Trichromatic dyes sensitized HKUST-1 (MOF-199) as scavenger towards reactive blue 13 via visible-light photodegradation

A stable copper-organic framework of HKUST-1 was selected as photochemical reaction platform and a sensitization strategy was ingeniously adopted by introducing diversely visible light photosensitive single BY24, BR14 or MB guests into HKUST-1 to present three composite photocatalysts BY24@HKUST-1, BR14@HKUST-1 and MB@HKUST-1 for efficient and tunable visible photocatalytic performances towards dye of RB13.240