Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research
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2022
·Vol. 3
·期 12
·2200138
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IF 0
Linlin Zhang,Lu Liu,Xiaodong Zhang,Chengjun Ge,Jianjun Liao
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) have attracted widespread attention due to their durability to the environment. Therefore, it is highly desirable to develop new technologies that are environmentally friendly, energy saving, and compatible to degrade these pollutants. In this study, a vis–NIR-driven and highly efficient S-scheme photocatalyst, WO 3− x /S doped g-C 3 N 4 , is used for PPCPs degradation. The results show that the photocatalytic activity of WO 3− x /S doped g-C 3 N 4 composite system for PPCPs is much higher than that of WO 3− x and g-C 3 N 4 . The introduced WO 3− x has a great positive effect on the photocatalytic performance of WO 3− x /S doped g-C 3 N 4 S-scheme composite photocatalyst for both naproxen and diclofenac. Due to the fast photogenerated carrier separation brought by the S-scheme, the WO 3− x /S-doped g-C 3 N 4 nanocomposite exhibits enhanced performance in photocatalytic PPCPs degradation. The degradation rate of naproxen is 99.2%, and the degradation rate of diclofenac can also be as high as 99.5%. This research has important reference value for the synthesis of WO 3 -based S-scheme photocatalysts for energy and environmental applications.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2019
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IF 5.155
Weixuan Zeng,Yuan Bian,Sheng Cao,Anquan Zhu,Lulu Qiao,Yongjin Ma,Pengfei Tan,Quanyin Ma,Rui Dong,Jun Pan
Visible light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production has been deemed a potential means to solve the increasingly serious energy shortage problem. Herein, two dimensional (2D) Sr 2 Ta 2 O 7 /S-doped g-C 3 N 4 nanocomposites that applied in photocatalytic water reduction were fabricated through thermal condensation of thiourea with hydrothermal-prepared Sr 2 Ta 2 O 7 . The resulted Sr 2 Ta 2 O 7 /S-doped g-C 3 N 4 nanocomposite exhibited enhanced hydrogen evolution rate (11.36 μmol g −1 h −1 ) under visible light irradiation, which is about 3.5 times higher than that of pure S-doped g-C 3 N 4 . In light of the UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, Mott-Schottky curve and photoluminescence spectra, the enhanced photocatalytic performance could be mainly attributed to the conduction band difference between Sr 2 Ta 2 O 7 and S-doped g-C 3 N 4 . In addition, transient photoluminescence spectra, electrochemical impedance spectra and photocurrent responses proved that the presence of Pt cocatalyst also plays an important role in facilitates the transport of photoexcited electron-hole pairs, subsequently promoting the photocatalytic performance.
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材料科学
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能源科学
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Journal of Water Process Engineering
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2024
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IF 6.3
Huda D. Abdul kader,Saad H. Ammar,Waqar A. Abdulnabi,Zaid H. Jabbar,Haidar Taofeeq,A. Al-Farraji
The development of new and effective photocatalytic heterojunctions for green environmental remediation under visible-illumination has received great attention in recent years. Herein, we assembled BiVO 4 -decorated S-doped g-C 3 N 4 (BVO/SCN) heterojunctions with different BVO:SCN ratios (5 to 30 wt% BVO) to achieve effective photocatalytic heterojunctions for visible-light-prompted degradation of antibiotic TC in a three-phase split-plate airlift photocatalytic reactor, in which successfully reducing charge recombination rate. Obviously, BVO/SCN endorsed greater photodecomposition performance of TC under visible-light (decompose 95.7 % of TC in 60 min), which compared to SCN was approximately 5-times enhancement. The TC mineralization efficiency of BVO/SCN hybrid (84 % within only 60 min) was higher than that of the individual BVO and SCN. The efficient internal self-mixing generated in the airlift photocatalytic reactor greatly contributed to increasing the TC degradation efficiency by improving the mass transfer and the irradiation process of the mixture, in which the degradation efficiency increased from 88 % without airlift to 95.7 % in airlift reactor. On the other hand, the high degradation efficiency was credited to the extended absorbing of visible-light and great separation of photo-prompted carriers through the formation of Z-type heterojunction between BVO and SCN. As recorded by the trapping investigates, the • O 2 − and • OH radicals act as the main reactive-species in the TC photocatalytic degradation process. Moreover, High durability of the developed BVO/BCN heterojunctions was obtained, in which 89.4 % TC degradation was still recorded after five rounds.
