Synthesis and Characterization of a Contemporary Type of Metal-Organic Framework and its Application for Purification Wastewater from Toxic Methylene Blue Dye

Abstract

This paper describes the synthesis of a promising material and evaluates the suitability of a metal-organic framework (MOF-199) for purifying toxic methylene blue (MB) dye wastewater via an adsorption process. (MOF-199) is considered much better than traditional adsorbents. The research focused on determining the adsorption characteristics and dye removal effectiveness with MOF-199, where several factors were studied, including dye concentration, contact time, amount of adsorbent, and pH. The highest observed dye removal efficiency was 97.21% when the pH was 7.5, and the reaction duration was 90 minutes. This was achieved by adding 0.2 g of MOF-199 to a dye solution containing 20 mg/L methylene blue. The adsorption process was evaluated by Langmuir, and the Freundlich isotherm models. As the strong correlation factor (R 2 = 0.9989) indicates a pseudo-second-order kinetic model describes the adsorption methylene blue by MOF-199 the best. This indicates that the main mechanism of dye removal is chemisorption. Finally, the MOF-199 material can have remarkable reusability as an adsorption material for MB and subsequent efficiency of MOF-199 exhibited a reduction of 14.43% after undergoing four cycles, compared to its initial state. Yet, it remained at a commendably high level.