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Bimetallic Metal Organic Frameworks as Magnetically Separable Heterogeneous Catalysts and Photocatalytic Dye Degradation
Author(s) -
Tiwari Ashish,
Sagara Prateep Singh,
Varma Vicky,
Randhawa Jaspreet Kaur
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chempluschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.801
H-Index - 61
ISSN - 2192-6506
DOI - 10.1002/cplu.201800546
Subject(s) - bimetallic strip , photocatalysis , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , chemistry , catalysis , transmission electron microscopy , inductively coupled plasma , scanning electron microscope , methylene blue , photochemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , materials science , organic chemistry , plasma , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering , composite material
A new bimetallic MOF (BMOF) has been synthesized using iron and zinc as inorganic metal nodes and 1,4‐benzenedicarboxylic acid (BDC) as the organic linker molecule. BMOF was confirmed by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction (SCXRD), X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy high‐angle annular dark‐field imaging (TEM‐HAADF), field emission scanning electron microscopy energy‐dispersive X‐ray analysis (FESEM‐EDX), vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP‐MS) analysis. The synthesized BMOF shows excellent optical and magnetic properties. BMOF acts as a heterogeneous catalyst and shows high catalytic activity towards bis(indolyl)methane synthesis and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) under visible‐light illumination.