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Zinc Metal-Organic Framework Growing on the Surface of Fruit Peels and Its Photocatalytic Activity.

Lu Liu1, Liqin Cao1, Hongyan Niu1, Jide Wang1.   

Abstract

The development of water treatment materials using environmentally friendly natural biomasses as substitutes plays an increasingly important role in environmental protection. Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) is often used for the catalytic degradation of dye wastewater, but due to its small particle size, its disadvantage of easy agglomeration prevents it from being fully functional. Herein, we report an efficient method for synthesizing biomasses/ZIF-8 using four different fruit peels as carriers. ZIF-8 nanoparticles are in-situ grown uniformly on their surface. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area of shaddock peel/ZIF-8 was found to be 752.15 m2g-1. After catalytic activity comparison, the loose shaddock peel/ZIF-8 showed the fastest and most significant degradation efficiency of 94% in methylene blue aqueous solution and could be used multiple times through a simple washing process.
© 2021 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society.

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Year:  2021        PMID: 34056173      PMCID: PMC8153657          DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00466

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  ACS Omega        ISSN: 2470-1343


Introduction

The efficient use of biomass resources has great potential applicability for the urgency in decreasing environmental pollution, with the development of sustainable chemical engineering and green chemistry. Thus, the utilization of low-cost, widely sourced biomass is attractive.[1] On this basis, the easiest and most accessible biomass is plant biomass.[2] These biomasses can come from many sources, such as fruit peels, dried fruit shells, leaves, roots and seafood shells. In particular, in countries with large agricultural production, most of the waste biomasses are not used, only treated by incineration, and a large proportion is also discarded.[3−5] This universal treatment methods not only causes serious environmental pollution but also waste resources. Therefore, the use of waste biomass to produce value-added products makes our production process more environmentally friendly and can save resources.[6,7] Common ways of producing value-added products include extracting pectin, essential oils, and polysaccharides from biomass such as fruit peels with simple methods;[8,9] modifying biomass to adsorb wastewater;[10,11] and carbonizing/nitrogen-doped biomass; then, it can be used as adsorbents or conductive materials.[12−15] In addition to the method of modifying biomass, it can also be combined with other functional materials, which is also a promising way to improve performance and develop new materials.[12,16,17] Methylene blue (MB) dye is widely used in textile, hair dyeing, printing, and other industries, resulting in a large number of MB residues in various ecosystems, causing harm to the human body and other organisms.[18] Biomass itself contains a large number of chemically active groups (carboxyl group and hydroxyl group), and its sources are wide and of low cost and can effectively remove dye molecules.[19] Therefore, with increasing environmental concern and awareness, there is a need for cost-effective technologies to remove dyes from local and industrial wastewater. Up to now, biomass materials with large porous structures and high surface area have been widely used in wastewater treatment. In particular, types of biomass or its modifications are employed for wastewater treatment.[20−23] Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have provided opportunities for the development of various research fields due to their porosity, high specific surface area, and versatility, including gas storage,[24] catalysis,[25] enzyme immobilization,[26] and drug delivery.[27] The combination of MOFs with other functional materials is also a promising way to improve their performance and applicability. Many innovative materials use different materials as substrates on which MOFs grow to obtain different MOF composite membranes materials, showing a positive value in the adsorption and catalysis of dye wastewater. Among many MOF materials, zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) structure materials have outstanding stability and can play their role in aqueous media.[28] Nath et al. investigate the CdSNPs@ZIF-8 prepared by encapsulating CdSNPs by the in situ method, and CdSNPs@ZIF-8 is used as a water treatment agent to degrade MB solution.[29] Park et al. used an in situ growth method to grow ZIF-8 uniformly on the surface of the filter paper and obtained a CMFP/ZIF-8 composite, which can effectively capture negatively charged organic dyes.[30] However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has reported the MOF/biomass composite catalyst fabricated from natural fruit peels. Thus, the related formation principle and its property evaluation should be investigated. In this work, we used a step-by-step method to couple ZIF-8 to the surface of fruit peels to generate fruit peels/ZIF-8 materials and studied its ability to degrade dye wastewater and its recovery capabilities in practical applications. Many hydroxyl and carboxyl groups contained in peels provide active sites for ZIF-8 for in situ growth on the surface of fruit peels. The different numbers of functional groups in different fruit peels resulted in the difference in the content of ZIF-8. Therefore, a catalytic activity comparison was made in the degradation of MB solution. The effects of type peels, morphology, structures, and stability were also investigated. Therefore, the present work will provide a novel strategy for degrading dye wastewater and waste biomass development.

Results and Discussion

Preparation of Biomasses/ZIF-8

As shown in Figure , the biomasses were first fully immersed in the zinc ion solution so that the groups on the surface interact with the zinc ions to provide a large amount of metal precursor for the production of ZIF-8, which ensures that the growth of ZIF-8 is dense on the surface of the biomasses. After adding Hmim, dense and uniform biomasses/ZIF-8 composite materials were prepared. We take orange peel/ZIF-8 as an example for illustration. Figure shows the composite obtained by the in situ growth of ZIF-8 on the surface of the orange peel. This method not only reduces the agglomeration of ZIF-8 in printing and dyeing wastewater treatment, simplifying the recovery process of ZIF-8, but also makes the biomasses/ZIF-8 after simple treatment become a desirable catalyst, which can be repeatedly used to degrade MB aqueous solution.
Figure 1

Schematic diagram of the biomasses/ZIF-8 preparation process by the step-by-step method.

Schematic diagram of the biomasses/ZIF-8 preparation process by the step-by-step method.

IR Spectra

The infrared (IR) of biomass peel/ZIF-8 is shown in Figure . Their Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) (Figure a) and attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy (ATR-IR) (Figure b) spectra are basically similar, indicating that these biomass surfaces have semblable functional groups. By comparing the changes before and after the growth of ZIF-8 on the biomass surface, the existence of ZIF-8 can be confirmed. It can be seen from Figure that there are many absorption peaks in the infrared spectrum of pure biomasses (black lines), indicating that the surface groups from the pure biomass peels are rich and with a complex structure. The wide resonance absorption bands at 3406, 3411, 3339, and 3363 cm–1 are the result of O–H tensile vibration of hydroxyl and carboxyl groups in cellulose, indicating the existence of a large number of internal hydrogen bonds.[31−33] In addition, the reduction of the strength of cellulose O–H stretching vibration of biomasses/ZIF-8 at 3400–3200 cm–1 is due to the interaction between the hydroxyl group and Zn2+.[34,35] The spectrum bands at 1747,1745,1735, and 1733 cm–1 are caused by C=O stretching vibration of the carboxyl group.[32] As shown in Figure a, in shaddock peel/ZIF-8 and orange peel/ZIF-8, the stretching vibration band of Zn–N is around 422 cm–1. In addition, the fingerprint areas in 687 and 754 cm–1 spectral bands are due to Hmim ring plane bending vibration,[36] and the peak at 1146 cm–1 can be classified as the bending vibration of C–H on the imidazole ring and that at 1422 cm–1 is the stretching vibration of C–N.[37] The aliphatic and aromatic C–H stretching bands of Hmim are at around 2929 and 3137 cm–1, respectively.[38] These bands indicate that ZIF-8 successfully grew on the surface of the biomasses. Due to the limitations of corn husk and peanut shell, the ATR-IR method was used for measurement in the range of 600–4000 cm–1, there was no absorption peak of 422 cm–1, and the vibration of stretching C=N was clearly observed to be 1574 cm–1.[39,40] Moreover, other bands were similar to those in shaddock peel/ZIF-8 and orange peel/ZIF-8, and the successful growth of ZIF-8 on the surface of corn husk and peanut shell was also proved in combination with other characterizations.
Figure 2

Infrared spectra of (a) (shaddock peel, shaddock peel/ZIF-8, orange peel, and orange peel/ZIF-8) and (b) (peanut shell, peanut shell/ZIF-8, corn husk, and corn husk/ZIF-8).