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2024
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IF 7.4
Chuanhao Li,Yi Tian,Shuangyu Wang,Ping Yang,Xiao Zhang
To improve the stability of Ag based co-catalysts and to increase the photocatalytic performance of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ), Ag 2 Se nanoparticles were grown onto superior thin sulfur-doped g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets which was fabricated via two-step thermal polymerization at high temperature. Ultrathin S-doped g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets were prepared via two-step thermal polymerization using melamine and thiourea. The ratios of Ag 2 Se were adjusted to fabricate a series of Ag 2 Se/S-g-C 3 N 4 (Ag 2 Se/SCN) composite samples by controlled solvothermal synthesis. S-doping plays an important role in mono-dispersion of Ag 2 Se nanoparticles on S-g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets because of the control of growth sites. The photocatalytic removal of tetracycline hydrochloride test indicates that sample Ag 2 Se/SCN-3 with Ag 2 Se loading of 3 % reveals the best removal effect, in which tetracycline hydrochloride of 60 % is removed within 60 min. Photocatalytic hydrogen generation test results without co-catalyst addition demonstrate that sample Ag 2 Se/SCN-3 exhibits the best H 2 evolution rate of 2116.35 μmol·g −1 ·h −1 , which is 3.8 times of that of pure carbon nitride. The photocatalytic mechanism tests suggest that Schottky heterojunctions are formed in the Ag 2 Se/S-g-C 3 N 4 composites. The formation of Schottky heterojunctions improved the separation efficiency of photogenerated charge carriers. The incorporation of Ag 2 Se nanoparticles (as the co-catalyst) on S-g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets is the key for drastically improving the photocatalytic performance and eliminating the use of Pt co-catalyst during the photocatalytic processes.
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环境科学
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2024
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IF 5.5
Shuting Luan,Shiyi Zhang,Wenhua Zhang,Shiwen Lv,Xuchun Li,Xuhua Ren,Yanqing Cong
An efficient and stable catalyst is the key to electrocatalytic hydrogen production . Herein, a bifunctional electrocatalyst is developed for electrocatalytic hydrogen production by depositing S-doped g-C 3 N 4 on Co/Ni metal-organic framework electrode (namely CoNi-MOFs/S-g-C 3 N 4 ). Compared with the original Co/Ni metal-organic framework (CoNi-MOFs), the overpotential of hydrogen production on CoNi-MOFs/S-g-C 3 N 4 is reduced by 49.5 %, the charge transfer resistance is reduced by 74.5 %, and the electrochemically active area is expanded by 60.1 times. Moreover, CoNi-MOFs/S-g-C 3 N 4 can be used as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. Impressively, using CoNi-MOFs/S-g-C 3 N 4 as the anode and cathode, the hydrogen yield can reach 5.513 mmol h −1 and the energy consumption is 5.822 kWh Nm −3 at a current density of 250 mA cm −2 . In addition, an in-situ overall water splitting system was designed for hydrogen production using high-salt wastewater as water source without additional pre-desalination process, which realizes green hydrogen production and reduces the cost. The hydrogen yield was hold in the range of 5.2–5.3 mmol h −1 for a week, showing excellent performance of hydrogen production and strong stability. More importantly, the system can be applied to various high-salt wastewater with wider pH and salinity, and shows promising application potential for hydrogen production in actual wastewater.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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电化学
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