Pd Nanoparticles Incorporated Within a Zr-Based Metal–Organic Framework/Reduced Graphene Oxide Multifunctional Composite for Efficient Visible-Light-Promoted Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation
Ting Li A B , Tian Tian A , Fangyuan Chen A , Xiang Liu A C D and Xiaohua Zhao B DA Zhenjiang Key Laboratory of Functional Chemistry, and Institute of Medicine and Chemical Engineering, Zhenjiang College, Zhenjiang 212028, China.
B School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
C Biofuels Institute of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
D Corresponding author. Email: liuxiang0222@126.com; Zhao12_19@163.com
Australian Journal of Chemistry 72(5) 334-340 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH18387
Submitted: 5 August 2018 Accepted: 19 December 2018 Published: 17 January 2019
Abstract
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) in photocatalysis oxidation reactions have been arousing great interest because of their unique properties. Zr-based MOFs (mainly 1,4-dicarboxybenzene MOF (UiO-66)) appear to be very attractive candidates. In this study, a Pd@UiO-66/reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanocomposite was successfully prepared via a facile solvothermal method and was characterised by several techniques, including field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), x-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen adsorption–desorption isotherms, and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. Subsequently, the as-obtained Pd@UiO-66/rGO composite was used as a photocatalyst for the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde with O2 under visible light irradiation (>420 nm); it exhibited superior photocatalytic activity due to the synergistic effect of coupling Pd nanoparticles (NPs) with UiO-66 and rGO. Importantly, the Pd@UiO-66/rGO composite showed high stability and considerable recyclability to preserve most of its initial photocatalytic activity after five cycles of the oxidation reaction.
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