Research topic: Resource Recovery Using Porous Composite Materials

Water scarcity, increasingly driven by climate change, requires new approaches for sustainable water use and management. However, water is not only a medium that needs to be purified of harmful substances – it also contains valuable resources that can potentially be recovered and reused.

This research project focuses on the selective extraction of inorganic and organic resources from water. For this purpose, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) show great potential because they can adsorb various ions and molecules due to their porous structures. Additionally, their selectivity can be tailored through specific structure modifications based on reticular chemistry. To enhance applicability and recyclability, promising MOF structures will be combined with superparamagnetic iron oxide, enabling simple separation of the material using an external magnetic field.