@article{56cd3f7556804b6ba73c71a9aaaf5cc1,
title = "Bi2O3 nanoparticles encapsulated in surface mounted metal-organic framework thin films",
abstract = "We describe a novel procedure to fabricate a recyclable hybrid-photocatalyst based on Bi2O3@HKUST-1 MOF porous thin films. Bi2O3 nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized within HKUST-1 (or Cu3(BTC)2) surface-mounted metal-organic frame-works (SURMOFs) and characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The Bi2O3 semiconductor NPs (diameter 1-3 nm)/SURMOF heterostructures exhibit superior photo-efficiencies compared to NPs synthesized using conventional routes, as demonstrated via the photodegradation of the nuclear fast red (NFR) dye.",
author = "Wei Guo and Zhi Chen and Chengwu Yang and Tobias Neumann and Christian K{\"u}bel and Wolfgang Wenzel and Alexander Welle and Wilhelm Pfleging and Osama Shekhah and Christof W{\"o}ll and Engelbert Redel",
note = "Funding Information: Financial support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the Priority Program Metal Organic Frameworks (SPP 1362) is gratefully acknowledged. E.R. thanks Landesstiftung Baden-W{\"u}rttemberg, KIT and CMM for sustainable research funding. We further thank Prof. Feldmann for providing us with precursor molecules. The support from the KNMF Laboratory for Microscopy and Spectroscopy and laser processing (http://www.knmf.kit.edu) is gratefully acknowledged. The authors further acknowledge the financial support of the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016.",
year = "2016",
month = mar,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1039/c6nr00532b",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "8",
pages = "6468--6472",
journal = "Nanoscale",
issn = "2040-3364",
publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry",
number = "12",
}