Infrared spectra of (a) (shaddock peel, shaddock peel/ZIF-8, orange peel, and orange peel/ZIF-8) and (b) (peanut shell, peanut shell/ZIF-8, corn husk, and corn husk/ZIF-8).

X-ray Diffraction Analysis

The crystalline structure of the ZIF-8 crystals grown on different biomass peels are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD). Figure shows the diffraction peaks of shaddock peel/ZIF-8 and orange peel/ZIF-8 at 2θ = 7.42, 10.52, 12.9, 14.83, 16.52, and 18.19°, corresponding to the (011), (002), (112), (022), (013), and (222) crystal faces of ZIF-8, respectively. It is consistent with the XRD characteristic diffraction peak position of the ZIF-8 crystal in the literature, indicating that the obtained ZIF-8 crystal has high crystallinity.[41,42] The additional broad diffraction peaks around 2θ =16 and 21° in the XRD patterns of orange peel/ZIF-8 is associated with orange peel (Figure b). Similarly, the XRD of peanut shell/ZIF-8 and corn husk/ZIF-8 is shown in Figure S1, and the characteristic peaks of its ZIF-8 perfectly coincide with the characteristic peaks of simulated ZIF-8 crystals, which again demonstrates the successful synthesis of biomasses/ZIF-8.
Figure 3

XRD patterns of (a) ZIF-8 and shaddock peel/ZIF-8 and (b) ZIF-8, raw orange peel, and orange peel/ZIF-8.

XRD patterns of (a) ZIF-8 and shaddock peel/ZIF-8 and (b) ZIF-8, raw orange peel, and orange peel/ZIF-8.

Material Morphology

In Figure , the morphologies of pure biomasses and ZIF-8 growing on biomasses in situ were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Images a, b, c, and d are the scanning images of orange peel, shaddock peel, peanut shell, and corn husk, respectively. From these pictures, we can observe that there are many porous structures in orange peel and shaddock peel, which provide a large number of active sites for metal ions. The porous structure on the surface of a peanut shell is relatively sparse, with more folds, which can also increase its specific surface area. The surface of the corn husk is relatively smooth, with almost no holes and only some grooves (Figure g,h). As expected, due to the high porosity of orange and shaddock peels (Figure e,f), which provide more active sites for the growth of ZIF-8, the surface content of ZIF-8 is higher than that of peanut shells and corn husks.
Figure 4

SEM images of ZIF-8 grown on the surface of four raw biomasses. (a) orange peel, (b) shaddock peel, (c) peanut shell, and (d) corn husk. ZIF-8 was grown on the surface of four different biomasses (e–h).

SEM images of ZIF-8 grown on the surface of four raw biomasses. (a) orange peel, (b) shaddock peel, (c) peanut shell, and (d) corn husk. ZIF-8 was grown on the surface of four different biomasses (e–h).

EDS Mapping Image

To further confirm the component of biomasses/ZIF-8 composites, the elemental analysis of biomasses/ZIF-8 composites can be analyzed with an energy dispersive spectrometer. Figure shows the distribution of elements in the orange peel/ZIF-8 composite. Since orange peel contains many natural active compounds, such as cellulose, phenolic compounds, and flavonoids,[43] they have many oxygen-containing groups. Accordingly, oxygen elements are widely distributed in Figure d. In addition to carbon and oxygen atoms, the uniform coverage of nitrogen and zinc atoms was also detected, indicating that the surface of orange peel was uniformly covered with ZIF-8 nanoparticles. The energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS)-mapping diagrams of other biomasses/ZIF-8 are shown in Figures S2 and S3. It can be concluded that the content of zinc atoms in shaddock peel/ZIF-8 and orange peel/ZIF-8 is more than that in peanut shell/ZIF-8 and corn husk/ZIF-8 composites, indicating that they contain more ZIF-8, which is consistent with Figure .
Figure 5

SEM images of orange peel/ZIF-8 (a) with the corresponding elemental mapping (b–e) of C, N, O, and Zn, respectively, and the EDS analysis (f).

