Water oxidation catalyst, preparation method and application
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of chemical catalysts, and particularly relates to a rare earth doped graphene oxide coated polyaniline formic acid nano iron oxide catalyst, a preparation method and application in water oxidation catalysis.
Background
Nowadays, the development of a catalyst for converting light energy into chemical energy to promote the oxidative cracking of water into oxygen and hydrogen has important significance for the research and development of new energy. In nature, the photosynthetic system of green plants mainly utilizes solar energy to promote electron transfer catalysis H of oxygen complex2And (4) oxidizing O. The artificial simulation of photosynthesis to carry out the oxidation of the driving water by the optical driver to convert the driving water into oxygen has important significance in the research of new energy and the development of green chemistry. In recent years, numerous metal oxides have been widely used to catalyze the oxidation of water [ Dau, h; fujita, e.; sun, L.C.Artificial photosynthesis, beyond and micromiking nature, chem.Sus.chem.2017,10, 4228-; wang, s.j.; li, M.; patil, A.J.; sun, s.y.; tian, l.f.; zhang, d.x.; cao, m.w.; man, S.design and construction of intellectual phosphor technical cells a portable of converting day light to chemical energy J.Mater.chem.2017,5(47),24612 and 24616.]. But the development of metal oxides is limited by the absence of electron acceptors and light absorbers. Polymers have received much attention as a new type of semiconductor; among them, polyaniline, as an n-type semiconductor, can be used as an electron acceptor of a catalyst [ Gu, b.; he, S.; zhou, w.; kang, j.c.; cheng, k.; zhang, q.h.; wang, Y.Polyaniline supported iron catalyst for selective synthesis of lower olefins from synthesis. J.energy. chem.2017,26(4), 608-.]. Iron oxide is a potential photocatalytic water oxidation catalyst. Before usThe research in the future finds that p-aminobenzoic acid can form polyaniline formic acid under the action of iron ions, and iron oxide coated by the polyaniline formic acid has a catalyst for catalytic oxidation and an electron acceptor, but the catalyst needs a noble metal bipyridyl ruthenium as a photosensitizer, so that the further application of the catalyst is limited.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the problems, the invention takes rare earth elements and iron elements as raw materials, prepares a novel non-ruthenium optical drive water oxidation catalyst by the concepts of graphene combination and coordination polymerization, and successfully applies the catalyst to optical drive water oxidation to release oxygen. The catalyst is a novel green catalyst integrating an electron acceptor and a light absorbent, and is expected to be applied to a low-oxygen environment.
The invention provides a preparation method of a catalyst for efficient water oxidation. Graphene oxide is used as an outer membrane, and a stable photosensitive catalyst (PPaba-Fe) with higher activity is successfully synthesized in an aqueous solution by utilizing the binding force between the graphene oxide and p-aminobenzoic acid and the coordination of the p-aminobenzoic acid, Fe (III) and Eu (III) ions2O3/Eu @ GO). This light sensitive catalyst (PPaba-Fe)2O3Eu @ GO) has a size of 400nm and can be used for catalyzing the oxidation of water to produce O2。
The method utilizes graphene oxide to adsorb pi-pi function of p-aminobenzoic acid, then utilizes coordination among carboxyl in p-aminobenzoic acid, iron ions and rare earth ions europium to form iron oxide nano particles, iron ions perform coordination polymerization on aminobenzoic acid to generate polyaniline formic acid, and graphene oxide is coated to form a europium-doped graphene oxide coated polymer nano iron oxide catalyst which can efficiently catalyze the oxidation of water to O2And the chemical property is stable, and the catalyst is easy to recycle, so the prepared catalyst is a novel optical drive water oxidation catalyst integrating a photosensitizer, a catalyst and an electron acceptor.
The invention adopts the following specific technical scheme:
a preparation method of rare earth ion doped graphene oxide coated poly (p-aminobenzoic acid) compound nano iron oxide comprises the following steps:
adding para aminobenzoic acid and sodium hydroxide into an aqueous solution, uniformly mixing the solution by primary magnetic stirring at room temperature, slowly adding the mixed solution into the graphene oxide solution, and performing secondary magnetic stirring; adding ferric chloride solution, and performing magnetic stirring for the third time; then adding europium chloride aqueous solution, and carrying out magnetic stirring for the fourth time. And transferring the final reaction solution into a reaction kettle after stirring for the fourth time, and calcining for 3-12h, preferably 6h at 160 ℃ to obtain the europium-doped graphene oxide coated nano iron oxide catalyst.
