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Shams M, Niazi Z, Saeb MR, Mozaffari Moghadam S, Mohammadi AA, Fattahi M. Tailoring the topology of ZIF-67 metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) adsorbents to capture humic acids. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2024; 269:115854. [PMID: 38154210 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
Abstract
Chlorination is a versatile technique to combat water-borne pathogens. Over the last years, there has been continued research interest to abate the formation of chlorinated disinfection by-products (DBPs). To prevent hazardous DBPs in drinking water, it is decided to diminish organic precursors, among which humic acids (HA) resulting from the decomposition and transformation of biomass. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) such as zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) have recently received tremendous attention in water purification. Herein, customized ZIF-67 MOFs possessing various physicochemical properties were prepared by changing the cobalt source. The HA removal by ZIF-67-Cl, ZIF-67-OAc, ZIF-67-NO3, and ZIF-67-SO4 were 85.6%, 68.9%, 86.1%, and 87.4%, respectively, evidently affected by the specific surface area. HA uptake by ZIF-67-SO4 indicated a removal efficiency beyond 90% in 4 90% after 60 min mixing the solution with 0.3 g L-1 ZIF-67-SO4. Notably, an acceptable removal performance (∼72.3%) was obtained even at HA concentrations up to 100 mg L-1. The equilibrium data fitted well with the isotherm models in the order of Langmuir> Hill > BET> Khan > Redlich-Peterson> Jovanovic> Freundlich > and Temkin. The maximum adsorption capacity qm for HA uptake by ZIF-67-SO4 was 175.89 mg g-1, well above the majority of adsorbents. The pseudo-first-order model described the rate of HA adsorption by time. In conclusion, ZIF-67-SO4 presented promising adsorptive properties against HA. Further studies would be needed to minimize cobalt leaching from the ZIF-67-SO4 structure and improve its reusability safely, to ensure its effectiveness and the economy of adsorption system.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mahmoud Shams
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Medical University of Gdańsk, J. Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran.
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- Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Viet Nam; School of Engineering &Technology, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Viet Nam.
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Zhang Y, Ju S, Casals G, Tang J, Lin Y, Li X, Liang L, Jia Z, Zeng M, Casals E. Facile aqueous synthesis and comparative evaluation of TiO 2-semiconductor and TiO 2-metal nanohybrid photocatalysts in antibiotics degradation under visible light. RSC Adv 2023; 13:33187-33203. [PMID: 37954413 PMCID: PMC10636657 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra06231g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
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Advanced oxidation processes using TiO2-based nanomaterials are sustainable technologies that hold great promise for the degradation of many types of pollutants including pharmaceutical residues. A wide variety of heterostructures coupling TiO2 with visible-light active nanomaterials have been explored to shift its photocatalytic properties to harness sun irradiation but a systematic comparison between them is lacking in the current literature. Furthermore, the high number of proposed nanostructures with different size, morphology, and surface area, and the often complex synthesis processes hamper the transition of these materials into commercial and effective solutions for environmental remediation. Herein, we have designed a facile and cost-effective method to synthesize two heterostructured photocatalysts representative of two main families of novel structures proposed, hybrids of TiO2 with metal (Au) and semiconductor (CeO2) nanomaterials. The photocatalysts have been extensively characterized to ensure a good comparability in terms of co-catalyst doping characteristics, morphology and surface area. The photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole as target pollutants, two antibiotics of high concern polluting water sources, has been evaluated and CeO2/TiO2 exhibited the highest activity, achieving complete antibiotic degradation at very low photocatalyst concentrations. Our study provides new insights into the development of inexpensive heterostructured photocatalysts and suggests that the non-stoichiometry and characteristic d and f electronic orbital configuration of CeO2 have a significantly improved role in the enhancement of the photocatalytic reaction.