SEM images of orange peel/ZIF-8 (a) with the corresponding elemental mapping (b–e) of C, N, O, and Zn, respectively, and the EDS analysis (f).

Thermogravimetric Analysis

In order to determine the material’s thermal stability and the content of ZIF-8 in peel composites, the thermogravimetric curves of shaddock peel/ZIF-8 and shaddock peel were determined and are shown in Figure . As the temperature increased from room temperature to 173 °C, the mass of shaddock peel/ZIF-8 decreased slightly. At this time, the solvent molecule methanol and water in the sample will be separated from the pores or surface of ZIF-8, resulting in a slight drop in its mass. In the second stage, 35.1% of the weight occurred between 173 and 326 °C, which was attributed to the pyrolysis of cellulose shaddock peel and the volatilization of excess Hmim, since the ligand Hmim has a boiling point of 267 °C. In the third stage, a 40.63% weight loss occurred between 326 and 750 °C due to the oxidation of ZIF-8 to ZnO and pyrolysis of lignin of shaddock peel. The amounts of ZIF-8 present on shaddock peel were calculated from the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) curves (Figure d). The calculated result indicates that the content of ZIF-8 in shaddock peel/ZIF-8 is 45.4%.
Figure 6

TGA curves of (a) shaddock peel and shaddock peel/ZIF-8, (b) raw shaddock peel, and (c) shaddock peel/ZIF-8; (d) relative amounts of ZIF-8 nanoparticles present on the shaddock peel surface were calculated from the TGA curves of shaddock peel/ZIF-8.

TGA curves of (a) shaddock peel and shaddock peel/ZIF-8, (b) raw shaddock peel, and (c) shaddock peel/ZIF-8; (d) relative amounts of ZIF-8 nanoparticles present on the shaddock peel surface were calculated from the TGA curves of shaddock peel/ZIF-8.

Porosity Properties

Furthermore, the porosity properties are usually evaluated by N2 adsorption–desorption isotherms. Figure S4 shows the corresponding adsorption and desorption isotherm of biomasses/ZIF-8 composites which is derived from the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) theory, in which the insets are the pore size distribution calculated by HK and BJH methods. The adsorption results in Figure S4 showed that the four biomasses/ZIF-8 exhibit type I isotherm, which are characteristic features of the MOF’s microporous structure. The adsorption volume increases rapidly at low pressure (P/P0 is less than 0.1), which is the result of the micropore filling of shaddock peel/ZIF-8. According to the micropore distribution method, the pore size of shaddock peel/ZIF-8 is concentrated at 0.65 nm. The second increase in the adsorption volume when the relative pressure is 0.9–1.0 indicates that there are meso/macropores in the shaddock peel/ZIF-8 structure, which is consistent with the SEM result (Figure b). The BET specific surface area, Langmuir specific surface area, and total single-point adsorption volume of shaddock peel/ZIF-8 are 752.15 m2g–1, 770.39 m2g–1, and 0.52 cm3g–1, respectively. Compared with shaddock peel/ZIF-8, orange peel/ZIF-8, peanut shell/ZIF-8, and corn husk/ZIF-8 all had lower BET specific surface area (40.16, 27.66, and 28.31 m2g–1, respectively), which was caused by the abundant porous structure of shaddock peel and more active groups on the surface than other biomass surfaces.

