Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 11555-9161, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., P.O. Box 19839-63113 Evin, Tehran, Iran.
Inorg Chem. 2021 Dec 6;60(23):17997-18005. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02588. Epub 2021 Nov 15.
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a new class of porous crystalline materials being used as photocatalysts for efficient pollutant removal and environmental remediation. In this study, the TMU-32 MOF was synthesized as an effective photocatalyst for the photodegradation of tetracycline (TC) with 96% efficiency in 60 min under visible light. The high photocatalytic activity of the TMU-32 MOF is mainly due to its large specific surface area, which is beneficial for promoting both the adsorption of TC and the separation of the photoinduced charges. Moreover, its desired crystallinity makes it a semiconductor with an appropriate band gap energy. Next, a composite of the TMU-32 MOF with FeO nanoparticles (as FeO@TMU-32) was prepared as a magnetically recyclable photocatalyst. The results showed that the photocatalytic activity of the FeO@TMU-32 nanocomposite is slightly lower (68% degradation of TC within 60 min) than that of TMU-32 toward TC degradation since FeO nanoparticles are not acting as a photocatalyst and are used only to make the host photocatalyst (here, TMU-32) magnetically separable. The effects of the photocatalyst concentration and recyclability on the photodegradation of TC were studied under similar conditions. We found that the FeO@TMU-32 composite is easily recycled without a significant loss of photocatalytic activity after being used several times, indicating the stability of the photocatalyst. Finally, a density functional theory study was also conducted to investigate the structural and electronic properties such as the band gap energy and density of states of the TMU-32 MOF and the FeO@TMU-32 composite. Our computational results are in good agreement with the experimental ones. A photocatalytic degradation mechanism was finally proposed under visible-light photoirradiation.
金属-有机骨架(MOFs)是一类新型的多孔晶体材料,可用作光催化剂,以实现高效污染物去除和环境修复。在这项研究中,合成了 TMU-32 MOF,它是一种有效的光催化剂,可在可见光下 60 分钟内将四环素(TC)的降解效率提高到 96%。TMU-32 MOF 具有很高的光催化活性,主要是因为它具有较大的比表面积,有利于促进 TC 的吸附和光生电荷的分离。此外,其理想的结晶度使其成为一种具有适当带隙能的半导体。接下来,制备了 TMU-32 MOF 与 FeO 纳米颗粒的复合物(FeO@TMU-32)作为可磁回收的光催化剂。结果表明,FeO@TMU-32 纳米复合材料的光催化活性略低于 TMU-32(60 分钟内 TC 降解 68%),因为 FeO 纳米颗粒不作为光催化剂,仅用于使主体光催化剂(此处为 TMU-32)可磁分离。在类似条件下,研究了光催化剂浓度和可回收性对 TC 光降解的影响。我们发现,FeO@TMU-32 复合材料在使用几次后很容易回收,且光催化活性没有明显损失,表明了光催化剂的稳定性。最后,还进行了密度泛函理论研究,以研究 TMU-32 MOF 和 FeO@TMU-32 复合材料的结构和电子性质,如带隙能和态密度。我们的计算结果与实验结果吻合较好。最后提出了在可见光照射下的光催化降解机制。
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