Enhanced Heterogeneous Catalytic Activity of Peroxymonosulfate for Rhodamine B Degradation via a Co<sup>II</sup>-Based Metal–Organic Framework
Rui-Jie Zhang, Bi‐Lian Chai, Hui Xu, Teng‐Fei Zheng, Zi-Hao Zhu, Yan Peng, Jing‐Lin Chen, Sui‐Jun Liu, He‐Rui Wen
Abstract
A stable metal–organic framework with the formula {[Co(BBZB)(IPA)]·H 2 O} n ( JXUST-23, BBZB = 4,7-bis(1 H -benzimidazole-1-yl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole and H 2 IPA = isophthalic acid) was constructed by incorporating Co 2+ ions and two conjugated ligands under solvothermal conditions. JXUST-23 takes a dinuclear cluster-based layer structure with a porosity of 2.7%. In this work, JXUST-23 was used to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) to degrade rhodamine B (RhB), a difficult-to-degrade pollutant in water. Compared with pure PMS or JXUST-23, the JXUST-23 /PMS system displays the best degradation ability of RhB in neutral solution. When the mass ratio of JXUST-23 to PMS was 2:3, 99.72% of RhB (50 ppm) was removed within 60 min, and the reaction rate was 0.1 min –1 . Furthermore, free radical quenching experiments show that SO 4 •– was the main free radical during the process of RhB degradation. In addition, JXUST-23 exhibits good reusability for the degradation of the organic dye RhB, making it a potential candidate for environmental remediation.