Adsorption Kinetics of MB to Biomasses/ZIF-8

The difference in the nature and structure of the biomasses themself leads to different abilities to adsorb MB. In order to illustrate this problem, four pure biomasses were used as adsorbents, and experiments of MB adsorption were carried out. The results showed that pure corn husk adsorbed MB the most, at 5.38 mg/g, which was consistent with the results of static kinetic adsorption. The static kinetic curve of biomasses/ZIF-8 adsorption of MB is shown in Figure . The corn husk/ZIF-8 exhibits the strongest adsorption capacity, adsorption capacity is 18.95 mg/g, while the adsorption equilibrium time needed is relatively long, and shaddock peel/ZIF-8, orange peel/ZIF-8, and peanut shell/ZIF-8 adsorption was 9.82, 14.18, and 2.79 mg/g, independently. In addition to the role of ZIF-8, the adsorption of MB by corn husk itself leads to the strongest adsorption capacity among the four biomasses.
Figure 7

(a) Kinetics of adsorption of MB by different biomasses/ZIF-8; (b,c) pseudo-first-order kinetic mode of four biomasses/ZIF-8; and (d,e) pseudo-second-order kinetic model of four biomasses/ZIF-8.

(a) Kinetics of adsorption of MB by different biomasses/ZIF-8; (b,c) pseudo-first-order kinetic mode of four biomasses/ZIF-8; and (d,e) pseudo-second-order kinetic model of four biomasses/ZIF-8. Table shows the parameters obtained by fitting the kinetic adsorption process. The correlation coefficient of the pseudo-second-order kinetic curve is higher than that of the pseudo-first-order kinetics, indicating that the adsorption of biomasses/ZIF-8 to MB is more in line with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model, where the rate constant k2 is the expected biomasses/ZIF-8 diffusion-limited behavior.
Table 1

List of the Pseudo-First-Order and the Pseudo-Second-Order Kinetic Rate and Correlation Coefficient R2 of Biomasses/ZIF-8

 pseudo-first-order
pseudo-second-order
samplesK1 (min–1)R2K2 (min–1)R2
shaddock peel/ZIF-80.03510.98390.09210.9933
orange peel/ZIF-80.008110.77230.05840.9795
peanut shell/ZIF-80.09580.98260.03280.9926
corn bran/ZIF-80.006820.75900.04060.8633

Photodegradation of MB

It is well known that ZIF-8 has been widely used in catalysis. In order to further verify the success of in situ growth of ZIF-8 on the biomass surface, its certain advantages in performance were determined. Before the degradation experiment, the biomasses/ZIF-8 composites were cut into small strips or chopped, which was more conducive to the degradation of dyes. MB is widely used in the dye industry, so it is chosen as the model dye for this degradation experiment. MB was degraded to other substances under light conditions and changed in the spectrum. The photocatalytic performance of different biomasses/ZIF-8 and ZIF-8 on MB was evaluated (Figure a). There is no doubt that ZIF-8 has the highest photodegradation efficiency under the same conditions, which can reach 96.9%. The degradation efficiencies of shaddock peel/ZIF-8, corn husk/ZIF-8, peanut shell/ZIF-8, and orange peel/ZIF-8 were 94, 85.9, 92, and 79%, respectively. The low degradation efficiency of biomasses/ZIF-8 is because it includes the weight of biomass itself, resulting in a relatively small amount of ZIF-8 actually used in the catalytic process. It is gratifying that the degradation efficiency of shaddock peel/ZIF-8 is not much different from that of ZIF-8, and it has the advantage of being easily separated from the solution and reused. The photocatalytic stability of the shaddock peel/ZIF-8 composite was studied by the photocatalytic reaction of MB several times. As can be seen from Figure S5, after three cycles of degradation of MB by the shaddock peel/ZIF-8 composite material, the photocatalytic activity did not significantly decline, and the degradation efficiency could still reach 76%, indicating that the catalyst shaddock peel/ZIF-8 in this study has excellent photostability under illumination. It can be seen from Figure b–f that the MB solution is degraded by different catalysts, and its absorbance also changes accordingly. In addition, the degradation performance of shaddock peel/ZIF-8 and pectin/ZIF-8 was compared to evaluate the peeling performance of ZIF-8. It can be seen from Figure S6 that there is no significant difference in degradation of MB dye between shaddock peel/ZIF-8 and pectin/ZIF-8. However, the removal effect of pectin/ZIF-8 on dyes depends more on adsorption, which may be related to the properties of pectin itself. The amount of ZIF-8 on the pectin surface is small, and its reusability is poor due to its shedding.
Figure 8

