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Du A, Fu H, Wang P, Wang CC. Enhanced photo-Fenton activity and stability for sulfamethoxazole degradation by FeS 2@TiO 2 heterojunction derived from MIL-125. Chemosphere 2023; 322:138221. [PMID: 36828116 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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FT-x composites with core-shell structure (FT = FeS2@TiO2, x represents the mass ratio of the used FeCl3·6H2O to MIL-125) were fabricated by a hydrothermal method using MIL-125(Ti) as a self-sacrificing template. Both the photo-Fenton activity and stability of the FT-1 were improved greatly in comparison with its counterparts due to the unique core-shell structure and synergistic effect between FeS2 and TiO2. Especially, the Fe leaching concentration of FT-1 was approximately 1/10 of the individual FeS2, benefiting from the protection effect of TiO2 shell. Under dark condition, the formed FeOOH occupied active sites and inhibited iron cycle as well as H2O2 decomposition, leading to the inactivation of FT-1. UV light irradiation not only boosted the catalytic activity but also prevented the FT-1 from reactivity decline owning to the regeneration of Fe2+ by photogenerated electrons and continuous generation of ·OH. Experimental and DFT calculation results indicated that a type-II heterojunction was formed, in which photogenerated electrons were transferred from FeS2 core to TiO2 shell, accelerating charge separation and further boosting sulfamethoxazole (SMX) degradation. FT-1 displayed outstanding photo-Fenton activity in wide pH ranged from 2 to 6 and good anti-interfering ability toward impurities in water matrix. Besides, the reusability of FT-1 was good, in which 90% SMX degradation was maintained even after 5 runs. Noteworthy, the photo-Fenton activity was recovered via a revulcanization process, in which FeOOH was completely transformed into FeS2. This founding provided insights for the design and construction of heterojunction with both excellent photo-Fenton activity and stability.
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- Aofei Du
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Building Structure and Environment Remediation, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Energy Conservation & Sustainable Urban and Rural Development Provincial and Ministry Co-construction Collaboration Innovation Center, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Building Structure and Environment Remediation, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Building Structure and Environment Remediation, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Building Structure and Environment Remediation, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Energy Conservation & Sustainable Urban and Rural Development Provincial and Ministry Co-construction Collaboration Innovation Center, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China.
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Zeama M, Morsy MA, Abdelnaby M, Gutiérrez-Arzaluz L, Mohammed OF, Yamani ZH. Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Interchange between Zr and Ti within the MIL-125-NH 2 Metal Cluster. Chem Asian J 2021; 16:2520-2528. [PMID: 34347380 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202100588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 07/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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This study aims to investigate the effect of replacing Ti with Zr in the SBU of MIL-125-NH2 . We were able to replace Ti with Zr in the mixed metal synthesis of MIL-125-NH2 , for the first time. After experimentally confirming the consistency in their framework structure and comparing their morphology, we related the femtosecond light dynamics with photocatalytic CO2 visible light conversion yield of the different variants in order to establish the composition-function relation in MIL-125 vis a vis CO2 reduction. Introducing Zr to the system was found to cause structure defects due to missing linkers. The lifetime of the charge carriers for the mixed metal samples were shorter than that of the MIL-125-NH2 . The study of CO2 photocatalytic reduction under visible light indicated that the NH2 group enhances the photocatalytic activity while the Zr incorporation inside the MIL framework introduces no significant improvements. In addition, the material systems were modelled and simulated through DFT calculations which concluded that the decrease of the photocatalytic activity is not related to the system electronic structure, insinuating that defects are the culprit.