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- Yuping Zhang
- School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University Jiangmen 529020 PR China
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- School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University Jiangmen 529020 PR China
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, Clinical and Provincial Hospital of Barcelona Barcelona 08036 Spain
- IDIBAPS Research Center Barcelona 08036 Spain
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- School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University Jiangmen 529020 PR China
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- School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University Jiangmen 529020 PR China
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- School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University Jiangmen 529020 PR China
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- School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University Jiangmen 529020 PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 PR China
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- School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University Jiangmen 529020 PR China
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- School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University Jiangmen 529020 PR China
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Fattahi M, Niazi Z, Esmaeili F, Mohammadi AA, Shams M, Nguyen Le B. Boosting the adsorptive and photocatalytic performance of MIL-101(Fe) against methylene blue dye through a thermal post-synthesis modification. Sci Rep 2023; 13:14502. [PMID: 37666958 PMCID: PMC10477185 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41451-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023] Open
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Photocatalytic degradation under ultra-low powered light is a viable advanced oxidation process technique against extensive emerging contaminants. As a new and remarkable class of nanoporous materials, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), attract interest for the supreme adsorptive and photocatalytic functionalities. An outstanding MOF, MIL-101(Fe) chosen as a photocatalyst template for the synthesis of α-Fe2O3 by a simple thermal modification to improve the structural properties toward methylene blue (MB) eradication. Octahedron-like α-Fe2O3 photocatalyst (Modified MIL-101(Fe), M-MIL-101(Fe)) was superior in dispersion and separation properties in aqueous medium. Moreover, the adsorptive and catalytic performance was increased for modified form by ~ 7.3% and ~ 17.1% compared to pristine MIL-101(Fe), respectively. Synergistic improvement of MB removal achieved by simultaneous adsorption/degradation under 5-W LED irradiation. Parametric study indicated an 18.1% and 44.5% improvement in MB removal was observed by increasing pH from 4 to 10, and M-MIL-101(Fe) dose from 0.2 to 1 g L-1, respectively. MB removal followed the pseudo-second-order kinetics model and the process efficiency dropped by 38% as MB concentration increased from 5 to 20 mg L-1. Radical trapping tests revealed the significant role of [Formula: see text] and electron radicals as the major participants in dye degradation. A significant loss in the efficiency of M-MIL-101(Fe) was observed in the reusability tests that is good to study further. In conclusion, a simple thermal post-synthesis modification on MIL-101(Fe) improved its structural, catalytic, and adsorptive properties against MB.
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- Mehdi Fattahi
- Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam
- School of Engineering & Technology, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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- Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam
- School of Engineering & Technology, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam
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Quezada-Novoa V, Titi HM, Villanueva FY, Wilson MWB, Howarth AJ. The Effect of Linker-to-Metal Energy Transfer on the Photooxidation Performance of an Isostructural Series of Pyrene-Based Rare-Earth Metal-Organic Frameworks. Small 2023; 19:e2302173. [PMID: 37116124 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202302173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The tetratopic linker, 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(p-benzoic acid)pyrene (H4 TBAPy) along with rare-earth (RE) ions is used for the synthesis of 9 isostructures of a metal-organic framework (MOF) with shp topology, named RE-CU-10 (RE = Y(III), Gd(III), Tb(III), Dy(III), Ho(III), Er(III), Tm(III), Yb(III), and Lu(III)). The synthesis of each RE-CU-10 analogue requires different reaction conditions to achieve phase pure products. Single crystal X-ray diffraction indicates the presence of a RE9 -cluster in Y- to Tm-CU-10, while a RE11 -cluster is observed for Yb- and Lu-CU-10. The photooxidation performance of RE-CU-10 analogues is evaluated, observing competition between linker-to-metal energy transfer versus the generation of singlet oxygen. The singlet oxygen produced is used to detoxify a mustard gas simulant 2-chloroethylethyl sulfide, with half-lives ranging from 4.0 to 5.8 min, some of the fastest reported to date using UV-irradiation and < 1 mol% catalyst, in methanol under O2 saturation.
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- Victor Quezada-Novoa
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec, H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec, H4B 1R6, Canada
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