Facile synthesis of porphyrin-MOFs with high photo-Fenton activity to efficiently degrade ciprofloxacin

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2022 Sep 15:622:690-699. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.04.104. Epub 2022 Apr 25.

Abstract

The slow conversion of Fe(Ⅱ)/Fe(III) cycle was largely limited the degradation efficiency of many photo-Fenton systems. Herein, four Fe-MOFs nanorods (namely Fe-TCPP-1, Fe-TCPP-2, Fe-TCPP-3, Fe-TCPP-4) with decreasing length-diameter ratios were synthesized in a household microwave oven, using photosensitizer porphyrin and iron ions with Fenton activity as building blocks. Among them, the Fe-TCPP-3 exhibited high photogenerated electron-hole (e--h+) separation efficiency and largest pore structure, endowing Fe-TCPP-3 with superior photo-Fenton property. In addition, Fe-TCPP-3 based photo-Fenton system was applied to efficiently degrade antibiotic ciprofloxacin (CIP) under neutral condition, due to the continuously generated reactive species (h+, e-, OH·, O2·-, 1O2) in Fe-TCPP-3 under visible-light irradiation. With irradiation for 30 min, the degradation efficiency of the system could reach about 73 %, which was about 26-fold towards the system without light irradiation. This study paved a way to modulating the photo-Fenton activity of MOF-based catalysts.

Keywords: Ciprofloxacin; Degradation; MOFs; Photo-Fenton activity.

MeSH terms

  • Ciprofloxacin*
  • Ferric Compounds
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / chemistry
  • Iron / chemistry
  • Porphyrins*

Substances

  • Ferric Compounds
  • Porphyrins
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Iron