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Metal-Organic Frameworks As Photocatalysts In Energetic And Environmental Applications, Eli̇f Özcan, Zeli̇ha Mermer, Yunus Zorlu
Metal-Organic Frameworks As Photocatalysts In Energetic And Environmental Applications, Eli̇f Özcan, Zeli̇ha Mermer, Yunus Zorlu
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are an exciting new class of porous materials with great potential for photocatalytic applications in the environmental and energy sectors. MOFs provide significant advantages over more traditional materials when used as photocatalysts due to their high surface area, adaptable topologies, and functional ability. In this article, we summarize current developments in the use of MOFs as photocatalysts for a variety of applications, such as CO2 reduction, water splitting, pollutant degradation, and hydrogen production. We discuss the fundamental properties of MOFs that make them ideal for photocatalytic applications, as well as strategies for improving their performance. The opportunities …
A Facile Tert-Butyl Nitrite-Assisted Preparation Of Deamino Graphitic Carbon Nitride (Da-Gcn) As A Photocatalyst For The C-H Arylation Of Heteroarenes Using Anilines As Radical Source, Palani Natarajan, Begümhan Karapinar Koç, Önder Meti̇n
A Facile Tert-Butyl Nitrite-Assisted Preparation Of Deamino Graphitic Carbon Nitride (Da-Gcn) As A Photocatalyst For The C-H Arylation Of Heteroarenes Using Anilines As Radical Source, Palani Natarajan, Begümhan Karapinar Koç, Önder Meti̇n
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
In pristine graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN), amino groups often function as structural defects that trap photogenerated charges, resulting in low photocatalytic activity as well as reaction with nitrite, aldehyde, etc., ensuing in poor product yield. Without significantly altering the optical characteristics, the removal of amino groups is necessary to increase the photocatalytic activity and structural stability of pristine g-CN. The deamino graphitic carbon nitride (DA-gCN-5) was prepared by tert-butyl nitrite (TBN)- treatment, characterized and used as a photocatalyst for the radical C-H arylation of heteroarenes using anilines as radical source. Indeed, the photophysical characteristics of DA-gCN-5 and those of pristine …
Recommendations For Improving The Experimental Protocol For The Determination Of Photocatalytic Activity By Nitric Oxide Oxidation Measurements, Seli̇n Ernam, Zeynep Ece Akgül, Deni̇z Üner
Recommendations For Improving The Experimental Protocol For The Determination Of Photocatalytic Activity By Nitric Oxide Oxidation Measurements, Seli̇n Ernam, Zeynep Ece Akgül, Deni̇z Üner
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
The photocatalytic nitric oxide (NO) oxidation reaction is used as a standard diagnostic tool for photocatalytic activity according to the well-defined protocol described by ISO Standard 22197-1-2007. This protocol identifies the negative peak showing a NOx concentration drop during a gas flow switch from the calibration bypass to the reactor as adsorption of NOx on the surface. Evidence is provided for this first transient to be due to a dilution effect in the gas phase within the reactor. With proper models of residence time distribution analysis, this transient revealed the internal hydrodynamics and it can be used to determine the …
Synthesis Of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles With Renewable Resources And Their Applications: Review, Umut Şafak Öztürk, Ali̇me Çitak
Synthesis Of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles With Renewable Resources And Their Applications: Review, Umut Şafak Öztürk, Ali̇me Çitak
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
Metal-oxide nanoparticles have reached a wide range of applications in the last ten years. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles stand out with their unique crystal structure and near-perfect physical and chemical properties at nanoscales (crystal size between 10-100 nm). It has created many applications with its white pigment, semiconductor state, and effective photocatalytic properties, but the synthesis of these nanoparticles is very damaging to nature. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles, which can be synthesized with toxic solvents or high-energy machines, have started to be synthesized by the green synthesis method, which has been a cheap and easy method in recent years. The application areas …
