Yunxin Shi,Liying Wang,Xin Miao,Zhenzhu Cao,Yongfeng Zhang,Lin Cheng,Jucai Yang
A series of donut-like nanostructured heterojunction materials are first synthesized via one-step solvothermal method to improve the photocatalytic efficiency for the environmental pollutants. The unique donut-like Fe-doped-BiOCl@Fe-MOF heterojunction with uniform size guarantees suitable surface area and many active sites for the model pollutant. The optimal photocatalytic efficiency is shown in degradation of RhB (99.0 %, 90 min) and TC (90.4 %, 90 min) solution, which had higher photocatalytic efficiency than a variety of similar materials previously reported. The result revealed that the enhancing photocatalytic activity is mainly depended on the synergistic effect of Fe-MOF and Fe-doped BiOCl. The possible mechanism is further studied, which shown h + and O 2 − are the primary active species in the degradation process of RhB and TC solution. Meantime, Fe-doped BiOCl@Fe-MOF with the excellent reusability and stability. After the fourth cycle, the degradation rate of RhB solution can still be as high as 86.4 %. In this work, we provide a higher efficiency heterojunction photocatalytic material by varying the organic ligand content.
Fe-doped BiOCl (Fe-BiOCl) hierarchical microspheres were successfully prepared by using a simple one-step solvothermal approach. The Fe-BiOCl hierarchical microspheres were analyzed by XRD, IR, SEM, XPS, TEM, etc. The analyses confirmed that impurity levels were successfully introduced into the band gap of BiOCl through Fe doping, leading to a decrease in the band gap and an expansion of the light absorption range to the visible region. Moreover, the separation and transfer of photogenerated carriers were more effectively promoted by Fe doping, resulting in a substantially elevated photocatalytic performance of BiOCl. After 40 min of dark adsorption and 60 min of photocatalysis, the removal efficiency of the prepared Fe-BiOCl-3 for methylene blue reached 93.5%, and the degradation reaction was accorded with a first-order kinetic law. After 5 cycles of photodegradation, Fe-BiOCl-3 still maintained its high photocatalytic ability, indicating that it had a certain degree of reusability. The active species capture experiment demonstrated that •O2– and •OH played a predominant role during the photocatalytic degradation process. Combined with the active species capture experiment, the photocatalytic degradation mechanism of Fe-BiOCl-3 was put forward.