The development of covalent organic frameworks (COFs)
with nodes
and spacers, designed to maximize their functional properties, is
a challenge. Triazines exhibit better electron affinity than benzene-based
aromatic rings; therefore, structures based on 1,3,5-substituted triazine-centered
nodes are more stable than those from 1,3,5-benzene-linked COFs. Compared
to COFs prepared from flat, rigid sp2 carbon-linked triazine
nodes, the O-linked flexible tripodal triazine-based COF demonstrates
several unpredictable properties such as an increase in crystallinity
and cavity size. In this study, the COF prepared from O-linked flexible
2,4,6-tris(p-formylphenoxy)-1,3,5-triazine serves
as an excellent absorbent for removing methylene blue from water.
Our results demonstrate that COF is highly stable in water and functions
as a robust adsorbent. Its adsorption isotherm is consistent with
the Langmuir model and its adsorption kinetics follows a pseudo-second
order model. Moreover, the COF was characterized using elemental analysis,
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis,
scanning electron microscopy, solid-state ultraviolet–visible
spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. It exhibited permanent porosity,
a high specific surface area (279.5 m2·g–1), and was chemically and thermally stable. Photophysical studies
revealed that the COF exhibits a low bandgap energy value of 3.07
eV, indicating its semiconducting nature.
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are kind of promising crystalline materials for photocatalytic organic conversion. The introduction of electron donor-acceptor (D-A) units into its structure can reasonably adjust the photoelectric properties...
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