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- Mostafa Zeama
- Department of Physics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia.,Center of Research Excellence in Nanotechnology (CENT), Interdisciplinary Research Center for Hydrogen and Energy Storage (IRC-HES), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Center of Research Excellence in Nanotechnology (CENT), Interdisciplinary Research Center for Hydrogen and Energy Storage (IRC-HES), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia.,Center of Research Excellence in Nanotechnology (CENT), Interdisciplinary Research Center for Hydrogen and Energy Storage (IRC-HES), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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Qiu J, Dai D, Zhang L, Zhou Y, Yang L, Yao J. Inlaying metal-organic framework derived pancake-like TiO 2 into three-dimensional BiOI for visible-light-driven generation of vanillin from sodium lignosulfonate. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 605:648-656. [PMID: 34352445 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.07.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Pancake-like TiO2 (M-TiO2) derived from the metal-organic framework was inlaid into three-dimensional flower-like BiOI through a facile solvothermal method. M-TiO2 supplies large surface area and mesoporous structure for attachment and transfer of the substrates and products, while BiOI acts as a photosensitizer to absorb visible light and generates electrons and holes. The distinct structure of M-TiO2/BiOI gives a favorable contact between the two monomers, and promotes the transfer of charge carriers. In conjunction with the proper band positions of M-TiO2 and BiOI, the efficient separation of electron-hole pairs is attained. Benefiting from the above cooperative effects of M-TiO2 and BiOI, the performance for the vanillin generation from sodium lignosulfonate (SLS) over M-TiO2/BiOI composites has a prominent improvement under visible light. Specifically, the yield over optimal M-TiO2/BiOI sample is about 5.8 mg/gSLS, obviously superior to that over pristine M-TiO2 (~1 mg/gSLS) and BiOI (~1.1 mg/gSLS). It is found that h+ and O2- play the key role for vanillin generation from sodium lignosulfonate, and the low vanillin generation under UV-vis light sheds light on that OH is an adverse factor. We hoped that this work could inspire the studies on the photocatalytic valorization of biomass using noble metal-free catalysts.
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- Jianhao Qiu
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Green Biomass-based Fuels and Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Green Biomass-based Fuels and Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Green Biomass-based Fuels and Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Green Biomass-based Fuels and Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Green Biomass-based Fuels and Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Green Biomass-based Fuels and Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
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Bhadra BN, Song JY, Khan NA, Jhung SH. TiO 2-Containing Carbon Derived from a Metal-Organic Framework Composite: A Highly Active Catalyst for Oxidative Desulfurization. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2017; 9:31192-31202. [PMID: 28820235 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b10336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A new metal-organic framework (MOF) composite consisting of Ti- and Zn-based MOFs (ZIF-8(x)@H2N-MIL-125; in brief, ZIF(x)@MOF) was designed and synthesized. The pristine MOF [H2N-MIL-125 (MOF)]- and an MOF-composite [ZIF(30)@MOF]-derived mesoporous carbons consisting of TiO2 nanoparticles were prepared by pyrolysis (named MDC-P and MDC-C, respectively). MDC-C showed a higher surface area, larger pore sizes, and larger mesopore volumes than MDC-P. In addition, the TiO2 nanoparticles on MDC-C have more uniform shapes and sizes and are smaller than those of MDC-P. The obtained MDC-C and MDC-P [together with MOF, ZIF(30)@MOF, pure/nanocrystalline TiO2, and activated carbon] were applied in the oxidative desulfurization reaction of dibenzothiophene in a model fuel. The MDC-C, even with a lower TiO2 content than that of MDC-P, showed an outstanding catalytic performance, especially with a very low catalyst dose (i.e., a very high quantity of dibenzothiophene was converted per unit weight of the catalyst), fast kinetics (∼3 times faster than that for MDC-P), and a low activation energy (lower than that for any reported catalyst) for the oxidation of dibenzothiophene. The large mesopores of MDC-C and the well-dispersed/small TiO2 might be the dominant factors for the superior catalytic conversions. The oxidative desulfurization of other sulfur-containing organic compounds with various electron densities was also studied with MDC-C to understand the mechanism of catalysis. Moreover, the MDC-C catalyst can be reused many times in the oxidative desulfurization reaction after a simple washing with acetone. Finally, composing MOFs and subsequent pyrolysis is suggested as an effective way to prepare a catalyst with well-dispersed active sites, large pores, and high mesoporosity.
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- Biswa Nath Bhadra
- Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center, Kyungpook National University , Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center, Kyungpook National University , Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center, Kyungpook National University , Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center, Kyungpook National University , Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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