Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2026, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (1): 26-36.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2025-0108

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Study on low⁃temperature synthesis of UiO-66 and its adsorption performance for removing methyl orange from water

LIU Yixian(), MA Xilong, FANG Chunxia, XIE Juan, ZHANG Zhikun, LI Pengfei, LI Zhengjie(), HAN Jilong()   

  1. School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering,Hebei University of Science and Technology,Shijiazhuang 050018
  • Received:2025-03-05 Online:2026-01-10 Published:2025-06-30
  • Contact: LI Zhengjie, HAN Jilong E-mail:871090182@qq.com;lizj@hebust.edu.cn;hanjilong@hebust.edu.cn

Abstract:

The efficient treatment of dye wastewater is one of the urgent environmental problems that need to be addressed.Herein,the adsorption performance and mechanism of UiO-66 towards methyl orange(MO) were investigated systemically.Firstly,UiO-66-M(M represents the synthesized temperatures) were prepared by solvothermal method at 60,80 ℃,and 100 ℃,respectively.The structural and chemical properties of UiO-66-M were systematically characterized through XRD,SEM,FT-IR,and XPS measurements.Among the three UiO-66 materials,UiO-66-60 exhibited a higher specific surface area(1 386.6 m²/g) and larger average pore size(1.7 nm).Moreover,the increased ligand defects in UiO-66-60 led to a higher surface density of the hydroxyl groups,resulting in a increased point of zero charge(pHpzc=6.8) than that of UiO-66-80 and UiO-66-100.The adsorption experiments showed that UiO-66-60 achieved an exceptional MO adsorption capacity of 597.1 mg/g under optimized conditions(pH=3.0,adsorbent dosage=0.2 g/L),which was higher than that of the most reported MOF⁃based adsorbents.The adsorption process followed the pseudo⁃second⁃order kinetic model and Freundlich isotherm model,indicating that MO molecules were adsorbed onto UiO-66-60 in multilayer manner.The electrostatic interaction and π-π stacking interaction simultaneously contributed to the MO adsorption by UiO-66-60.The thermodynamic study indicated that the MO adsorption process was spontaneous and exothermic.Owing to the low⁃temperature synthesis advantage and superior adsorption performance,UiO-66-60 could sever as an efficient adsorbent for MO removal from dye wastewater.

Key words: MOFs, UiO-66, low?temperature synthesis, methyl orange, electrostatic attraction

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