Wherein the molar ratio of the p-aminobenzoic acid to the sodium hydroxide is 2:1-1:2, and the optimal molar ratio is 1: 1.
The magnetic stirring time is 30min, and the temperature is room temperature.
Wherein the molar ratio of the para aminobenzoic acid to the ferric chloride is 2:1-1:2, and the optimal molar ratio is 1: 1.
The mass ratio of the graphene oxide to the ferric chloride is 1:13.5-1:30, and the optimal mass ratio is 1: 27.
Wherein the molar ratio of the europium chloride to the ferric chloride is 1:2000-1:5000, and the optimal molar ratio is 1: 2500.
In the preparation method, the graphene oxide is coated on the outer layer while the poly-p-aminobenzoic acid nano iron oxide is synthesized by a one-step hydrothermal method for the first time, so that the electron transfer efficiency of the catalyst is improved. Meanwhile, the doping of rare earth ions is beneficial to improving the energy transfer efficiency of the nano material, and can catalyze the oxidation of water to release oxygen under the condition of no additional substances, so that the function of bionic oxygen release is realized, and the iron-based water oxidation catalyst which is internationally reported for the first time does not use ruthenium as a photosensitizer; in addition, the invention firstly utilizes a one-step hydrothermal method to coat the graphene oxide on the outer layer of the rare earth ion doped nano iron oxide, the nano catalyst improves the electron transfer efficiency by introducing the graphene oxide, improves the energy transfer efficiency of the nano material by doping the rare earth, and obtains a novel catalyst which is formed by coating the rare earth ion doped polymerization nano iron oxide on the outer layer of the graphene oxide, the catalyst has better effect of catalyzing and releasing oxygen on water, and has higher catalytic activity and energy transfer efficiency compared with polymer iron oxide.
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FIG. 1 shows the preparation of PPaba-Fe in example 12O3(iii) scanning electron micrograph of/Eu @ GO. As can be seen from FIG. 1, PPaba-Fe2O3The particle size of Eu @ GO is uniform, and the rare earth doped nano iron oxide is successfully coated by graphene oxide.
FIG. 2 shows PPaba-Fe under illumination by an LED (4w) lamp2O3Graph of the evolution of oxygen over time as a function of water released by reaction with Eu @ GO (5 mg). As can be seen from the figure, the catalyst can react with water to release oxygen under the irradiation of the LED lamp, and the release amount of the oxygen is gradually increased along with the time in the 2-hour experimental time, which indicates the good water oxidation activity of the catalyst.
Different preparation techniques have an effect on the amount of oxygen released by the catalyst from the water, wherein the catalyst prepared in example 1 has the best activity, and therefore the performance test uses the sample prepared in example 1.
Detailed Description
PPaba-Fe2O3Synthesis of/Eu @ GO
Example 1 (PPaba-Fe)2O3Optimized preparation scheme of Eu @ GO): 1mmol of p-aminobenzoic acid and 1mmol of sodium hydroxide (molar ratio of p-aminobenzoic acid to sodium hydroxide is 1:1) were added to 5mL of the aqueous solution, and the solution was magnetically stirred at room temperature for 30min to mix well. At room temperature, adding a mixed solution of p-aminobenzoic acid and sodium hydroxide into a graphene oxide solution, magnetically stirring for 30min, adding 1mmol of ferric chloride solution into the graphene oxide mixed solution of p-aminobenzoic acid (the volume is 5mL, wherein the molar ratio of ferric chloride to p-aminobenzoic acid is 1:1, and the mass ratio of graphene oxide to ferric chloride is 1:27), magnetically stirring for 30min, adding 0.4 mu mol of europium chloride solution into the mixed solution (the molar ratio of europium chloride to ferric chloride is 1:2500), magnetically stirring for 30min, transferring into a reaction kettle, calcining for 6h at 160 ℃, and obtaining the europium-doped graphene oxide-coated polymer nano-iron oxideAn oxidizing agent.
