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A Hybrid Nanocomposite of Coordination Polymer and rGO for Photocatalytic Degradation of Safranin-O Dye Under Visible Light Irradiation

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Photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes in less-toxic products under visible light irradiation is considered a green method which is widely used in this field. In this manuscript, a novel coordination polymer (PUCP1) based hybrid-nanocomposite (PUCP1@rGO) was synthesized. The PUCP1 and nanocomposite were successfully characterized by using various analytical techniques such as SCXRD, FT–IR, PXRD, TGA, FE–SEM, BET and XPS. The PUCP1 exhibits a 2D framework with an uninodal 4-connected net and sql topology. The PUCP1@rGO was applied as a sensitive and selective photocatalyst for significant degradation of Safranin-O (SO) dye. The rGO played an important role in the expansion of photocatalytic activity of the PUCP1 by inhibiting the recombination probability of electron–hole pairs. The results revealed that PUCP1@rGO nanocomposite can degrade 76% of SO dye in only 90 min under visible light at a neutral pH. The PUCP1@rGO was found very sensitive to photocatalytic degradation of SO dye because a very small amount of catalyst (i.e. 10 mg) degrades the 5 μM concentration of SO dye in the presence of light. The PUCP1@rGO is a reusable photocatalyst for up to 5 cycles. Rarely, any sensitive photocatalyst for SO dye is reported in literature than PUCP1@rGO which degrades SO dye in a very small period with significant quantity. Thus, PUCP1@rGO can be used as a promising photocatalyst for the degradation of SO dye.

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In this work, we have synthesized a novel coordination polymer (PUCP1) and nanocomposite (PUCP1@rGO) by impreganation of rGO in PUCP1 framework.The PUCP1 exhibited selective photocatalytic response towards safranin-O dye under visible light irradiation and impregnation of rGO enhance the photocatalytic properties of PUCP1@rGO nanocomposite as compared to parent PUCP1.The PUCP1@rGO nanocomposite degrade the safranin-O dye up to 76% in 90 min only under visible light.

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Ajay Kumar is thankful to CSIR, India for financial support as SRF {09/135(0847)/2019-EMR-I}. Kushal Arya also thanks CSIR for SRF {09/135(0892)/2019-EMR-I}. Authors thanks DST, GOI for financial support in the form of PURSE Grant (II) and FIST (II) for the Single-crystal facility at the Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

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    Kushal Arya, Ajay Kumar, Aashima Sharma, Surinder Kumar Mehta & Ramesh Kataria

  2. MCM DAV College for Woman, Chandigarh, 160036, India

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  3. Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar University, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India

    Surinder Singh

  4. Department of Chemistry, D.A.V. College, Abohar, 152116, India

    Suresh Kumar Sharma

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Arya, K., Kumar, A., Sharma, A. et al. A Hybrid Nanocomposite of Coordination Polymer and rGO for Photocatalytic Degradation of Safranin-O Dye Under Visible Light Irradiation. Top Catal 65, 1924–1937 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-022-01701-7

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