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A Technical Guide for Performing Spectroscopic Measurements on Metal-Organic Frameworks
Published on: April 28, 2023
Enhancing optical absorption of metal-organic frameworks for improved visible light photocatalysis
Maxim A Nasalevich1, Maarten G Goesten, Tom J Savenije
1Catalysis Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 136, Delft, 2628 BL, The Netherlands. M.Nasalevich@tudelft.nl J.Gascon@tudelft.nl.
Abstract:
NH2-MIL-125(Ti) has been post-synthetically functionalized with dye-like molecular fragments. The new material (methyl red-MIL-125(Ti)) exhibits improved light absorption over a wide range of the visible spectrum, and shows enhanced photocatalytic oxidation activity under visible light illumination. The consequences of functionalization and the bottlenecks in MOF photochemistry are studied in detail.
