WO3 in suit embed into MIL-101 for enhancement charge carrier separation of photocatalyst

Compositing nanoparticles photo-catalyst with enormous surface areas metal–organic framework (MOF) will greatly improve photocatalytic performances. Herein, WO 3 nanoparticles are partly embedded into pores of MIL-101 or only supported on the outside of representative MIL-101, which were defined as embedded structure WO 3 @MIL-101@WO 3 and coating structure WO 3 &MIL-101 respectively. Different pH, concentration and loading percentage were researched. XRD, TEM and BET were carried to analyze the composites. Compared with the pristine WO 3 , all WO 3 loaded MOF nanocomposites exhibited remarkable enhancing for the efficiency of photocatalytic degradation methylene blue under visible light. Their activity of the same loading percentage WO 3 in embedded structure and coating structure have increased for 9 and 3 times respectively compared with pure WO 3 . The WO 3 @MIL-101@WO 3 has 3 times higher efficiency than WO 3 &MIL-101, because the shorter electron-transport distance can make a contribution to electron–hole separation. The further mechanism involved has been investigated by radical quantify experiment, XPS and photoluminescence spectroscopy.