Thermal shock treatment of recyclable bimetallic MOF derived carbon composite for organics oxidation by advanced Fenton-Like technique.

This study offers a bimetallic MIL-88 B Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF) derived carbon composite Co/Ferrite MOF namely Co/Fe@C that is synthesized through a solvothermal route followed by a simple thermal shock treatment and used as a Fenton-like source. The synthesized Co/Fe@C morphology and elemental analysis are characterized via X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). Carbon based MOF demonstrated fascinating features as a Fenton source conducted in dark oxidation route. The material exposed a superior efficiency in treating various organic pollutants including basic (Malachite Green, MG) and acidic (Oil Orange SS, OOSS) dyes as a textile simulated effluent and tetracycline (TC) as a model pharmaceutical wastewater. The experimental results exhibited the optimum reaction conditions of 400 mg/L for HO for all contaminants oxidation and ranged from 10 to 40 mg/L for Co/Fe@C catalyst at varied optimal pH values. Under optimal conditions, the Co/Fe@C catalyst achieved removal efficiencies reached to 100% for MG, 83% for OOSS, and 72% for TC within 30 min. Furthermore, for potential full-scale application, the kinetic investigation is highlighted and the reaction is following the second kinetic order. Also, to assure catalyst sustainability, the Co/Fe@C substance is reused after recovery for seven oxidation cycles with a reasonable decline in its activity that reached to 57, 45 and 42% removals for MG, OOSS and TC, respectively. Furthermore, the mechanism exploration indicated the active species involved oxidation process primarily affecting TC and OOSS oxidation is holes (h) and MG is OH radicals.