A novel MOF/BiFeO3 composite as a catalyst for efficient and selective oxidation of alcohols
Abstract
In this work, a novel metal–organic framework based composite with BiFeO3 noted as MOF/BiFeO3 has been synthesized and successfully employed as a highly efficient heterogeneous and recoverable catalyst for oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols under mild conditions. Accordingly, existence of high porosity and active sites of both MOF and BiFeO3 are driving forces for the progress of the oxidation reaction. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transition electron microscopy (TEM), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) and Barret–Joyner–Halenda (BJH) methods were used for the catalyst characterization.