Abstract
A family of functionalized MIL-68(In) have been successfully synthesized and applied to photoreduction of Cr(VI) aqueous under simulated sunlight (280 nm < λ < 980 nm) irradiation. Meanwhile, we have studied the effect of modification with electron-donating or electron-withdrawing groups (H2BDC, H2BDC-NH2, H2BDC-NO2 and H2BDC-Br) on photocatalytic performance of MIL-68(In)-X (X = H, NH2, NO2, Br). Further experimental results demonstrated that the photoactivities of the obtained MIL-68(In)-X have been greatly affected by the electronic effect of ligand substituent. That is, the reaction rates obtained by functionalized MIL-68(In) have been linearly associated with the Hammett coefficients of different substituents. More significantly, MIL-68(In)-NH2 has also exhibited outstanding performance in a co-existed model system (Cr(VI)/dyes), which represents a first example to use the In-based MOFs as bifunctional photocatalysts. It is hope that this work not only represents the structure-property relationships on photocatalysis in MOFs, but also promotes further interest in design and construction of more efficient MOFs-based photocatalysts for environmental remediation.
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