C60 aminofullerene-magnetite nanocomposite designed for efficient visible light photocatalysis and magnetic recovery

Yeoseon Choi; Youngjin Ye; Yuri Mackeyev; Min Cho; Sanghyup Lee; Lon J. Wilson; Jinwoo Lee; Pedro J.J. Alvarez; Wonyong Choi; Jaesang Lee

doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2013.11.065

C₆₀ aminofullerene-magnetite nanocomposite designed for efficient visible light photocatalysis and magnetic recovery

Yeoseon Choi, Youngjin Ye, Yuri Mackeyev, Min Cho, Sanghyup Lee, Lon J. Wilson, Jinwoo Lee, Pedro J.J. Alvarez, Wonyong Choi, Jaesang Lee

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Abstract

A magnetically recyclable photosensitizing system for harnessing solar energy for water treatment and disinfection is reported. This system comprises C₆₀ aminofullerene as a sensitizer for singlet oxygenation and functionalized mesoporous silica (msu-f SiO₂) encapsulating magnetite nanoparticles (msu-SiO₂/mag) as a magnetically separable host. Rapid degradation of furfuryl alcohol (FFA) (a singlet oxygen (¹O ₂) probe) under visible-light irradiation along with the kinetic retardation of FFA decomposition in the presence of ¹O₂ quenchers suggests that the visible-light activity of C₆₀ aminofullerene-derivatized msu-SiO₂/mag (C₆₀/msu-SiO ₂/mag) is related to the photosensitization of ¹O ₂. On the other hand, the use of SiO₂ gel and fumed SiO₂ as magnetic supports drastically reduced the photosensitized generation of ¹O₂, which is ascribed to the absence of an ordered pore structure in the alternative silica support, resulting in an uncontrolled growth of Fe₃O₄ and an aggregation of the fullerenes on the SiO₂ gel and fumed SiO₂. Significant ¹O₂ production using C₆₀/msu-SiO ₂/mag led to the effective oxidation of emerging pharmaceutical contaminants and inactivation of MS-2 bacteriophage under visible-light irradiation. Magnetic recovery and the subsequent reuse of the composite did not cause any significant loss in the photosensitizing activity of C ₆₀/msu-SiO₂/mag, demonstrating its potential for catalytic applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	92-100
Number of pages	9
Journal	Carbon
Volume	69
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2013.11.065
Publication status	Published - 2014 Apr

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Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Institutional Program ( 2E22853 ) and the KIST Global Research Laboratory Project ( 2Z03740 ). Partial funding was also provided by the Robert A. Welch Foundation ( Grant C-0627 ), the Korea National Research Foundation (Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ( NRF-2011-35B-D00020 ), the “The GAIA Project” (No. 2012000550021) of the Korea Ministry of Environment, and the “Converging Technology Project” of the Korea Ministry of Environment, as funded by KIST (2011000600001).

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