Bimetallic Fe–Cu metal organic frameworks for room temperature catalysis

Bimetallic Fe–Cu MOF was effectively synthesized through a one-pot solvothermal process and successfully characterized by TEM, XPS, SEM, XRD, BET, EDX, elemental mapping, FT-IR analysis. This bimetallic employed as catalyst in the reduction of nitroarenes at room temperature well dyes, for example, methyl orange (MO) methylene blue (MB). Results pointed to exhibiting outstanding catalytic performance both reactions. The activity comparison with Fe-MOF Cu-MOF indicated superior compared single-metal MOFs. Activity did not change after its recycling reusing seven consecutive cycles nitrobenzene reduction.