This invention relates to a Cu-BTC MOF which is water stable. The Cu-BTC MOF has open coordination sites and has been post synthesis modified by partially occupying the open sites with a ligand such as acetonitrile (CH.sub.3CN). The resultant MOF retains at least 40% of its as synthesized surface area after exposure to liquid water at 60 C. for 6 hours. This is an unexpected result versus the MOF which has not been post treated with ligands such as acetonitrile. This MOF can be used to abate contaminants such as ammonia in gas streams and especially air streams.

A method is disclosed for removing ozone from a gas. According to this method, the gas is contacted with an adsorbent that includes a transition metal oxide or metal organic framework to form a treated gas. The treated gas is contacted with a noble metal catalyst to catalytically decompose ozone in the treated gas, thereby forming an ozone-depleted treated gas.

A fuel tank inerting system is disclosed. The system includes a fuel tank and a catalytic reactor with an inlet, an outlet, a reactive flow path between the inlet and the outlet, and a catalyst on the reactive flow path. The catalytic reactor is arranged to receive fuel from a fuel flow path in operative communication with the fuel tank and oxygen from an oxygen source, and to catalytically react a mixture of the fuel and oxygen along the reactive flow path to generate an inert gas. An inert gas flow path provides inert gas from the catalytic reactor to the fuel tank. An adsorbent is disposed along the fuel flow path or along the reactive flow path.

Disclosed herein are metal-organic frameworks and methods of making and use thereof.

Porous metal oxide catalytic materials with planar morphologies which are derived from metal-organic framework (MOF) materials via thermal decomposition, oxidation pretreatment and pyrolysis processes. The porous metal oxides are mainly transition metal oxides, derived from MOFs containing the corresponding transition metal ions, such as Cu, Zn, Y, La, Ce, Ti, Zr, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni ions. The transformation conditions from MOF materials to metal oxides, such as temperature, atmosphere and duration, are well defined to obtain metal oxides with controlled morphologies. Furthermore, the present subject matter relates to a low-temperature catalytic decomposition of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with a wide concentration range on two-dimensional metal oxides.

A filter includes a filter medium having an average pore size of 1 to 5 min, and photocatalyst particles deposited on the filter medium. The photocatalyst particle contains a titanium compound particle and a metal compound bonded to the surface of the titanium compound particle with an oxygen atom. The metal compound contains a metal atom and a hydrocarbon group. The titanium compound particle has absorption at wavelengths of 450 nm and 750 nm in the visible absorption spectrum of the titanium compound particle.

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally describe two-dimensional/three-dimensional conjugated salicylaldehydate metal organic framework (2D/3D-c-SA MOF) compositions, method for green synthesis of the two-dimensional/three-dimensional conjugated salicylaldehydate metal organic framework (2D/3D-c-SA MOF) compositions, applications of the said compositions in supercapacitors, lithium-ion batteries, electrocatalytic conversion reactions, photocatalytic reduction of CO.sub.2 and other uses.

The invention is related to the sphere technologies for desulfurization and demercaptanization of gaseous hydrocarbons. It can be used for purification of any gaseous hydrocarbon medium. The device includes a catalytic reactor loaded with a catalyst solution in an organic solvent, a means of withdrawal sulfur solution from the reactor into the sulfur-separating unit, and a sulfur-separating unit. The sulfur-separation unit includes a means of sulfur extraction. The reactor design and the catalyst composition provide conversion of at least 99.99% of hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans into sulfur and disulfides. The catalyst is composed of mixed-ligand complexes of transition metals. The technical result achieved by use of claimed invention is effectively a single-stage purification of gaseous hydrocarbons from hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans with remaining concentration of SH down to 0.001 ppm while leaving no toxic waste.

This application is in the field of technologies for desulfurization and demercaptanization of gaseous hydrocarbons. The device includes a catalytic reactor loaded with a catalyst solution in an organic solvent, a means of withdrawal sulfur solution from the reactor into the sulfur-separating unit, and a sulfur-separating unit. The said device has at least means of supplying gaseous hydrocarbon medium to be purified and oxygen-containing gas into the reactor, and a means of outletting the purified gas from the reactor. The sulfur-separation unit includes a means of sulfur extraction. The reactor design and the catalyst composition provide conversion of at least 99.99% of hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans into sulfur and disulfides. The catalyst is composed of mixed-ligand complexes of transition metals. The technical result achieved by use of claimed invention is single-stage purification of gaseous hydrocarbons from hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans with remaining concentration of SH down up to 0.001 ppm.

The present application is directed to a method for the conversion of nitrous acid to dinitrogen gas. In particular, the present application relates to a method for the conversion of nitrous acid to dinitrogen gas by contacting the nitrous acid with an amine-functionalized metal organic framework.