Hydrothermal synthesis of NH2-UiO-66 and its application for adsorptive removal of dye

In this research paper we report hydrothermal synthesis of NH2-UiO-66, a metal organic framework (MOF) with zirconium as metal and amino terephthalic acid as a linker. The synthesized MOF was characterized by XRD, FTIR, SEM and BET surface area. As a potential application in water treatment, an adsorptive removal of safranin dye was studied using the synthesized material. The effect of initial concentration and pH of the dye solution was studied on the dye adsorption capacity of the material. An optimum set of conditions resulting into maximum dye adsorption was found out. The maximum adsorption capacity of the MOF was observed to be 390 mg/g at neutral pH of the solution and at room temperature. The experimental data was fitted with Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin adsorption isotherm models. The kinetics of adsorption was studied using pseudo first order and pseudo second order model. The dye adsorption mechanism was also attempted.