Adsorptive removal of ibuprofen to binary and amine-functionalized UiO-66 in the aquatic environment: synergistic/antagonistic evaluation

Fayyazi, Mostafa; Solaimany Nazar, Ali Reza; Farhadian, Mehrdad; Tangestaninejad, Shahram

Adsorptive removal of ibuprofen to binary and amine-functionalized UiO-66 in the aquatic environment: synergistic/antagonistic evaluation

2022

Fayyazi, Mostafa | Solaimany Nazar, Ali Reza | Farhadian, Mehrdad | Tangestaninejad, Shahram

The removal of ibuprofen (IBP) from the aqueous solution by metal–organic frameworks such as UiO-66, UiO-66-NH₂, and a binary MOF (UiO-66@5%HKUST-1) was studied. MOFs were synthesized by the solvothermal method. The synthesized MOFs were characterized by Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and N₂ adsorption. BET results showed that binary MOF and UiO-66-NH₂ had a smaller surface area and were mesoporous compared to UiO-66, while UiO-66 was microporous. Quantitative investigations were conducted to understand the effect of binary and functional UiO-66 in adsorbing IBP and compared to UiO-66. The results showed that UiO-66 with 213 mg/g had the highest adsorption in comparison to other adsorbents. UiO-66-NH₂ showed the lowest adsorption (96 mg/g) due to a large decrease in the surface area. The binary MOF, despite a slight decrease in surface area (1277.6 m²/g), had lower adsorption than UiO-66 (147 mg/g) due to the antagonistic effects between the adsorbent and IBP. Furthermore, the pH of the solution had a great effect on the adsorption of IBP, and the results showed that increasing the pH values above 4 reduced the adsorption of IBP.

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