Effect of Cu and Fe Metals on the Synthesis of Activated Carbon Composites of MOFs Cu(TAC) and Fe(TAC)

Abstract

The research focuses on improving the structure and quality of activated carbon by synthesizing porous polymers or Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs). Characterization of AC-Cu(TAC)2 and AC-Fe(TAC)3 is carried out using XRD, SEM, and EDX instruments. Characterization of AC- Cu(TAC)2 and AC-Fe(TAC)2 revealed that the observed XRD pattern is representative of the structure of crystalline materials, with AC-Cu(TAC)2 and AC-Fe(TAC)3 having a crystallinity of 40% with both materials forming a triclinic crystal system. Characterization based on SEM at 200x magnification shows that the fibers are interbonded and attached to the cross-section on AC- Cu(TAC)2 , having a relatively large porosity so that it shows a fairly strong bond between activated carbon and Cu(TAC) MOFs. the size of the fragmented fiber particles in AC-Fe(TAC)3 which is relatively not the same as the smaller porosity. EDX characterization shows that Cu and Fe metals are one of the composite materials.