화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.81, 196-205, January, 2020
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2019.09.008  Export Citation
In situ green synthesis of Au/Ag nanostructures on a metal-organic framework surface for photocatalytic reduction of p-nitrophenol
Karanveer Singh1, 2, Deepak Kukkar1, 3, †, Ravinder Singh1, Preeti Kukkar4, Nardev Bajaj1, Jagpreet Singh1, Mohit Rawat1, Akshay Kumar1, and Ki-Hyun Kim5, †
  • 1Department of Nanotechnology, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab 140406, India
  • 2Food and Nutritional Biotechnology Department, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), S.A.S. Nagar, Punjab 140306, India
  • 3Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-Ro, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
  • 4Department of Chemistry, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab 140406, India
  • 5Food and Nutritional Biotechnology Department, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), S.A.S. Nagar, Punjab 140306, India, Korea
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In this manuscript, we report the insitu growth of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) and silver nanoparticles (SNPs) over Ce/Tb-doped Y-benzene tricaroboxylate metal organic frameworks (MOF-76). The photocatalytic potential of these nanocomposites (NCs) was then assessed for the photocatalytic reduction of p-nitrophenol (p-NP) in aqueous medium. The NCs had large surface area to favorably showcase the efficient absorption of light energy. Correspondingly, it facilitated the electron transfer between the valance and conduction bands to promote the reductive removal of p-NP. Among the tested catalysts, GNPs@MOF-76 (Ce) (MOF-76(1a)) (dosage: 10 ml of 5 mg.ml-1) recorded the maximum catalytic efficiency (96.3%) with an apparent rate constant (K0 app: 0.33 min-1). Further, MOF-76 (1a) NCs exhibited good recyclability (e.g., a catalytic efficiency of 77.45% over 3 cycles). Moreover, the proposed NCs exhibited superior performance over commercial photocatalysts (e.g., p25 TiO2 nanopowder) towards p-NP reduction. As such, the results of this experimental study successfully demonstrated the superiority of the MOF immobilized nanoparticles (NPs) as an efficient platform for the removal of industrial grade pollutants.
Keywords:Catalysis;GNPs;Metal organic frameworks;Nanocomposites;p-Nitrophenol;Reduction
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