(a) Photocatalytic performance of all catalysts, (b–f) UV–visible absorption spectrum of MB dye solution catalyzed by corn husk/ZIF-8, shaddock peel/ZIF-8, peanut shell/ZIF-8, orange peel/ZIF-8, and ZIF-8, respectively.

(a) Photocatalytic performance of all catalysts, (b–f) UV–visible absorption spectrum of MB dye solution catalyzed by corn husk/ZIF-8, shaddock peel/ZIF-8, peanut shell/ZIF-8, orange peel/ZIF-8, and ZIF-8, respectively. To better assess the ability of degradation of shaddock peel/ZIF-8, we have compared our results with relevant reports using ZIF-8 composite-based nanomaterials as photocatalysts. Compared with other work,[44,45] under the condition of a similar degradation rate, the degradation time of MB by shaddock peel/ZIF-8 is greatly reduced. Because the preparation method of shaddock peel/ZIF-8 is simple, the raw materials are cheap and easy to obtain, and it shows that shaddock peel/ZIF-8 has a good prospect for dye photodegradation.

Conclusions

In summary, we used common shaddock peel, orange peel, corn husk, and peanut shell as the base material to prepare biomasses/ZIF-8, which solved the problem of small particle size and easy agglomeration of ZIF-8 and expanded the scope of application of biomasses. Because of the difference in the active groups and specific surface area of different biomasses, biomasses/ZIF-8 exhibits diversity in the degradation of MB solution. The degradation efficiency of four different biomasses/ZIF-8 to MB solution was compared, and the degradation efficiency of shaddock peel/ZIF-8, orange peel/ZIF-8, corn husk/ZIF-8, and peanut shell/ZIF-8 is 94, 79, 92, and 85.9%, respectively. Shaddock peel has the advantages of a rich porous structure and larger specific surface area, so the degradation efficiency is the highest among the four composites. Moreover, the degradation efficiency of shaddock peel/ZIF-8 and pectin/ZIF-8 on MB was also compared, and it was found that the degradation efficiency of MB solution was still up to 76% after three cycles of shaddock peel/ZIF-8. Consequently, shaddock peel/ZIF-8 may be an admirable catalyst with high selectivity. Due to the wide variety of biomasses and each having its unique spatial structure and chemical characteristics, the selective adsorption and catalytic degradation of organic dyes are expected. Moreover, various MOFs/biomass porous composites can be obtained using the reported method when assisted by different ligands, metal ions, and peels containing carbohydrates. These porous composites could be applied to wastewater treatment and adsorption separation fields, in which hierarchical porous structures could efficiently resolve mass transfer resistance. We will devote ourselves to looking for some new ways to form chemical bond linkages between MOFs and other biomasses, as well as develop their application in our future work.

Materials and Methods

Materials

Fresh ripe orange peel (Citrus sinensis), shaddock peel, corn husk, and peanut shell were purchased from the local fruit vendors in Xinjiang (China). (Zn (NO3)2)·6H2O and methanol were obtained from Tianjin ZhiYuan company, 2-methylimidazole (Hmim) and MB were purchased from Aladdin Co. (China), and pectin was obtained from YuHua biotechnology company. Deionized water was used in all related experiments of this work. Besides biomasses, all reagents were used as received without any further purification.

