M _xCo₃O₄/g-C₃N₄ Derived from Bimetallic MOFs/g-C₃N₄ Composites for Styrene Epoxidation by Synergistic Photothermal Catalysis

Abstract

Although metal-organic frameworks(MOFs) have been widely reported as precursors for obtaining various porous materials in recent years, the limited MOF types and monofunctional active site of MOF-based catalysts remain to be hard to crack. Herein, bimetallic MOFs, MCo-ZIFs stabilized by graphitized carbon nitride(g-C₃N₄) and their pyrolytic M _xCo₃O₄/g-C₃N₄ hybrids(M=Zn, Cu, Fe, Ni) have been designedly synthesized. The obtained M _xCo₃O₄/g-C₃N₄ hybrids display synergistic photothermal effect from both M _xCo₃O₄ and g-C₃N₄ under visible light irradiation. Significantly, the solution temperature can be heated from room temperature(20 °C) to 66 °C after 40 min irradiation. Therefore, the catalytic activity of M _xCo₃O₄/g-C₃N₄ exceeds those of most reported catalysts under mild reaction conditions. The optimal Zn _xCo₃O₄/g-C₃N₄ catalyst realizes 96% conversion and 75% selectivity toward styrene oxide within 20 min. Incredibly, the Cu _xCo₃O₄/g-C₃N₄ could achieve up to 89% selectivity toward styrene oxide. To our knowledge, this is the first report about the novel photothermal effect of ZIFs-derived metal oxides.

Keywords

Metal-organic framework / Pyrolysis / Photothermal effect / Styrene epoxidation

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