- Title
- Physico-chemical properties of lutetium phthalocyanine complexes in solution and in solid polystyrene polymer fibers and their application in photoconversion of 4-nitrophenol
- Creator
- Zugle, Ruphino
- Creator
- Nyokong, Tebello
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date Issued
- 2012
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/243520
- Identifier
- vital:51160
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2012.02.010"
- Description
- The photophysical and photochemical behavior of two phthalocyanine complexes of lutetium peripherally substituted with tetraphenoxy and tetra-2-pyridiloxy groups were studied in solution and when dispersed in polystyrene polymer fiber. The phthalocyanines were found not to fluoresce significantly in solution and not at all within the fiber matrix as compared with standard unsubstituted zinc phthalocyanine. They showed very promising photoactivity in solution with high singlet oxygen quantum yields. Their photoactivity within the polymer fiber matrix was also demonstrated with the photoconversion of 4-nitrophenol, a water pollutant. The photodegradation process with both phthalocyanines follows first order kinetics similar to that observed for the zinc phthalocyanine and the photo-products were found to be hydroquinone, benzoquinone and 4-nitrocatechol.
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- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (9 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical
- Relation
- Zugle, R. and Nyokong, T., 2012. Physico-chemical properties of lutetium phthalocyanine complexes in solution and in solid polystyrene polymer fibers and their application in photoconversion of 4-nitrophenol. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 358, pp.49-57
- Relation
- Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical volume 358 p. 49 2012 1873-314X
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Nyokong, Tebello (Distinguished Professor)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology
RU Department of Chemistry
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