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Facile synthesis of amine-functionalized UiO-66 by microwave method and application for methylene blue adsorption

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The metal–organic frameworks UiO-66 with amine functional groups were synthesized by microwave irradiation, their structures and properties were characterized. The results show that NH2-UiO-66 can be prepared quickly and well-crystallized by microwave-assisted method within 15 min. The amine-functionalized UiO-66 was octahedral crystals of well defined sizes (500–900 nm) and had a high specific surface area about 924.37 m2 g−1 and micropore range from 2.0 to 11 nm. The amine-functionalized UiO-66 was thermally stable up to 540 °C stability and exhibited a good combination of methylene blue adsorption. The maximum adsorption capacity reached up to 203.95 mg g−1. The kinetics and equilibrium of the adsorption process were found to follow the pseudo-second-order kinetic and Langmuir adsorption model, respectively.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21406003) and the National “211 Project” of Anhui University. Jinlong Ge is grateful for Anhui Provincial Excellent Engineers Inorganic Non-metallic Materials (2015zjjh036). Lingli Liu is grateful for Key projects of Anhui Provincial Department of Education (KJ2016A309).

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Ge, J., Liu, L. & Shen, Y. Facile synthesis of amine-functionalized UiO-66 by microwave method and application for methylene blue adsorption. J Porous Mater 24, 647–655 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-016-0301-1

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