Photocatalytic Degradation Of Aquatic Organic Pollutants With Zn- And Zr-Based Metalorganic Frameworks: Zif-8 And Uio-66, Fatma Defne Çalik, Bi̇lgesu Erdoğan, Esra Yilmaz, Gi̇zem Saygi, Seher Fehi̇me Çakicioğlu Özkan
Photocatalytic Degradation Of Aquatic Organic Pollutants With Zn- And Zr-Based Metalorganic Frameworks: Zif-8 And Uio-66, Fatma Defne Çalik, Bi̇lgesu Erdoğan, Esra Yilmaz, Gi̇zem Saygi, Seher Fehi̇me Çakicioğlu Özkan
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
Water treatment has been an essential issue with the increasing population over 40 years. Researchers center on the major organic pollutants, such as dyes, pesticides, and pharmaceutical products. Photocatalytic degradation is one of the promising methods for aquatic organic pollutant treatment. Over the years, scientists have been working on developments for photocatalysts to enhance their pollutant degradation performances. From the reviewed studies, it is seen that properties like surface area, chemical, mechanical, and thermal stability, and uniform distribution of active sites are crucial, and an increase in these properties provides better degradation efficiency. In this sense, metal-organic frameworks as photocatalysts …
Degradation Of Dye Containing In Textile Wastewater By Sequential Process: Photocatalytic And Biological Treatment, Jose Carlos Mendoza Hernandez, Gabriela Perez Osorio, Jose Eligio Moises Gutierrez Arias, Josefina Castañeda Camacho
Degradation Of Dye Containing In Textile Wastewater By Sequential Process: Photocatalytic And Biological Treatment, Jose Carlos Mendoza Hernandez, Gabriela Perez Osorio, Jose Eligio Moises Gutierrez Arias, Josefina Castañeda Camacho
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
In this research, a combined photocatalytic and biological treatment is proposed for the elimination of pollutants present in textile wastewater using a natural erionite zeolite (PE) and aluminum oxide (PA) synthesized by the sol-gel method as photocatalysts, and solar radiation. Both catalysts were characterized by XRD, SEM, and EDS. For biological treatment two bacterial consortium were used: BC1 (Escherichia coli N16, Serratia k120, Pseudomonas putida B03 and Enterobacter hormaechei), and consortium BC2 (Escherichia coli N16, Serratia Mc107, Enterobacter N9, Enterobacter hormaechei Mc9). The photocatalytic and microbiological treatments were carried out initially separately and subsequently in a …
Electrophoretic Deposition And Characterization Of Self-Doped Srtio$_{3}$ Thin Films, Naeimeh Sadat Peighambardoust, Umut Aydemi̇r
Electrophoretic Deposition And Characterization Of Self-Doped Srtio$_{3}$ Thin Films, Naeimeh Sadat Peighambardoust, Umut Aydemi̇r
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
Herein, titanium (Ti$^{3+}$) self-doped strontium titanate (SrTiO$_{3}$), so-called blue SrTiO$_{3}$, with a bandgap of 2.6 eV and favorable photocatalytic characteristics was fabricated through a facile and effective method. For electrochemical investigations, the electrophoretic deposition was applied to produce SrTiO$_{3}$ thin films on (fluorine-doped tin oxide) FTO conductive substrates. The electrophoretic voltage of 20 V and a process duration of 10 min were optimized to reach transparent and uniform coatings on FTO. The blue SrTiO$_{3}$ reveals lower resistance (charge transfer resistance of 6.38 Ω cm$^{-2}$) and higher electron mobility (current density value of 0.25 mA cm?2) compared to a pure SrTiO$_{3}$ …
N Doping Of Tio2 Nanocrystal For Efficient Photodegradation Of Organic Pollutants Underultraviolet And Visible Light Irradiation, Xiaoyou Yu, Qianrui Lv
N Doping Of Tio2 Nanocrystal For Efficient Photodegradation Of Organic Pollutants Underultraviolet And Visible Light Irradiation, Xiaoyou Yu, Qianrui Lv
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
To decrease the band gap of TiO2 and enhance its photocatalytic performance, in this work, N-doped nanocrystalline TiO2 is synthesized successfully through a simple sol-gel synthesis process with dicyandiamide used as N source. The N-doped TiO2 photocatalysts have been characterized in detail by means of powder X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscope. The photocatalytic activities of N-doped TiO2 to different organic pollutants are significantly different. Using 2 × 10-5 mol/L methylene blue as the target pollutant, N-doped TiO2 can produced approximately 100% conversion within 40 min, the photocatalytic degradation ability of …
