Abstract
As the largest group of synthetic dyes, azo dyes can pose various health and environmental risks due to their widespread use and challenging degradation. Laccases are efficient green biocatalysts for the degradation of organic pollutants. Herein, we report the in situ packaging of laccase in copper-doped zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) for the decolorization of reactive black 5, which is a model azo dye. The immobilization support (Cu5/mZIF-8) was obtained via lowering the precursor ratio of ZIF-8 and incorporating copper ions during the synthesis process. Cu5/mZIF-8 were found to be nanospheres with an average diameter of around 150 nm. Laccase encapsulated in Cu5/mZIF-8 showed an activity recovery of 75.6%, which was 2.2 times higher than that of the laccase embedded in ZIF-8. Meanwhile, the immobilized laccase (Lac@Cu5/mZIF-8) showed a higher catalytic activity in organic solvents than that of the free enzyme. In the presence of a mediator, Lac@Cu5/mZIF-8 could remove 95.7% of reactive black 5 in 40 min. After four consecutive cycles, the dye decolorization efficiency declined to 28%. About four transformation products of reactive black 5 were identified via LC-MS analysis, and the potential decolorization mechanism was proposed. The results indicated that the immobilized laccase could be used as an efficient biocatalyst in dye decolorization.
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