N-Doped graphene from metal-organic frameworks for catalytic oxidation of p-Hydroxylbenzoic acid: N-Functionality and mechanism

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Publisher

ACS Publications

School

School of Engineering

RAS ID

24673

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Liang, P., Zhang, C., Duan, X., Sun, H., Liu, S., Tade, M. O., & Wang, S. (2017). N-doped graphene from metal–organic frameworks for catalytic oxidation of p-hydroxylbenzoic acid: N-functionality and mechanism. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 5(3), 2693-2701. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b03035

Abstract

N-doped graphene has been considered as a promising catalyst with surface metal-free active sites for environmental remediation. Several MIL-100 (Fe)-templated N-doped graphene samples were synthesized using dicyandiamide, melamine, and urea as the nitrogen precursors. Excellent catalytic oxidation of p-hydroxylbenzoic acid (PHBA) was observed on the as-synthesized samples via peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation. The mechanism was investigated by both electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR, 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide and 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinol as the trapping agents) and quenching tests (ethanol and sodium azide as the radical scavengers). Benzoic acid and furfuryl alcohol were also employed as probing reagents for hydroxyl/sulfate radicals and singlet oxygen, respectively. The results confirmed that singlet oxygen was generated and dominated the PHBA degradation on N-doped graphene, rather than hydroxyl/sulfate radicals. With the novel N-doped graphene, this study illustrates the formation mechanism of nitrogen functionalities for reactive radicals via PMS activation for removal of organic contaminants in water.

DOI

10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b03035

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