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Porphyrin-containing Polyimide with Enhanced Light Absorption and Photocatalysis Activity
Zhiwei Cui1,2, Jun Zhou1,2, Teng Liu1,2
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Road, Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210023, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
A series of porphyrin-containing polyimide (PI) photocatalysts were synthesized by a one-step solvothermal method. Characterization results revealed that porphyrin was uniformly coupled into the PI framework through covalent bonding and the visible-light absorption was greatly improved. The photodegradation activity of porphyrin-containing PIs for methyl orange (MO) under visible light was enhanced significantly, with the highest pseudo-first-order rate constant 35 times higher than that of neat porphyrin and 10 times higher than that of porphyrin-free PI. The enhancement is mainly attributed to an increased light harvesting accompanied by a varied HOMO level, which was clarified by control experiments, characterizations and theoretical calculations. This work provides an insight into multiple effects of dye molecules in dye-containing heterogeneous photocatalysts.
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