Molecules (Jul 2021)

Photodegradation of Brilliant Green Dye by a Zinc bioMOF and Crystallographic Visualization of Resulting CO<sub>2</sub>

  • Paula Escamilla,
  • Marta Viciano-Chumillas,
  • Rosaria Bruno,
  • Donatella Armentano,
  • Emilio Pardo,
  • Jesús Ferrando-Soria

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26134098
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 13
p. 4098

Abstract

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We present a novel bio-friendly water-stable Zn-based MOF (1), derived from the natural amino acid L-serine, which was able to efficiently photodegrade water solutions of brilliant green dye in only 120 min. The total degradation was followed by UV-Vis spectroscopy and further confirmed by single-crystal X-ray crystallography, revealing the presence of CO2 within its channels. Reusability studies further demonstrate the structural and performance robustness of 1.

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