Preparation and photocatalytic property of spindle-like MIL-88B(Fe) nanoparticles

Iron(III) based nanoparticles MIL-88B(Fe) with spindle-like morphology were synthesized by a facile method. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed that the MIL-88B(Fe) nanoparticles had an uniform size of about 385 nm in length and 195 nm in width. The obtained nanoparticles were further characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV–vis). Moreover, as MIL-88B(Fe) shows obvious adsorption in the visible region, it has good degradation activity for methylene blue (MB) and rhodamine B (RB) dye under visible light.