Microwave-assisted MOF@biomass layered nanomaterials: Characterization and applications in wastewater treatment

Kevin Jhon Fernández-Andrade; Alex Ariel Fernández-Andrade; Luis Ángel Zambrano-Intriago; Luis Ernesto Arteaga-Perez; Serguei Alejandro-Martin; Ricardo José Baquerizo-Crespo; Rafael Luque; Joan Manuel Rodríguez-Díaz

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137664

Microwave-assisted MOF@biomass layered nanomaterials: Characterization and applications in wastewater treatment

Chemosphere. 2023 Feb:314:137664. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137664. Epub 2022 Dec 29.

Authors

Kevin Jhon Fernández-Andrade¹, Alex Ariel Fernández-Andrade², Luis Ángel Zambrano-Intriago³, Luis Ernesto Arteaga-Perez⁴, Serguei Alejandro-Martin⁵, Ricardo José Baquerizo-Crespo⁶, Rafael Luque⁷, Joan Manuel Rodríguez-Díaz⁸

Affiliations

¹ Programa de Posgrado en Ingeniería Química, Instituto de Posgrado, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, S/N, Avenida Urbina y Che Guevara, Portoviejo, 130104, Ecuador; Wood Engineering Dept., Fac. of Engineering, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Concepción, Chile; Laboratory of Gas Chromatography and Analytical Pyrolysis, Fac. of Engineering, Universidad del Bío-Bío (UBB), Concepción, Chile.
² Wood Engineering Dept., Fac. of Engineering, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Concepción, Chile; Laboratorio de Análisis Químicos y Biotecnológicos, Instituto de Investigación, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, S/N, Avenida Urbina y Che Guevara, Portoviejo, 130104, Ecuador.
³ Laboratorio de Análisis Químicos y Biotecnológicos, Instituto de Investigación, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, S/N, Avenida Urbina y Che Guevara, Portoviejo, 130104, Ecuador.
⁴ Wood Engineering Dept., Fac. of Engineering, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Concepción, Chile; Laboratory of Thermal and Catalytic Processes (LPTC), Department of Wood Engineering, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Concepción, Chile.
⁵ Wood Engineering Dept., Fac. of Engineering, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Concepción, Chile; Laboratory of Gas Chromatography and Analytical Pyrolysis, Fac. of Engineering, Universidad del Bío-Bío (UBB), Concepción, Chile.
⁶ Departamento de Procesos Químicos, Facultad de Ciencias Matemáticas, Físicas y Químicas, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, S/N, Avenida Urbina y Che Guevara, Portoviejo, 130104, Ecuador.
⁷ Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Cordoba, Edificio Marie Curie (C-3), Ctra Nnal IV-A, Km 396, E14014, Cordoba, Spain; Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 6 Miklukho Maklaya Str., 117198, Moscow, Russian Federation.
⁸ Laboratorio de Análisis Químicos y Biotecnológicos, Instituto de Investigación, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, S/N, Avenida Urbina y Che Guevara, Portoviejo, 130104, Ecuador; Departamento de Procesos Químicos, Facultad de Ciencias Matemáticas, Físicas y Químicas, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, S/N, Avenida Urbina y Che Guevara, Portoviejo, 130104, Ecuador. Electronic address: joan.rodriguez@utm.edu.ec.

PMID: 36587919
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137664

Abstract

MOF@Biomass layered hybrids were designed through in situ growth from rice husk (RH) and microwave-assisted synthesized MIL-53(Al) particles that enable the reduction of reaction times. The synthesis process included steps to pretreat RH, Al adsorption on RH, and then MIL-53(Al) in-situ growth reaction at 125 °C for 60 min and 200 W irradiation power. The resulting hybrid (MIL-53(Al)@RH) and its parent separate materials were characterized using TGA, SEM, FTIR, XRD, among others. MIL-53(Al)@RH showed high crystallinity in the hybridized MOF particles, thermal decomposition phases, and functional groups (Al-O, O-H, CO, and CC). The hybrid particles allow an easy separation during heterogeneous processing due to their 400 times larger size compared to MIL-53(Al) crystals. The properties of the layered hybrids for removal of Oxytetracycline (OTC), Diclofenac (DCL), and Glyphosate (GLY) in aqueous solutions, were tested by adsorption (ADS) and advanced oxidation processes (AOP). The high ADS capacities (162 mg g^-1 GLY, 139 mg g^-1 OTC, 93 mg g^-1 DCL) and % removal in AOP (97% GLY, 91% OTC, 80% DCL) demonstrated that MIL-53(Al) maintained its properties after hybridization.

Keywords: Adsorption; Antibiotics; Hybrids; Layered nanomaterials; MOFs; Rice husk.

MeSH terms

Adsorption
Biomass
Microwaves
Oxytetracycline* / chemistry
Water Pollutants, Chemical* / analysis
Water Purification* / methods

Substances

Water Pollutants, Chemical
Oxytetracycline