An Amine-Functionalized Iron(III) Metal-Organic Framework as Efficient Visible-Light Photocatalyst for Cr(VI) Reduction.

ABSTRACT: The photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) is investigated over iron(III)-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) structured as MIL-88B. It is found that MIL-88B (Fe) MOFs, containing Fe₃-μ₃-oxo clusters, can be used as photocatalyst for the reduction of Cr(VI) under visible light irradiation, which is due to the direct excitation of Fe₃-μ₃-oxo clusters. The amine-functionalized MIL-88B (Fe) MOFs (denoted as NH₂-MIL-88B (Fe)) shows much higher efficiency for the photocatalytic Cr(VI) reduction under visible-light irradiation compared with MIL-88B (Fe). It is revealed that in addition to the direct excitation of Fe₃-μ₃-oxo clusters, the amine functionality in NH₂-MIL-88B (Fe) can also be excited and then trans

SUBMITTER: Shi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5115284 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature