A nitrogen-doped porous carbon derived from copper phthalocyanines on/in ZIF-8 as an efficient photocatalyst for the degradation of dyes and the C H activation of formamides

Fabrication, functionalization and performance of doped photocatalysts for dye degradation and mineralization: a review

“…Shah et al (2019) reported excellent photocatalytic performances of the new nanomaterial in that the codoping of the WO 3 and Mn 2 O 3 had led to high photocatalytic activity in contrast to the photodegradation of methylene blue that reached nearly three and half times greater for in the case of the W-based materials and three times more in the case of the Mn-based materials in relation to their pure state compounds, respectively. In a study reported earlier, Movahed et al (2018) had shown that a novel, effective and reusable Cu X /N-PC composite could be employed as a heterogeneous photocatalyst for the degradation of methyl orange and rhodamine B and in the C-H activation of formamides. Movahed et al (2018) also reported that the most noteworthy photocatalytic activity of a Cu 0.25 /N-PC composite could be plausibly set on account of the high crystallinity of Cu 2 O, the absence of agglomeration, the high BET surface area of the composite and probable synergetic effects between Cu 2 O and hollow carbon.…”

“…In a study reported earlier, Movahed et al (2018) had shown that a novel, effective and reusable Cu X /N-PC composite could be employed as a heterogeneous photocatalyst for the degradation of methyl orange and rhodamine B and in the C-H activation of formamides. Movahed et al (2018) also reported that the most noteworthy photocatalytic activity of a Cu 0.25 /N-PC composite could be plausibly set on account of the high crystallinity of Cu 2 O, the absence of agglomeration, the high BET surface area of the composite and probable synergetic effects between Cu 2 O and hollow carbon. In another study, Krishnakumar et al (2017) synthesized magnesium-doped cadmium sulphide composites and functionalized them with polyvinyl alcohol.…”

The development of MOFs-based nanomaterials in heterogeneous organocatalysis

“…Due to the global crisis of energy and environment, electrocatalysis and photocatalysis are always considered to be the future of new clean energy, which are two promising application areas of heterogeneous catalysis apart from the organocatalysis. To date, MOFs, such as MIL-101 [117], MIL-125(Ti) [118], UIO-66 [119], ZIF-8 [120,121], and ZIF-67 [122] have been intensively investigated in these two fields and have shown some advantageous properties. Herein, we would like to give a brief outline about the advantages and application prospects of MOFs in electrocatalysis and photocatalysis.…”

Nanostructural catalyst: metallophthalocyanine and carbon nano-onion with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity towards organic pollutants

“…[1][2][3] Various systems have been studied and employed as photocatalysts in the past few decades. 4,5 Among these studied photocatalysts, carbon materials, [6][7][8] , organic derivatives or composites, [9][10][11][12][13] metal oxides, 14 inorganic nanoparticles and nanocrystals 15,16 and hybrid materials combining two or more components with different chemical natures have been used. 3,14,17,18 Oen, phthalocyanines (Pcs), derivatives of the aromatic tetraazaporphyrins, also appear among these systems.…”