Blue Dye Degradation In An Aqueous Medium By A Combined Photocatalytic Andbacterial Biodegradation Process, Gabriela Perez Osorio, Flor Del Rocio Hernandez Gomez, Janette Arriola Morales, Maribel Castillo Morales, Jose Carlos Mendoza Hernandez
Blue Dye Degradation In An Aqueous Medium By A Combined Photocatalytic Andbacterial Biodegradation Process, Gabriela Perez Osorio, Flor Del Rocio Hernandez Gomez, Janette Arriola Morales, Maribel Castillo Morales, Jose Carlos Mendoza Hernandez
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
This paper aimed at implementing a treatment system for polluted water with textile dyes, starting with a photocatalytic decomposition process using sunlight as a source of energy and continuing with a bacterial biodegradation process, in order to reach degradation percentages higher than those obtained using only one of the processes mentioned above. When water treatment with the dye in the combined system was over, an acute ecotoxicity test was performed to make sure that toxic metabolites were not produced due to biodegradation. Solophenyl Blue azoic dye, and Erionyl Blue and Terasil Blue anthraquinone dye-colored solutions were treated with the Pd/Al$_{80}$ …
Synthesis And Spectroscopic Characterization Of New Phthalocyanine Derivatives: Application As Photocatalysts For The Degradation Of Orange G, Yusuf Yilmaz, Kayode Sanusi
Synthesis And Spectroscopic Characterization Of New Phthalocyanine Derivatives: Application As Photocatalysts For The Degradation Of Orange G, Yusuf Yilmaz, Kayode Sanusi
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
New derivatives of 2(3),9(10),16(17),23(24)-tetrakis-(6-methylpyridin-2-yloxy)phthalocyanine (Pc) (2b, 2c, and 2d) were synthesized and their structures were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, $^{1}$H NMR, and high-resolution mass spectrometry. The spectral results were in line with the proposed structures. The photodegradation of Orange G (OG) dye in DMSO by the Pc derivatives was investigated. The compounds showed relatively high photodegradation rates that increased with increasing size of the central atoms. The Pc photodegradation rates showed fair correlation with the singlet oxygen generation efficiencies (${\Phi }_{{\Delta }})$. The observed rate constants were higher than the values already reported for other Pcs in the literature …
Preparation And Characterization Of Photocatalytic Tio$_{2}$/Glymo Nanocomposite Films, Esi̇n Akarsu, Hasan Erdem Çamurlu
Preparation And Characterization Of Photocatalytic Tio$_{2}$/Glymo Nanocomposite Films, Esi̇n Akarsu, Hasan Erdem Çamurlu
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
The reflux method was utilized for the synthesis of 5% Sn-doped TiO$_{2}$ nanopowder. Surfaces of the TiO$_{2}$ particles were modified with 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (glymo) and glass surfaces were coated with this solution by a spin-coating process. Molar ratios of TiO$_{2}$:glymo were 0.25, 0.5, 2.5, and 7.5 in the films. Nanocomposite films were cured at 130 $^{\circ}$C. Adhesions of the obtained films were classified as 5B and pencil hardness increased with the increase in the ratio of the TiO$_{2}$ in the films. Film thickness decreased from 5 $\mu $m to 0.3 $\mu $m when TiO$_{2}$:glymo was increased from 0.25 to 7.5. The …
Synthesis Of Na-, Fe-, And Co-Promoted Tio$_{2}$/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Composites And Their Use As A Photocatalyst, Alp Yürüm, Gürkan Karakaş
Synthesis Of Na-, Fe-, And Co-Promoted Tio$_{2}$/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Composites And Their Use As A Photocatalyst, Alp Yürüm, Gürkan Karakaş
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
The use of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in sol-gel synthesized titanium dioxide (TiO$_{2})$ photocatalysts as templates was systematically studied. CNTs have high oxidative thermal stability and the controlled removal of CNTs can be achieved at lower temperatures under air flow by the use of Na, Fe, and Co as a catalyst. These catalysts helped to reduce the oxidation temperature of CNTs; thus anatase phase was achieved without significant sintering. The use of a promoter, heat treatment, and various heat treatment atmospheres was effective in specific surface area, crystallinity, and photocatalytic activity against methylene blue (MB) degradation. While the specific surface …
