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Manifestation of Cu-MOF-templated TiO2 nanocomposite for synergistic photoreduction of CO2 to methanol production

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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) comprised of metal ions and organic linkers exhibit large internal surface areas and pore volumes in order to create a supramolecular network-like structure. Current work deals with the synthesis of two different MOFs containing copper or nickel metals with benzene tricarboxylic acid (BTC) organic linker [Cu-BTC-MOF (1), Ni-BTC-MOF (2)] and two TiO2 immobilized MOF materials [TiO2@Cu-BTC-MOF (3) and TiO2@Ni-BTC-MOF (4)]. Synthesized four catalysts have been characterized by various spectroscopic techniques (SEM, XPS, single-crystal, BET surface analysis, FT-IR, UV–Vis DRS, and XRD). The results supported that the formation of frameworks octahedral geometry with chemical formula Cu(BTC)3·H2O and the immobilization of TiO2 on synthesized MOFs (1–4) have been confirmed. These synthesized catalysts 3 has demonstrated a significant yield ~ 4000 μmolg−1 when compared with recent reports with exceptional selectivity for photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol (MeOH).

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Abbreviations

MOFs:

Metal-organic frameworks

Cu:

Copper

Ni:

Nickel

TiO2 :

Titanium dioxide

BTC:

Benzene tricarboxylic acid

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

FT-IR:

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

XRD:

X-ray powder diffraction

UV–Vis DRS:

UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

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  1. Y. Taraka Prabhu and Ankush Kularkar contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Environmental Materials Division (EMD), CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur, 440020, India

    Penumaka Nagababu, Ankush Kularkar, M. S. Subbalakshmi, Jidnyasa Nagarkar & Sadhana Rayalu

  2. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India

    Penumaka Nagababu, Y. Taraka Prabhu & Ankush Kularkar

  3. Department of Analytical and Structural Chemistry, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad, India

    Y. Taraka Prabhu

  4. Department of Environmental Science, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi, Kerala, India

    M. S. Subbalakshmi

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PNB conceived the idea and conceptualized the research work. NB, MSS, AK, TP, and JN also prepared the catalyst and a few experiments and developed the original draft. MSS, SP, AK, and TP conducted experiments related to catalytic conversion of CO2 to methanol and GC–MS studies. SP and TBR analyzed the data.

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Nagababu, P., Prabhu, Y.T., Kularkar, A. et al. Manifestation of Cu-MOF-templated TiO2 nanocomposite for synergistic photoreduction of CO2 to methanol production. emergent mater. 4, 503–514 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42247-021-00187-5

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