Example 2: 1mmol of p-aminobenzoic acid and 2mmol of sodium hydroxide (molar ratio of p-aminobenzoic acid to sodium hydroxide is 1:2) were added to 5mL of the aqueous solution, and the solution was stirred magnetically at room temperature for 30min to mix well. At room temperature, adding a mixed solution of p-aminobenzoic acid and sodium hydroxide into a graphene oxide solution, magnetically stirring for 30min, adding 1mmol of ferric chloride solution into the graphene oxide mixed solution of p-aminobenzoic acid (the volume is 5mL, wherein the molar ratio of ferric chloride to p-aminobenzoic acid is 1:1, and the mass ratio of graphene oxide to ferric chloride is 1:27), magnetically stirring for 30min, adding 0.4 mu mol of europium chloride solution into the mixed solution (the molar ratio of europium chloride to ferric chloride is 1:2500), magnetically stirring for 30min, transferring into a reaction kettle, and calcining at 160 ℃ for 6h to obtain the europium-doped graphene oxide-coated polymer nano-iron oxide catalyst.
Example 3: 2mmol of p-aminobenzoic acid and 1mmol of sodium hydroxide (molar ratio of p-aminobenzoic acid to sodium hydroxide is 2:1) were added to 5mL of the aqueous solution, and the solution was stirred magnetically at room temperature for 30min to mix well. At room temperature, adding a mixed solution of p-aminobenzoic acid and sodium hydroxide into a graphene oxide solution, magnetically stirring for 30min, adding 1mmol of ferric chloride solution into the graphene oxide mixed solution of p-aminobenzoic acid (the volume is 5mL, wherein the molar ratio of ferric chloride to p-aminobenzoic acid is 1:2, and the mass ratio of graphene oxide to ferric chloride is 1:27), magnetically stirring for 30min, adding 0.4 mu mol of europium chloride solution into the mixed solution (the molar ratio of europium chloride to ferric chloride is 1:2500), magnetically stirring for 30min, transferring into a reaction kettle, and calcining at 160 ℃ for 12h to obtain the europium-doped graphene oxide-coated polymer nano-iron oxide catalyst.
Example 4: 1mmol of p-aminobenzoic acid and 1mmol of sodium hydroxide (molar ratio of p-aminobenzoic acid to sodium hydroxide is 1:1) were added to 5mL of the aqueous solution, and the solution was magnetically stirred at room temperature for 30min to mix well. At room temperature, adding a mixed solution of p-aminobenzoic acid and sodium hydroxide into a graphene oxide solution, magnetically stirring for 30min, adding 1mmol of ferric chloride solution into the graphene oxide mixed solution of p-aminobenzoic acid (the volume is 5mL, wherein the molar ratio of ferric chloride to p-aminobenzoic acid is 1:1, and the mass ratio of graphene oxide to ferric chloride is 1:15), magnetically stirring for 30min, adding 0.4 mu mol of europium chloride solution into the mixed solution (the molar ratio of europium chloride to ferric chloride is 1:2500), magnetically stirring for 30min, transferring into a reaction kettle, and calcining at 160 ℃ for 6h to obtain the europium-doped graphene oxide-coated polymer nano-iron oxide catalyst.
Example 5: 1mmol of p-aminobenzoic acid and 1mmol of sodium hydroxide (molar ratio of p-aminobenzoic acid to sodium hydroxide is 1:1) were added to 5mL of the aqueous solution, and the solution was magnetically stirred at room temperature for 30min to mix well. At room temperature, adding a mixed solution of p-aminobenzoic acid and sodium hydroxide into a graphene oxide solution, magnetically stirring for 30min, adding 1mmol of ferric chloride solution into the graphene oxide mixed solution of p-aminobenzoic acid (the volume is 5mL, wherein the molar ratio of ferric chloride to p-aminobenzoic acid is 1:1, and the mass ratio of graphene oxide to ferric chloride is 1:27), magnetically stirring for 30min, adding 0.2 mu mol of europium chloride solution into the mixed solution (the molar ratio of europium chloride to ferric chloride is 1:5000), magnetically stirring for 30min, transferring into a reaction kettle, and calcining at 160 ℃ for 3h to obtain the europium-doped graphene oxide-coated polymer nano-iron oxide catalyst.
Example 6: step one, the PPaba-Fe prepared in example 1 was taken2O3Eu @ GO dispersed in 2mL of a PB (pH 8.5) buffer solution at a concentration of 2.5 mg/mL-1And transferring the mixture into a reactor.
Step two, recording O every 10min under the condition of illumination2And (4) releasing the amount.
FIG. 2 shows PPaba-Fe under illumination by an LED (4w) lamp2O3Graph of the evolution of oxygen over time as a function of water released by reaction with Eu @ GO (5 mg). As can be seen from the figure, the catalyst can react with water to release oxygen under the irradiation of the LED lamp, and the release amount of the oxygen is gradually increased along with the time in the 2-hour experimental time, which indicates the good water oxidation activity of the catalyst.