Photocatalysis Of Formaldehyde In The Aqueous Phase Over Zno/Diatomite Nanocomposite, Reza Darvishi Cheshmeh Soltani, Alireza Khataee, Masumeh Mashayekhi, Mahdi Safari
Photocatalysis Of Formaldehyde In The Aqueous Phase Over Zno/Diatomite Nanocomposite, Reza Darvishi Cheshmeh Soltani, Alireza Khataee, Masumeh Mashayekhi, Mahdi Safari
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
In the present study, ZnO nanostructures were synthesized and immobilized on the surface of diatomite via a simple sonochemical method for the photocatalytic degradation of formaldehyde in the aqueous phase. The characterization of as-prepared ZnO/diatomite nanocomposite was carried out by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The photocatalysis of formaldehyde was favored at neutral pH. At a ZnO to diatomite ratio of 0.3, increasing the photocatalyst dosage from 0.2 to 1.5 g/L resulted in increasing the photocatalytic removal of formaldehyde from 37.51% to 88.05%. At a formaldehyde concentration of 100 mg/L, …
Visible Light Photocatalysis Of A Textile Dye Over Zno Nanostructures Covered On Natural Diatomite, Reza Darvishi Cheshmeh Soltani, Zohreh Haghighat
Visible Light Photocatalysis Of A Textile Dye Over Zno Nanostructures Covered On Natural Diatomite, Reza Darvishi Cheshmeh Soltani, Zohreh Haghighat
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
In the present study, ZnO nanostructures were ultrasonically synthesized and immobilized on the surface of diatomite and used for visible light photocatalysis of Acid Red 88 (AR88) in the aqueous phase. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses were employed for characterization of the samples. The process was optimized via response surface methodology (RSM) on the basis of central composite design (CCD). Based on numerical optimization, for the maximized color removal of 96% the initial dye concentration, the catalyst dosage, the reaction time, and the initial pH were 13 mg/L, 1.5 g/L, 85 min, and 4, respectively. The …
Comparative Photodecolorization Of Red Dye By Anatase, Rutile (Tio_2), And Wurtzite (Zno) Using Response Surface Methodology, Shahab Khameneh Asl, Sayad Khatib Sadrnezaad, Mansour Keyanpour-Rad, Deni̇z Üner
Comparative Photodecolorization Of Red Dye By Anatase, Rutile (Tio_2), And Wurtzite (Zno) Using Response Surface Methodology, Shahab Khameneh Asl, Sayad Khatib Sadrnezaad, Mansour Keyanpour-Rad, Deni̇z Üner
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
Treatment of dye pollution containing C.I. Acid Red 14 (AR14) by a coupled photocatalytic process was studied. Titanium dioxide, in the form of anatase and rutile, and zinc oxide, were used as photocatalysts. The investigated photocatalysts were Aldrich-produced nanopowders with crystallites of a mean size of 20-30 nm and a specific surface area of about 50 m^2/g. A comparison of TiO_{2(anatase)}, TiO_{2(rutile)}, TiO_{2(a,r)}, and ZnO for the decolorization of the AR14 solution was performed. Results showed that color removal followed the decreasing order of TiO_{2(a,r)}, ZnO > TiO_{2(a,r)} > TiO_{2(a)}, ZnO > TiO_{2(r)}, ZnO >TiO_{2(a,r)} > TiO_{2(a)} > ZnO > TiO_{2(r)}. Response surface methodology (RSM) was …
Effect Of Cmc And Hpc Mixture On The Photocatalytic Activity Of Nd-Tio_2/Sio_2 Film Under Visible Light Irradiation, Parviz Aberoomand, Shahram Moradi, Susan Samadi, Mohammad Saber Tehrani, Mohammad Hadi Givianrad
Effect Of Cmc And Hpc Mixture On The Photocatalytic Activity Of Nd-Tio_2/Sio_2 Film Under Visible Light Irradiation, Parviz Aberoomand, Shahram Moradi, Susan Samadi, Mohammad Saber Tehrani, Mohammad Hadi Givianrad
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
Neodymium-titania/silica films were prepared by the sol-gel method with the addition of various amounts of hydroxy propyl cellulose (HPC) and 5.09 \times 10^{-5} g g^{-1}_{solution} of carboxy methyl cellulose (CMC) in saturated conditions. The porous Nd-TiO_2/SiO_2 was obtained after heat treatment for 2 h at 500 °C, with the surface area up to 276 m^2 g^{-1}, which was measured using the Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller (BET) method. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that the particle size of Nd-TiO_2/SiO_2 decreased and the microstructure of the film became loose in suitable conditions with the addition of CMC to HPC. Subsequently, the photocatalytic …