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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 9, Issue 64, Pages 37321-37330Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9ra08296d
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- University of Johannesburg (URC)
- Faculty of Science (FRC)
- National Research Foundation (Thuthuka)
- Centre for Nanomaterials Science Research (CNSR)
- Eskom (TESP)
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The fabrication of nanocomposites of a metal-organic framework with two-dimensional materials for photocatalytic water splitting and environmental remediation has been the focus of the scientific community for many years now. In the work reported here, MIL-125 (Ti) was functionalized using few-layer black phosphorus (FLBP) via a two-step hydrothermal and sonication approach. The as-synthesized composite materials were characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-Vis DRS) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The techniques revealed that the nanocomposites exhibited circular blocks and a sheet-like morphology; they also showed enhanced visible light absorption and thus could be applied in visible-light-driven photocatalytic water treatment or water splitting. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) showed that the composite referred to as 4%BpMIL displayed the lowest recombination of all the composites (MIL-125(Ti) > 12%BpMIL> 6%BpMIL > 4%BpMIL > FLBP) with high effectual charge transfer between FLBP and MIL-125(Ti) via a p-n junction.
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