TY - CONF AV - none ID - scholars9608 TI - Effect of monometallic copper on zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 synthesized by hydrothermal method KW - Catalysts; Copper; Crystalline materials; Energy gap; Field emission microscopes; Organometallics; Scanning electron microscopy; Sulfur compounds; Thermogravimetric analysis KW - Band gap energy; Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Hydrothermal methods; Metalorganic frameworks (MOFs); Photo-catalytic; Visible region; Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 KW - Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy N2 - 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. N1 - 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 PB - Institute of Physics Publishing SN - 17426588 Y1 - 2018/// VL - 1123 A1 - Goyal, S. A1 - Shaharun, M.S. A1 - Kait, C.F. A1 - Abdullah, B. UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85058216972&doi=10.1088%2f1742-6596%2f1123%2f1%2f012062&partnerID=40&md5=0636442e2cf422218bf38ddc30f7d8fd ER -