Photocatalysis of C, N-doped ZnO derived from ZIF-8 for dye degradation and water oxidation

Carbon and nitrogen co-doped ZnO was synthesized by simple, two-step pyrolysis of a zinc-based metal organic framework (Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8, ZIF-8). ZIF-8 was firstly carbonized in a nitrogen atmosphere, followed by pyrolysis in air forming carbon and zinc oxide hybrids. The hybrids wer...

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Main Authors: Liang, Ping, Zhang, Chi, Sun, H., Liu, Shaomin, Tadé, Moses, Wang, Shaobin
Format: Journal Article
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2016
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103026
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9693
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author Liang, Ping
Zhang, Chi
Sun, H.
Liu, Shaomin
Tadé, Moses
Wang, Shaobin
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Zhang, Chi
Sun, H.
Liu, Shaomin
Tadé, Moses
Wang, Shaobin
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description Carbon and nitrogen co-doped ZnO was synthesized by simple, two-step pyrolysis of a zinc-based metal organic framework (Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8, ZIF-8). ZIF-8 was firstly carbonized in a nitrogen atmosphere, followed by pyrolysis in air forming carbon and zinc oxide hybrids. The hybrids were evaluated by photocatalytic dye degradation and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The contents of the dopants influenced the photocatalytic performances of the hybrids. The mechanism was illustrated and showed that hydroxyl radicals and photo-excited electrons contributed to the dye degradation. The carbon-zinc oxide hybrid also demonstrated a great potential for water oxidation because of the more active sites induced by dopants. © 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-96932022-10-12T07:42:51Z Photocatalysis of C, N-doped ZnO derived from ZIF-8 for dye degradation and water oxidation Liang, Ping Zhang, Chi Sun, H. Liu, Shaomin Tadé, Moses Wang, Shaobin Carbon and nitrogen co-doped ZnO was synthesized by simple, two-step pyrolysis of a zinc-based metal organic framework (Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8, ZIF-8). ZIF-8 was firstly carbonized in a nitrogen atmosphere, followed by pyrolysis in air forming carbon and zinc oxide hybrids. The hybrids were evaluated by photocatalytic dye degradation and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The contents of the dopants influenced the photocatalytic performances of the hybrids. The mechanism was illustrated and showed that hydroxyl radicals and photo-excited electrons contributed to the dye degradation. The carbon-zinc oxide hybrid also demonstrated a great potential for water oxidation because of the more active sites induced by dopants. © 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9693 10.1039/c6ra20667k http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103026 Royal Society of Chemistry restricted
spellingShingle Liang, Ping
Zhang, Chi
Sun, H.
Liu, Shaomin
Tadé, Moses
Wang, Shaobin
Photocatalysis of C, N-doped ZnO derived from ZIF-8 for dye degradation and water oxidation
title Photocatalysis of C, N-doped ZnO derived from ZIF-8 for dye degradation and water oxidation
title_full Photocatalysis of C, N-doped ZnO derived from ZIF-8 for dye degradation and water oxidation
title_fullStr Photocatalysis of C, N-doped ZnO derived from ZIF-8 for dye degradation and water oxidation
title_full_unstemmed Photocatalysis of C, N-doped ZnO derived from ZIF-8 for dye degradation and water oxidation
title_short Photocatalysis of C, N-doped ZnO derived from ZIF-8 for dye degradation and water oxidation
title_sort photocatalysis of c, n-doped zno derived from zif-8 for dye degradation and water oxidation
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103026
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9693