The visible light driven copper based metal-organic-framework heterojunction:HKUST-1@Ag-Ag3PO4 for plasmon enhanced visible light photocatalysis

Ag‐Enhanced TiO2–x/C Composites with Metal‐Organic Frameworks as Precursors for Photodegradation of Methyl Blue

“…MOFs possess large specific surface areas, high porosity, and diversity of structures and functions, thus many potential applications have been proposed in the domains of gas adsorption and separation, sensors, drug delivery, catalysis, and others . In particular, photoactive MOFs behaving as semiconductors have been used to eliminate the contamination of organic pollutants …”

A Review on the Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Water Purification

“…There are many diverse and heterogeneous configurations of photocatalytic reactors that are devoted to water treatment processes. The most common classification divides photocatalytic reactors into (i) reactors with the photocatalyst suspended in the solution and (ii) those with the photocatalyst immobilized on a fixed support [26,142]. The former one needs an additional separation step for the recovery and recirculation of the photocatalysts' particles.…”

A Review of Photocatalytic Water Purification with Metal Organic Frameworks

“…Higher photocurrent response usually indicates a more efficient separation of the photogenerated charges and longer lifetime of the charge carriers [136]. As an example, Sofi et al [137] studies the photoluminescence response of pristine HKUST-1 and Ag/Ag3PO4/HKUST-1 heterostructure to investigate the recombination of photogenerated charge carriers. Authors attributed the decreasing of the intensity in the heterostructure to the reduction of the electron-hole recombination due to the effective separation of photoinduced charge carriers.…”

“…Most of them use silver nanoparticles and other silver compounds to enhance the photocatalytic activity. The superior activity of these ternary systems was usually attributed to the synergistic effects from surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of silver compounds and the sequential transfer of charges via the known Z-scheme mechanism, resulting in an efficient separation of electron-hole pairs [137]. Nevertheless, in some cases the stability of these hybrids is not strong enough.…”