Preparation of amine functionalized g-CN@MOF NCs with visible light photocatalytic characteristic for 4-nitrophenol degradation from aqueous solution.

At ambience temperature, a facile and large-scale sonochemical synthesis route was used to synthesize graphitic carbon nitride@[TiCHNO] metal-organic framework nanocomposites (g-CN-X@Ti-MIL125-NH NCs, where X and Y stood for the weight percentages of g - CN and the synthesis method of Ti-MIL125-NH, respectively) having 2-Amino-1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid (2-ATA) ligand with amine functional free groups. The obtained NCs were characterized by FT-IR, PXRD, FE-SEM, BET, UV-DRS, PL, EIS, and zeta potential. Moreover, g-CN-X@Ti-MIL125-NH capability to eliminate 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) contaminant from water via visible light illumination was explored. Our synthesized NCs under a facile, green ultrasonic technique (i.e. g-CN-30@Ti-MIL125-NH) had a higher percentage of degradation than those from hydrothermal technique (i.e. g-CN-30@Ti-MIL125-NH) with degradation percentages of 75% and 57%, respectively, which resulted in effective mass transfer and separation of photo - generated charge carriers. Additionally, this higher percentage of degradation could be attributed to the larger surface area and unique morphology of the ultrasonically synthesized particles with higher homogeneity and better and non-agglomerated distribution. Furthermore, excellent reusability and stability were observed for g-CN-30@Ti-MIL125-NH. We also explored the role of some scavengers in the degradation procedures to investigate the effect of active species. The experimental results were used to describe the suggested mechanism capability for improved photocatalysis.