Nanostructural Catalyst: Metallophthalocyanine and Carbon Nano-onion with Enhanced Visible-light Photocatalytic Activity Towards Organic Pollutants

Overview

Journal RSC Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 May 2

PMID 35492895

Authors

Elzbieta Regulska

Piotr Olejnik

Halyna Zubyk

Justyna Czyrko-Horczak

Manuel N Chaur

Monika Tomczykowa

Olena Butsyk

Krzysztof Brzezinski

Luis Echegoyen

Marta E Plonska-Brzezinska

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Abstract

Metallophthalocyanine (MPc) and carbon nano-onion (CNO) derivatives were synthesized and characterized by using ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray powder diffraction. The unmodified CNOs and MPc-CNO derivatives were used as photocatalysts for rhodamine B (RhB) degradation under visible-light irradiation. The photocatalytic studies revealed that the MPc-CNO nanostructural materials simultaneously exhibited a high absorption capacity and an excellent visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity towards RhB. These nanostructures possess great potential for use as active photocatalysts for organic pollutant degradation.

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