Issue 17, 2021

Removal of tetracycline hydrochloride from wastewater by Zr/Fe-MOFs/GO composites

Abstract

Zirconium-iron metal–organic frameworks (Zr/Fe-MOFs) and Zr/Fe-MOF/graphene oxide (GO) composites were prepared via solvothermal synthesis using ferrous sulfate heptahydrate, zirconium acetate, and 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid. The MOFs and composites were measured using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), infrared spectrometry (IR), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). In this study, we explored the ability of Zr/Fe-MOFs and Zr/Fe-MOF/GO composites to adsorb tetracycline hydrochloride from an aqueous solution. Additionally, we optimized the adsorption performance by varying the ratio of MOFs and MOF composites to tetracycline hydrochloride solution, the concentration of tetracycline hydrochloride solution, and the pH of the solution. The results were investigated and fit to both pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetic models. The results of the Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm models indicate that Zr/Fe-MOFs and Zr/Fe-MOF/GO composites have heterogeneous adsorption surfaces and that tetracycline hydrochloride is adsorbed over Zr/Fe-MOFs and Zr/Fe-MOF/GO by multilayer adsorption. Overall, our findings indicate that Zr/Fe-MOFs and Zr/Fe-MOF/GO composites can effectively treat wastewater, providing an inexpensive alternative to other methods.

Graphical abstract: Removal of tetracycline hydrochloride from wastewater by Zr/Fe-MOFs/GO composites

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Feb 2021
Accepted
01 Mar 2021
First published
09 Mar 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2021,11, 9977-9984

Removal of tetracycline hydrochloride from wastewater by Zr/Fe-MOFs/GO composites

F. Wei, Q. Ren, H. Zhang, L. Yang, H. Chen, Z. Liang and D. Chen, RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 9977 DOI: 10.1039/D1RA01027A

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