Issue 5, 2023

Three novel coordination polymers as bifunctional materials for the photocatalytic degradation of dyes and the oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline solutions

Abstract

Herein, three new coordination polymers (CPs), namely {Ni (4,4′-abpt)(2,5-fdca)H2O]n (1), [Co(4,4′-abpt)(2,5-fdca)H2O]n (2) and [Co(4,4′-abpt)(1,3-abc)]n (3) {4,4′-abpt = 3,5-di-4-pyridinyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-amine, 2,5-fdca2− (the fully deprotonated forms of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid), 1,3-abc2− (the fully deprotonated forms of 1,3-adamantanedicarboxylic acid)} were synthesized under solvothermal conditions and were characterized by elemental analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, powder X-ray diffraction, and single crystal X-ray diffraction (1 and 3) techniques. Structural analyses revealed that 1 is a two-dimensional structure with quadrilateral holes, while 3 is a two-dimensional rhombus network configuration with a binuclear metal center. Three as-prepared compounds exhibited efficient photocatalytic performance for the degradation of organic dyes of crystal violet (CV), methylene blue (MB), and rhodamine B (Rh-B) under UV irradiation, among which, 1 exhibited the best photocatalytic activity with a percentage degradation of more than 96% for the three dyes in 30 min. In addition, in the free radical capture experiment involving 3, it was found that both, the hydroxyl radical OH˙ and superoxide radical (˙O2) were involved in the degradation process of dyes, among which, the OH˙ radical is the main species to trigger the photocatalytic degradation experiment. Finally, the electrocatalytic performance of the catalysts was investigated in 1 M alkaline KOH solution, and the results showed that all three catalysts had certain electrocatalytic performance, and the catalytic performance of 1 was slightly better than that of 2 and 3. It exhibited a low overpotential of 367 mV at a current density of mA cm−2.

Graphical abstract: Three novel coordination polymers as bifunctional materials for the photocatalytic degradation of dyes and the oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline solutions

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Sep 2022
Accepted
12 Dec 2022
First published
14 Dec 2022

CrystEngComm, 2023,25, 785-797

Three novel coordination polymers as bifunctional materials for the photocatalytic degradation of dyes and the oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline solutions

S. Dai, Y. Liu, Y. Li, N. Jin, X. Wang, X. Liu, H. Chen, Y. Zhao, H. Luo and W. Li, CrystEngComm, 2023, 25, 785 DOI: 10.1039/D2CE01306A

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