The <i>in situ</i> green synthesis of metal organic framework (HKUST-1)/cellulose/chitosan composite aerogel (CSGA/HKUST-1) and its adsorption on tetracycline

Abstract In this work, a strategy of in situ 3D hierarchical porous HKUST-1/cellulose/chitosan (CSGA/HKUST-1) composite aerogels were synthesized using ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether (EGDE) as a cross-linking agent. The effect of EGDE on CSGA/HKUST-1 and the adsorption of tetracycline (TC) was investigated: the composite aerogel (CSGA) was produced by the ring-opening reaction of the epoxy group of EGDE in alkaline solution. The chemical structure of CSGA/HKUST-1 composite aerogel was characterized by FT-IR, XRD and XPS.49.33 % mass loading of CSGA1/HKUST-1 was achieved and N 2 adsorption and desorption experiment showed the BET specific surface area reached 694.514 m 2 g −1 . SEM observed the CSGA/HKUST-1 composite aerogel pores were filled with a large number of octahedral HKUST-1 crystal particles. CSGA/HKUST-1 composite aerogel has excellent tetracycline adsorption capacity (285.7 mg g −1 ), and the removal efficiency remained at 92.7 % after five cycles of adsorption–desorption. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Langmuir model adsorption mechanism was successfully concluded. This study can provide ideas for in situ synthesis of MOFs on 3D composite aerogel to prepare adsorption materials, improve the mass loading rate of MOFs and prevent MOFs from falling off, etc., and enrich the application of MOFs materials in the treatment of antibiotic pollutants.