Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of Reactive Red 120 dye under solar light using BiPO@g-CN nanocomposite photocatalyst.

Azo dyes such as Reactive Red 120 raise great concerns about their increased harmfulness. Photocatalytic degradation is considered to be one of the most efficient techniques for Reactive Red 120 degradation. Herein, a highly solar active graphitic carbon nitride-assisted bismuth phosphate nanocomposite (BiPO@g-CN) was synthesized by the thermal decomposition of melamine followed by the co-precipitation method.

Catalytic C-H Bond Activation and Knoevenagel Condensation Using Pyridine-2,3-Dicarboxylate-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks.

Three 1D coordination polymers (CPs) [M(pdca)(HO)] (M = Zn, Cd, and Co; ), and a 3D coordination framework {[(CH)NH][CuK(2,3-pdca)(pa)(NO)]} () (2,3-pdca = pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylate and pa = picolinic acid), have been synthesized adopting a solvothermal reaction strategy. The CPs have been thoroughly characterized using various spectral techniques, that is, elemental analyses, FT-IR, TGA, DSC, UV/vis, and luminescence. Structural information on was obtained by PXRD and X-ray single-crystal analyses, whereas morphological insights were attained through FESEM, AFM, EDX, HRTEM, and BET surface area analyses.