Novel axial substituted subphthalocyanine and its TiO2 photocatalyst for degradation of organic water pollutant under visible light

Autor: Xiaoxun Ma, Bing-Bing Zhang, Zhuo Li, Fen-Yan Zhang, Wei Wang, Guo-Yi Cui, Bing Wang, Hai-Xia Ma
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Optical Materials. 109:110202
ISSN: 0925-3467
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2020.110202
Popis: In this study, highly reactive TiO2 modified by a novel axial substituted subphthalocyanine H12SubPcB-OPHCOOH (SubPc) was successfully prepared. TiO2/SubPc nanoparticles had been fabricated via a Solvothermal method. The approaches of DFT and TD-DFT were utilized to research the electronic structure and optical spectra in the subphthalocyanines. The photocatalytic abilities of the present nanocomposites were investigated by degrading the methyl orange (MO) and bromophenol blue (BB) in irradiance of visible light. The removal efficiency of MO and BB over TiO2/SubPc (25:1) was 5.28 and 1.41 times higher than pure TiO2, respectively. Furthermore, the reusability studies showed that the photocatalytic activity of TiO2/SubPc could be maintained over 85% after 5 recycles.
Databáze: OpenAIRE