Microwave assisted synthesis of PQ-GDY@NH2-UIO-66(Zr) for improved photocatalytic removal of NOx under visible light


Dieqing Zhang , Qingyu Yang , Shuangjun Li , Rui Liang , Lei Gao , Shao Zhang , Junfen Jia , Yiran Liu , Rundong Lyv , Guisheng Li , Shengxiong Xiao

DOI:10.1016/j.jes.2023.01.020

Received December 31, 2021,Revised , Accepted January 15, 2023, Available online February 08, 2023

Volume 35,2023,Pages 126-137

Pyrazinoquinoxaline-based graphdiyne (PQ-GDY) contains a fixed number of sp−sp2 hybridized carbon atoms and pyrazine-like sp2 hybridized N atoms. In this paper, NH2-UIO-66(Zr) on PQ-GDY substrate was successfully constructed with the help of microwave-assisted heating. PQ-GDY surface acts as a microwave antenna under microwave irradiation to rapidly absorb microwave energy and form hot spots (hot spot effect), which facilitates the formation of well-dispersed NH2-UIO-66(Zr) with good crystallinity. Transient absorption spectra show that high hole transport property of PQ-GDY can accelerate the migration of photogenerated holes from NH2-UIO-66(Zr) to PQ-GDY and greatly reduce the recombination rate of photogenerated electrons and holes due to the strong interaction between PQ-GDY and NH2-UIO-66(Zr). Under visible light (λ ≥ 420 nm), PQ-GDY@NH2-UIO-66(Zr) shows high photocatalytic stability and high NOx removal rate up to 74%, which is 44% higher than that of primitive NH2-UIO-66(Zr). At the same time, it inhibits the formation of toxic by-products (NO2) and limits its concentration to a low level.

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