benzothiophene

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jan 28;47(4):1306-8. doi: 10.1039/c0cc04759g. Epub 2010 Dec 9.

Abstract

Liquid-phase adsorption of benzothiophene over isotypic MOFs such as MIL-47 and MIL-53(Al, Cr) has shown that a metal ion of a MOF-type material has a dominant role in adsorptive desulfurization and MIL-47 has a remarkable performance.