Facile Synthesis of Robust Metal-Organic Framework (MOF-5) for Chromium (VI) Decontamination from Wastewater

Herein, for the first time, we investigate the adsorption performance of nanoZn benzenedicarboxylate metal-organic framework (nanoMOF-5) as an efficient adsorbent material for Cr (VI) decontamination from polluted water. The synthesized Zn MOF-5 was fully characterized via FT-IR, XRD, HRTEM, BET, and TGA techniques. Moreover, the prepared Zn MOF-5 revealed a prominent surface area of 1169.32 m2 g-1, demonstrating its ability to be utilized as a capable adsorbent material. The adsorption profile of Cr (VI) onto the fabricated Zn MOF-5 was performed against the various parameters such as contact time, dosage, and initial Cr (VI) concentration. The optimum dosage from the Zn MOF-5 for 81.03% adsorption of 25 ppm Cr (VI) was 0.5 g L-1 at pH=7 after 15 min. The Cr (VI) decontamination performance of the synthesized Zn MOF-5 recorded the maximum monolayer adsorption capacity of 91.22 mg/g. These data demonstrated that the synthesized nanoZn MOF-5 is a promising adsorbent material for the removal of Cr (VI) from wastewater. Keywords: Zinc Metal-Organic Framework (MOF-5), Cr (VI) Decontamination, Isotherm and Kinetics, Recyclability.