JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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Zhiliang Jin,Cheng Yang
The research in the field of photocatalysis has progressed, with the development of heterojunctions being recognized as an effective method to improve carrier separation efficiency in light-induced processes. In this particular study, CuCo 2 S 4 particles were attached to a new cubic CdS surface to create an S-scheme heterojunction, thus successfully addressing this issue. Specifically, owing to the higher conduction band and Fermi level of CuCo 2 S 4 compared to CdS, they serve as the foundation and driving force for the formation of an S-scheme heterojunction. Through in-situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electron paramagnetic resonance analysis, the direction of charge transfer in the composite photocatalyst under light exposure was determined, confirming the charge transfer mechanism of the S-scheme heterojunction. By effectively constructing the S-scheme heterojunction, the d-band center of the composite photocatalyst was adjusted, reducing the energy needed for electron filling in the anti-bonding energy band, promoting the transfer of photogenerated carriers, and ultimately enhancing the photocatalytic hydrogen production . performance. After optimization, the hydrogen evolution activity of the composite photocatalyst CdS-C/CuCo 2 S 4 -3 reached 5818.9 μmol g −1 h −1 , which is 2.6 times higher than that of cubic CdS (2272.3 μmol g −1 h −1 ) and 327.4 times higher than that of CuCo 2 S 4 (17.8 μmol g −1 h −1 ), showcasing exceptional photocatalytic activity. Electron paramagnetic resonance and in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy have established a theoretical basis for designing and constructing S-scheme heterojunctions, offering a viable method for adjusting the D-band center to enhance the performance of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2023
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Xiaowei Chen,Zhongqin Li,Jiancheng Zhou,Shi Chen,Yi Huang,Weiwei Wang,Wuyou Wang,Qi Xu,Xinguo Xi
It is an effective strategy to improve photocatalytic degradation performance by constructing step scheme (S-scheme) heterojunction photocatalysts with superior photo-redox capacity and high charge transfer efficiency. In this study, a series of two-dimensional/two-dimensional (2D/2D) La 2 Ce 2 O 7 /g-C 3 N 4 (LCO/CN) S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts were synthesized via in-situ solid-phase sintering by regulating the mass ratio of raw materials. The large junction area between La 2 Ce 2 O 7 nanosheets and ultra-thin graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) endows the composite with significantly enhanced separation and transfer efficiency of photogenerated carriers within a satisfactory light response region. The LCO/CN-2 composite not only shows the highest photocatalytic activity with a reaction rate constant of 0.02701 min −1 to degrade Rhodamine B (RhB) under visible light irradiation for 90 min but also demonstrates stable reusability after four runs. Moreover, based on the Mott-Schottky calculations, radical trapping experiments, and ESR analysis,·O 2- and·OH are identified as the main active species, and an S-scheme charge transfer mechanism is suggested to explain the enhanced photocatalytic activity. This work inspires the application of fluorite-type photocatalysts to wastewater purification and environmental restoration.
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Journal of Materiomics
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2024
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Huili Ran,Xue Liu,Jiajie Fan,Yun Yang,Lijie Zhang,Qin Guo,Bicheng Zhu,Quanlong Xu
The construction of heterojunction is an effective way to promote the photoinduced charge carrier separation in spatial, thus accelerating the photocatalytic reaction. However, the regulation of interface properties, as a crucial factor in affecting the charge carrier diffusion process, still remains a significant challenge. In this work, BiOBr/TpBD-COF heterojunction was successfully constructed via a novel phase transformation strategy. Specifically, perovskite Cs 3 Bi 2 Br 9 was first synthesized and then in-situ transformed into BiOBr during the preparation of TpBD-COF procedure, thus obtaining BiOBr/TpBD-COF heterojunction with favorable interface. According to the in-situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) characterization and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) analysis, the photogenerated electrons with weak reduction power transfer from BiOBr to TpBD-COF driven by the internal electric field under irradiation, conforming S-scheme charge transfer mode. As a result, the photogenerated electrons and holes with strong redox abilities are spatially located on TpBD-COF and BiOBr surface, respectively, endowing the strong driving force toward the water splitting reaction. The optimized 10%BiOBr/TpBD-COF displayed remarkably enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate (16.17 mmol·g −1 ·h −1 ) in comparison with TpBD-COF (5.18 mmol·g −1 ·h −1 ). This study will provide some novel inspirations for developing efficient COF-based S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2024
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Yuting Li,Jiaming Song,Juanjuan Yang,Zhuo Wang,Guoshuai Ban,Huaxiong Gao,Honggang Ye,Feng Teng,Xin Zhao
As a sustainable technology that can be utilized for degrading organic pollutants, photocatalysis becomes more and more important in the environment pollution control. One crucial factor that influences the degradation process is the design of photocatalyst. In this study, we utilized a simple hydrothermal method, liquid exfoliation and mechanical mixture to synthesize a novel S-scheme heterojunction based on BiPO 4 /CdPSe 3 . It was found that the optimal molar ratio BiPO 4 : CdPSe 3 = 2: 1 (noted as B 2 C) gave rise to an efficient removal of rhodamine B up to 97.5 % after 30 min dark reaction and 60 min light exposure. This composite also possesses the degradation capacity for other antibiotics and inorganic pollutant. The capture experiments showed that superoxide radicals played the dominant role in the degradation process. Besides, hydroxyl radicals and holes were also important active species. The high photocatalytic degradation performance of B 2 C could be attributed to the increased specific surface area with more active sites, enhanced light absorption in the visible region, and, more importantly, the special S-scheme heterostructure for high photogenerated charge carrier separation, synergistically improved the photocatalyst degradation efficiency. This work provides a new perspective for designing high-efficient photocatalysts applicable in multiple organic and inorganic pollutants degradation.
