Affiliations: [a] Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
| [b] Department of Chemistry, Mokpo National University, Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea
| [c] Department of Chemistry, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India
| [d]
Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Corresponding authors: Rajesh K. Yadav, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, UP 273010, India. E-mail: rajeshkr_yadav2003@yahoo.co.in and Tae Wu Kim, Department of Chemistry, Mokpo National University, Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do, 58554, Republic of Korea. E-mail: twkim@mokpo.ac.kr.
Abstract: 4-hydroxynitrobenzene (4-HNB) is a highly effective industrial pollutant that causes adverse effects to human beings. In this regard, detoxification of noxious water is utmost indispensable. Highly efficient metal-free photocatalytic degradation and reduction of 4-HNB with and without reducing agent still challenge. Additionally, for this role, largely expensive reagents that can create inauspicious impacts on the environment are utilized. Herein, we developed a ‘1’ photocatalyst that has the excellent ability for the H2O2-mediated degradation and reductant-free reduction of 4-HNB. The ‘1’ photocatalyst has an excellent turnover number (TON) 0.644×1020 molecules and turnover frequency (TOF) 0.0035×1020 molecules /min.
