Hollow Co@C prepared from a Co-ZIF@microporous organic network: magnetic adsorbents for aromatic pollutants in water

This work shows the new engineering strategy of magnetic adsorbents by the combination of zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) and microporous organic network (MON) chemistry. ZIF-67 nanoparticles containing Co2+ ions were coated with MON. The thermolysis of ZIF-67@MON under argon resulted in hollow carbon materials bearing cobalt nanoparticles which showed promising performance as magnetic adsorbents for aromatic pollutants in water.