A New 2D Metal-Organic Framework for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes in Water
, Urooj Fatima 1, Abdul Rauf 1, Zahoor Hussain Farooqi 2, Mohsin Javed 1, Muhammad Faizan 1 and Shahid Zaman 3,*Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
1. I suggest the authors revised the “novel” as “new” in the title and full text.
2. The author have to give a more detail explanation in the introduction “… a clearer storyline should be introduced by choosing a suitable entry point to explain the reasons for designing the 2D MOF？
3. “These materials provide enormous chemical and structural variability as well as a wide range of uses, both of which are attracting interest as science and technology advance.” Please update the new refs on such topic, such as Mesopor. Mat, 341(2022) 112098.Inorganics, 10(2022) 202 and J. Solid State Chem. 2023, 318, 123713. “The properties of MOFs as an adjustable version (chemical tunability), unparalleled high surface area, and high porosity with flexible pore sizes, robustness, and structural diversity make them suitable for various applications like sensing, drug delivery, gas storage, magnetic separation, separation, electrochemical energy storage, catalysis, and degradation of toxic organic dyes from aqueous medium. The each topic has to highlighted, such as Mater. Today. Commum., 2022, 31,103514; J. Mater. Chem. B, 9(2021) 4459 – 4474 and J. Mater. Chem. B., 2022, 10, 5105 - 5128
4. Please provide The UV–Vis DRS data.
5. Check the PXRD after photocatalytic effect.
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Reviewer 2 Report
In this contribution, Zaman et al. proposed a novel 2D metal-organic framework for photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes in water. The reported synthesis strategy is controllable and effective, and the designed multiple component electrocatalysts also showed the competitive performance. Moreover, the article structure is also well-organized by authors. However, after the careful examination, some data and analysis are insufficient in the current manuscript. Thus, I recommend the manuscript to be accepted by the esteemed journal “Catalysts” after addressing following concerns:
1. TEM images as well as the corresponding elemental mappings should be provided to further demonstrate the microstructure of the synthesized MOFs.
2. More investigations such as XRD and SEM should be provided for the catalysts after degradation reaction, by which the phase stability should be discussed.
3. A more detailed comparison on the degradation performance is encouraged to carried out by authors to demonstrate the merit of the synthesized 2D MOFs.
4. More discussions on the catalytic mechanism is suggested to enrich by authors to give some insights to the composition-structure-activity correlation.
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Reviewer 3 Report
This paper describes the synthesis of 2D metal-organic framework and its application to the degradation of organic dyes in water. Following major revision is required.
1. The authors should emphasize in the introduction section, why they selected methylene blue as an example dye to study degradation. The lethal effects of the discharge of this dye in the ecosystem should be mentioned.
2. Why Cu(II)-[ABA-MA] MOF was selected as a catalyst for dye decomposition. It is very important to describe the role of the catalyst I this study.
3. The authors should compare their results with other catalysts reported in the literature. How is their material efficient in comparison to the already reported catalysts for the degradation process?
4. The conclusion should be rewritten, describing the actual results of this research. The authors should also describe the advantages of their synthesized material for photocatalytic degradation reactions.
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Round 2
Reviewer 3 Report
The authors revised the manuscript following the reviewer's comments.
However, it is recommended that the authors add a description related to Table 1 in the revised manuscript and emphasize the importance and efficiency of their prepared catalyst.
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