<p>Cerium-based MOFs (Ce-MOFs) are regarded as attractive porous materials showing various structures, excellent thermal and chemical stability, tunable porous properties, and simple synthetic methods that are useful for wastewater treatment applications. Hence, in the present work, we synthesized a series of Ce-MOFs through a fast and green synthetic method at room temperature using water as a green solvent. Four different solvents including ethanol, chloroform, acetone, and methanol were used in the solvent-exchange process to engineer the properties of prepared Ce-MOFs. The influence of different exchange solvents on the crystalline structure, porous structure, thermal stability, and surface morphology of Ce-MOFs was studied systematically. It was found that exchange solvents can significantly affect the chemical and physical properties of prepared Ce-MOFs. Using ethanol as an exchange solvent results in the production of highly crystalline MOF that has the highest surface area (843 m<sup>2</sup>/g) and pore volume (0.7518 cm<sup>3</sup>/g) compared to other prepared Ce-MOFs. The dye adsorption experiments revealed that the activated sample by acetone (Ce-MOF-4) exhibited the highest adsorption capacities toward both anionic (270.27&#xa0;mg/g for Congo Red (CR)) and cationic (227.27&#xa0;mg/g for Malachite Green (MG)) dyes. This MOF adsorbs both organic dyes via different mechanisms including hydrogen bonding, pore-filling, π-π stacking, coordination, and electrostatic interactions. Moreover, it exhibited good structural stability in acidic solution, neutral solution, and during consecutive adsorption-desorption cycles, confirming its potential to be applied as a stable adsorbent for simultaneous removal of cationic and anionic organic dyes from water.</p>

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Investigation the effect of exchange solvents on the adsorption performances of Ce-MOFs towards organic dyes

  • Hossein Molavi,
  • Mohammad Sepehr Salimi

摘要

Cerium-based MOFs (Ce-MOFs) are regarded as attractive porous materials showing various structures, excellent thermal and chemical stability, tunable porous properties, and simple synthetic methods that are useful for wastewater treatment applications. Hence, in the present work, we synthesized a series of Ce-MOFs through a fast and green synthetic method at room temperature using water as a green solvent. Four different solvents including ethanol, chloroform, acetone, and methanol were used in the solvent-exchange process to engineer the properties of prepared Ce-MOFs. The influence of different exchange solvents on the crystalline structure, porous structure, thermal stability, and surface morphology of Ce-MOFs was studied systematically. It was found that exchange solvents can significantly affect the chemical and physical properties of prepared Ce-MOFs. Using ethanol as an exchange solvent results in the production of highly crystalline MOF that has the highest surface area (843 m2/g) and pore volume (0.7518 cm3/g) compared to other prepared Ce-MOFs. The dye adsorption experiments revealed that the activated sample by acetone (Ce-MOF-4) exhibited the highest adsorption capacities toward both anionic (270.27 mg/g for Congo Red (CR)) and cationic (227.27 mg/g for Malachite Green (MG)) dyes. This MOF adsorbs both organic dyes via different mechanisms including hydrogen bonding, pore-filling, π-π stacking, coordination, and electrostatic interactions. Moreover, it exhibited good structural stability in acidic solution, neutral solution, and during consecutive adsorption-desorption cycles, confirming its potential to be applied as a stable adsorbent for simultaneous removal of cationic and anionic organic dyes from water.