Abstract
In this paper, H3[ P(W3O10)4]@MOF-199 composites (PTA@MOF-199) were successfully synthesized by a simple one-step reaction under solvothermal conditions and characterized by XRD, SEM, FT-IR and N2 adsorption–desorption isotherms. Additionally, rhodamine-6G (Rh6G, a cationic dye) and methyl orange (MO, a anionic dye) as model dyes were employed to assess its adsorption performance. The adsorption capacity of MOF-199 towards Rh6G and MO were enhanced and weakened respectively after the introduction of PTA (from 8.6 mg/g to 41 mg/g; 11.4 mg/g to 2.6 mg/g) proving that the selective adsorption capacity for the cationic dye of porous MOF-199 could be improved through the modification of PTA. Moreover, in diverse initial concentrations of single Rh6G and MO aqueous solutions (10 mg/L, 25 mg/L, 50 mg/L and 100 mg/L), PTA@MOF-199 exhibited much higher adsorbing capacity towards Rh6G (about 25, 30, 11 and 16 times higher than that of MO). In mixed dyes adsorption studies, the adsorption capacity of PTA@MOF-199 towards Rh6G (2.871 mg) are nearly five times larger than that of MO (0.437 mg) even in a solution with a higher concentration of MO than Rh6G (5 mg/L of Rh6G and 10 mg/L of MO). The kinetic study indicated that the adsorption of the Rh6G and MO onto PTA@MOF-199 followed the pseudo second-order model well. The isotherm obtained from experimental data fitted the Freundlich model (the linearly dependent coefficient are 0.99839 and 0.94845 for Rh6G and MO respectively) indicating multilayer adsorption mechanism. In summary, all these results implied that the as-prepared PTA@MOF-199 is of great potential to be used as a cationic pollutants adsorbent with high efficiency and selectivity.
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