Enhancing optical absorption of Metal-Organic Frameworks for improved visible light photocatalysis

by M.A. Nasalevich, M.G. Goesten, T.J. Savenije, F. Kapteijn, J. Gascon

Year: 2013 ISSN: DOI: 10.1039/C3CC46398B

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M.A. Nasalevich, M.G. Goesten, T.J. Savenije, F. Kapteijn, J. Gascon, ChemComm, 49 (2013) 10575-10577, Enhancing optical absorption of Metal-Organic Frameworks for improved visible light photocatalysis

Abstract

NH2-MIL-125(Ti) has been post-synthetically functionalized with dye-like molecular fragments. The new material (methyl red-MIL-125(Ti)) exhibits improved light absorption over a wide range of the visible spectrum, and shows enhanced photocatalytic oxidation activity under visible light illumination. The consequences of functionalization and the bottlenecks in MOF photochemistry are studied in detail.

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