Experimental and Density Functional Theory Studies on a Zinc(II) Coordination Polymer Constructed with 1,3,5-Benzenetricarboxylic Acid and the Derived Nanocomposites from Activated Carbon
Chinyere A. Anyama, Benedict I. Ita, Ayi A. Ayi, Hitler Louis, Emmanuel Orok Duke, Joseph O. Ogar, Charles O. Oseghale
Abstract
compared to the pristine ZnBTC. The results also revealed that activated carbons from the banana peel and the derived nanocomposites exhibited better porous structure parameters than those obtained from orange peel. The degradation efficiency of methyl orange in aqueous solutions using ZnBTC as a photocatalyst was found to be 52 %, while that of the nanocomposites were enhanced up to 79 %.
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Density functional theoryThermogravimetric analysisPowder diffractionMaterials scienceNanocompositeHOMO/LUMOPhysical chemistryCrystallographyChemistryOrganic chemistryMoleculeNanotechnologyComputational chemistryMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsCovalent Organic Framework ApplicationsCrystallography and molecular interactions