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Title Synthesis and investigation of two new crystalline organic inorganic nano-hybrids based on Wells-Dawson vanadotungstates and 1H-1, 2, 4-triazole as electro- and photocatalysts
Type JournalPaper
Keywords Polyoxometalate Wells-Dawson structure Inorganic-organic nano-hybrid Crystal structure Electrocatalytic activity Photocatalyst
Abstract Two new Wells–Dawson polyoxometalate-based organic-inorganic hybrid materials, namely, {[O]2.75[trz]7[α2-P2W17VO62]•12H2O}2(1) and {[O]11.5[trz]7[α2-P2W14.4V3.6O62]}2(2) (trz=1-H-1,2,4- triazole) were synthesized under mildconditions, and characterized by FT-IR, 1H NMR and 31P NMR spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, TGA, field emission SEM and cyclic voltammetry. These hybrids constructed from trz ligand and Wells–Dawson polyoxoanions, in which trzis connected to a monovanadium substituted [α2-P2W17VO62]7− in 1 and a hexa-vanadium substituted [P2W12V6O62]12−in 2 by hydrogen bonding interactions. The structures of 1 and 2 were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Electrocatalytical activities of compounds 1 and 2 in the form of modified carbon paste electrode (MCPE) towards the reduction of nitrite ion have been studied in different pH values at acidic buffer solutions. Compounds 1-MCPE and 2-MCPE exhibit good electrocatalytical activity for reduction of NO2−. Also, the photocatalytical properties of the compounds 1 and 2 for the degradation of methylene blue have been studied.
Researchers amirhassan amiri (Fifth Researcher), Behrooz Maleki (Fourth Researcher), Sylvain Duval (Third Researcher), Farrokhzad Mohammadi Zonoz (Second Researcher), Fatemeh Hajizadeh (First Researcher)