Preparation of Thiadiazole Modified UiO-68-CdS Composites for RhB Degradation under Visible Light Irradiation

Abstract

In this paper, the photosensitive Zr-MOF material Thiadiazole-modified UiO-68 (UiO-68N2S) was used to prepare CdS@UiO-68N2S composites by MOF post-reaction. The chemical composition is characterized using PXRD, FT-IR, XPS, SEM, and TGA. Rhodamine B was used as the model dye for photocatalytic degradation to evaluate the performance of CdS@UiO-68N2S under visible light irradiation. Experimental results show that the degradation rate of a 25 mg/L RhB solution (10 mL) reached 94% with 10 mg CdS@UiO-68N2S as a photocatalyst under blue light irradiation in 13 h at room temperature. The mechanism study revealed that O2•− is the reactive oxygen species for the degradation of Rhodamine B. Recycle experiments showed that CdS@UiO-68N2S can be reused for three rounds without a significant reduction of its catalytic function.

Keywords

• Zr-MOF material
• cadmium sulfide
• visible photocatalysis
• Rhodamine B degradation