  Water pollution has become a global problem. Sources of wastewater majorly
include industrial and commercial sectors. To cater to the exponential increase
in clean water, efficient technologies are needed to treat wastewater. Several
techniques such as redox reactions, membrane filtrations, mechanical processes,
chemical treatment and adsorption techniques have been employed. However, their
cost and effectiveness is still a major problem. In this study, we employed an
effective wastewater treatment technique by synthesizing NiCoMn MOFs using a
simple hydrothermal technique and characterized the properties using XRD and
SEM for their possible characteristics. XRD analysis confirmed the successful
synthesis of NiCoMn MOFs. Sufficient information regarding the surface
morphology and topology was given by the SEM analysis which proved a nanoporous
structure with high surface area effective for adsorption and oxidative
catalysis of contaminants in wastewater. Moreover, a high electrostatic
attraction between the MOFs was observed which could attract oppositely charged
contaminants. The results showed a high potential for the synthesized NiCoMn
MOFs for wastewater treatment applications.
