Issue 4, 2016 - Nankai University has successfully developed a high-efficiency photocatalyst

Nankai University has successfully developed a high-efficiency photocatalyst Professor Zhao Bin of the School of Chemistry of Nankai University and Professor Wang Weichao of the School of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering of Nankai University have successfully developed a new high-efficiency photocatalyst

with dual functions of hydrogen production by photolysis of water and photodegradation of organic compounds.

It is understood that the catalyst has extremely high thermal stability, water stability and catalytic efficiency, and can be reused, which has important application value
for solving problems such as energy shortage and environmental pollution.

Photolysis of water to produce hydrogen and photodegrade organic matter is one of the effective ways to solve energy shortage and environmental pollution, and photocatalysts play a very important role
in it.
Traditional photocatalysts are mainly precious metals and heterostructured semiconductor materials, due to the limited natural reserves of precious metals, high prices, the complex structure of heterostructured semiconductors, and the high preparation cost, which hinders their application
in solving environmental and energy problems.

This catalyst developed by Zhao Bin, Wang Weichao and other professors - semiconductor metal-organic framework referred to as MOF-1
.
The researchers found that experiments verified the reusability of MOF-1, which is critical
to reducing the cost of contaminant treatment.