%0 Conference Paper
%A Goyal, S.
%A Shaharun, M.S.
%A Kait, C.F.
%A Abdullah, B.
%D 2018
%F scholars:9608
%I Institute of Physics Publishing
%K Catalysts; Copper; Crystalline materials; Energy gap; Field emission microscopes; Organometallics; Scanning electron microscopy; Sulfur compounds; Thermogravimetric analysis, Band gap energy; Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Hydrothermal methods; Metalorganic frameworks (MOFs); Photo-catalytic; Visible region; Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
%N 1
%R 10.1088/1742-6596/1123/1/012062
%T Effect of monometallic copper on zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 synthesized by hydrothermal method
%U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/9608/
%V 1123
%X Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which are self-assembled and can be synthesized by the coordination of metal cation/clusters with organics linkers. Copper/zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (Cu/ZIF-8) MOF catalyst was successfully synthesized by reaction of metal sulfates of Cu with ZIF-8 via hydrothermal method. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) exhibits the excellent thermal stability up to 450°C of the Cu/ZIF-8 catalyst. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) confirmed the ZIF-8 structure and the addition of copper metal. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) images exhibit great morphologies which confirms the synthesis of Cu/ZIF-8 catalyst. UV-Vis (Ultraviolet-visible) spectroscopy and DRS (diffuse reflectance spectroscopy) show more absorbance in the visible region of Cu/ZIF-8 and lower band gap energy respectively, which leads to photocatalytic support. Our discoveries investigated a basic and intense approach to photocatalyst without losing their properties. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
%Z cited By 15; Conference of 5th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Sciences, ICFAS 2018 ; Conference Date: 13 August 2018 Through 15 August 2018; Conference Code:142772