Adsorption of Malachite Green and Alizarin Red S Dyes Using Fe-BTC Metal Organic Framework as Adsorbent

Synthetic organic dyes are widely used in various industrial sectors but are also among the most harmful water pollutants. In the last decade, significant efforts have been made to develop improved materials for the removal of dyes from water, in particular, on nanostructured adsorbent materials. Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are an attractive class of hybrid nanostructured materials with an extremely wide range of applications including adsorption. In the present work, an iron-based Fe-BTC MOF, prepared according to a rapid, aqueous-based procedure, was used as an adsorbent for the removal of alizarin red S (ARS) and malachite green (MG) dyes from water. The synthesized material was characterized in detail, while the adsorption of the dyes was monitored by UV-Vis spectroscopy. An optimal adsorption pH of 4, likely due to the establishment of favorable interactions between dyes and Fe-BTC, was found. At this pH and at a temperature of 298 K, adsorption equilibrium was reached in less than 30 min following a pseudo-second order kinetics, with k '' of 4.29 x 10(-3) and 3.98 x 10(-2) g center dot mg(-1) min(-1) for ARS and MG, respectively. The adsorption isotherm followed the Langmuir model with maximal adsorption capacities of 80 mg center dot g(-1) (ARS) and 177 mg center dot g(-1) (MG), and K-L of 9.30 center dot 10(3) L center dot mg(-1) (ARS) and 51.56 center dot 10(3) L center dot mg(-1) (MG).

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Synthetic organic dyes are commonly used in various industrial sectors but are also harmful water pollutants. In recent years, research has focused on developing materials for the removal of dyes from water, particularly nanostructured adsorbent materials like Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs). This study found that an iron-based Fe-BTC MOF showed good results in adsorbing alizarin red S and malachite green dyes, achieving rapid adsorption equilibrium.