Preparation of Orange Peel/ZIF-8

Washed orange peel, shaddock peel, corn husk, and peanut shell were cut into small pieces approximately 1 × 1 cm and then dried in the oven for 2 h. (Zn (NO3)2)·6H2O (0.975 g) was dissolved in a mixed solution of 25 mL of methanol and 25 mL of water, and 0.45 g of the treated fruit peels was added in the zinc ion solution and stirred for 8 h. Subsequently, 2.45 g of Hmim was dissolved in a mixture of methanol and water in the same proportion. After it was completely dissolved, it was then mixed with zinc ion solutions, stirred for 8 h, and then allowed to stand at room temperature for 24 h. Next, the biomasses/ZIF-8 was washed with methanol three times to remove any unreacted precursors. Finally, it was dried for 4 h under vacuum at 60 °C. The preparation steps of ZIF-8 are the same.

Preparation of Pectin/ZIF-8

Pectin (0.8 g) was added to 10 mL of distilled water and stirred until it completely dissolved. Then, an appropriate amount of glutaraldehyde was added and stirred for 2 h to cross-link. They were then spread evenly over the surface of the Petri dish and dried naturally at room temperature. Then, 0.45 g of the pectin film was immersed in a solution of zinc ions containing the same amount of water and methanol, stirred for 8 h, added Hmim, and continued stirring for 8 h. After standing for 24 h, it was washed with methanol three times and dried.

Characterization

The morphologies of different biomass peel/ZIF-8 were observed using a Hitachi S-4800 scanning electron microscope equipped with an EDS detector. The FT-IR and ATR-IR of the biomasses/ZIF-8 were also measured in the range of 400–4000 cm–1 wavenumber through the Bruker Vertex 70 table. The biomasses/ZIF-8 was processed first; then, the impurities were removed, and then, the XRD test was performed on a Bruker D8 Advance (λKα = 1.5418 Å, 2θ = 10–80°). The porosity properties of biomasses peel/ZIF-8 were characterized by N2 adsorption–desorption isotherms on a Kubo-X1000. TGA (Netzsch STA-449c) was used to study the thermal stability of materials heated at a rate of 10 °C/min from room temperature to 1000 °C under nitrogen.

Adsorption Experiment

To investigate the adsorption capacities, the biomasses/ZIF-8 was cut into pieces, and about 30 mg of the pieces was put into a glass bottle containing 100 mL of MB solution with an initial concentration of 20 mg/L. In addition, the adsorption experiment carried out static adsorption under dark conditions until the equilibrium time was reached. To study the static adsorption properties, the concentration of MB solution at the same time intervals was measured using a UV-2550 spectrophotometer (Shimadzu Co., Ltd., Japan) at a wavelength of 664 nm. The adsorption capacity (Qe) of the biomasses/ZIF-8 adsorbents was calculated using the following equationwhere C0 is the initial MB concentration, Ce is the concentration of MB at adsorption equilibrium, V is the volume of solution, and m is the mass of the biomasses/ZIF-8 composites. The adsorption process of biomasses/ZIF-8 over time was analyzed using quasi-first-order and quasi-second-order kinetic models, which were as followsWhere Qe and Q are the adsorption capacity at equilibrium and at time t and k and k are the rate constants of the quasi-first-order model and quasi-second-order model, respectively. The photodegradation experiment was performed at room temperature. Biomasses/ZIF-8 was ground into powder or cut into very thin strips; then, 20 mg of different biomasses/ZIF-8 was added into 50 mL of MB aqueous solution (10 mg/L). The adsorption was carried out under dark conditions. After the adsorption reached saturation, the solution was placed under a 300 w xenon lamp under simulated sunlight conditions for photocatalytic degradation, and the irradiation distance of the mixed solution and the lamp was about 15 cm. In a certain time interval, 3 mL of the solution was taken to measure the concentration change using a UV–vis spectrometer, and the maximum absorption wavelength of MB is 664 nm.
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