Metal-organic frameworks: a platform for reducing the carbon footprint of cement-based composites and the method for making the same

Abstract

The invention discloses a method of producing metal-organic framework (MOF) incorporated concrete to capture CO2 and reduce carbon footprint, the method comprising mixing cement, a plurality of fine aggregates and a plurality of coarse aggregates for a predefined time under ambient conditions in a concrete mixer to form a dry concrete mix, mixing water in the dry concrete mix to form a wet concrete mix, incorporating MOF homogeneously into the wet concrete mix to form the MOF incorporated concrete, mixing the MOF incorporated concrete for two minutes and casting the MOF incorporated concrete by placing the MOF incorporated concrete into a mold, and curing the MOF incorporated concrete via a three-stage curing process. A quantity of the MOF in concrete is 3, 6 and/or 9% by cement mass.

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