Abstract
The development of photocatalysts with broad-spectrum response and efficient electron transfer yet remains a great challenge. Herein, we report a systematic research on the thermal oxidation mechanism of ZIF-8 and its promotion effects on photocatalytic performance. The activation energy E of organic ligands decomposition during ZIF-8 thermal oxidation was calculated to be 103.7 kJ/mol by Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose (KAS) model. The wurtzite ZnO crystal and oxidizing functional groups (HNCO, CO, etc.) formed in oxidized ZIF-8 were crucial to the superior photocatalytic performance. In particular, O350/ZIF-8 had the broadest optical absorption band (∼750 nm) and largest photocurrent density, which exhibited the highest photocatalytic activity of methylene blue (MB) with rate constant k of 0.0374 min−1. The photogenerated ·O2− and ·OH radicals were found to react as main oxygen species in photocatalytic reaction. Taken together, this study not only offered a simple method to prepare ZIF-8 based photocatalyst with high activity and stability, but also provided guidance for the efficient photocatalytic degradation of organic compounds in wastewater.
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