Ligand-Length Engineering in Isoreticular Fe-MOFs Enables Efficient Ciprofloxacin Degradation

Key Points

• The research aims to explore how modifying ligand lengths in Fe-MOFs affects ciprofloxacin degradation efficiency.
• Synthesis of various iron-based metal-organic frameworks with different organic linkers
• Assessment of photocatalytic activity in ciprofloxacin degradation
• Characterization of MOFs' structures and properties
• Increased ligand length significantly enhanced the photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin
• Optimal porous structure led to improved access to active sites
• Fe-MOFs showed higher degradation rates compared to traditional catalysts