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Strategies for Improving the Performance and Application of MOFs Photocatalysts
Author(s) -
Li Shixiong,
Luo Pei,
Wu Haizhen,
Wei Chaohai,
Hu Yun,
Qiu Guanglei
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201900199
Subject(s) - photocatalysis , adsorption , materials science , metal organic framework , catalysis , redox , environmental pollution , nanotechnology , wastewater , chemical engineering , chemistry , environmental science , environmental engineering , organic chemistry , environmental protection , metallurgy , engineering
Abstract Residual pollutants in the water treatment process restrict the advanced treatment and purification of wastewater, because most of them have stable structures, and some are not easily to be enriched. Photocatalytic oxidation technology can directly use solar energy to drive a series of chemical reactions, which has advantages such as low energy consumption, mild reaction conditions and rarely secondary pollution. It is an effective way to solve the organic pollution problem in wastewater treatment. The key to this process is to find and design efficient photocatalysts. The current photocatalytic materials mainly include inorganic semiconductors and metal organic frameworks (MOFs). They have been studied for pollutants degradation, hydrogen evolution, CO 2 reduction, and organic transformation. But, most of these catalysts have not been used in real application. In this paper, recent research advances in MOFs photocatalysts and the key factors affecting their photocatalytic efficiency were critically reviewed. It is believed that the pursuit of more efficient photocatalyst needs to be considered from the adsorption‐photocatalytic mechanism, redox‐free radical mechanism, valence‐level regulation mechanism and energy transfer mechanism of photocatalysis. It is very necessary to research and develop nanoscale and quantum level mixed valence MOFs photocatalysts, which are constructed by strong electron‐donating groups.