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CATALYSIS LETTERS
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2023
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IF 2.8
Liu Xinyu,Xu Jing,Li Faqin,Liu Zhenlu,Xu Shengming
With the increasing scarcity of resources, the search for green and available energy has become an urgent need. Among them, photocatalytic decomposition of water to hydrogen production has been widely studied. According to zeta potential and XRD characterization, NiCo2O4 and CuS were successfully reassembled by electrostatic self-assembly to construct S-scheme heterojunction induced by built-in electric site, which can accelerate the reaction. At the same time, under simulated visible light irradiation, the composite catalyst can rapidly decompose aqueous triethanolamine solution to produce hydrogen. The composite catalyst has high photocatalytic activity and shows a durable and efficient hydrogen generation effect. By studying the photogenerated carrier separation and transfer of the catalyst, the results show that the composite catalyst can accelerate the photogenerated carrier separation and transfer, so that it can participate in the photocatalytic reaction faster. It provides various insights into the construction of different heterojunctions in binary composite catalysts. Graphical Abstract
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RARE METALS
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2024
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Li Jiang,Fang Yu-Chen,Wang Xiao,Ding Ling-Tong,Wang Zhi-Jun,Yang Xin-Yao,Lancok Jan,Li Wei-Min,Zhong Gao-Kuo,Wang Xin,Xing Zheng,Zhao Shen,Liu Shu-De,Long Xia,Ma Ming
Typical p-n junctions have emerged as a promising strategy for contending with charge carrier recombination in solar conversion. However, the photo-corrosion and unsuitable energy band positions still hinder their practical application for hydrogen production from water in photoelectrochemical systems. Here, an in-situ photo-oxidation method is proposed for achieving self-adapting activation of BiVO 4 -based photoanodes with surface-encapsulated CuGaS 2 particles by the ZnO layer. The self-adapting activation demotes the energy band positions of CuGaS 2 , establishing an S-scheme structure with BiVO 4 , resulting in an efficient p-n junction photoanode. The optimal sample exhibits enhanced photocurrent and an onset potential cathodically shifted by ~ 300 mV compared with BiVO 4 , which is attributed to significantly enhanced charge transport and transfer efficiencies. As expected, it attains the highest photocurrent value of 5.87 mA·cm −2 , aided by a hole scavenger at 1.23 V versus a reversible hydrogen electrode, which significantly surpasses that of BiVO 4 (4.32 mA·cm −2 ).
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2023
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Yu Peng,Bei Cheng,Liuyang Zhang,Jingjing Liu,Jiaguo Yu
As we all know, formaldehyde (HCHO) is extremely harmful to human health and has been identified as a primary carcinogen by the World Health Organization. Therefore, there is an urgent need to design efficient formaldehyde-sensing materials. In this work, a highly responsive formaldehyde sensor of In 2 O 3 @ZnO derived from MIL-68(In)@ZIF-8 precursor was successfully prepared. By adjusting the ratio of In 2 O 3 and ZnO, it can be found that the performance of the resulting sensor has greatly improved under 100 ppm HCHO at an operating temperature of 220 °C and the detection limit can be as low as 4 ppb. Additionally, it also has excellent selectivity (Q≥10), anti-interference (the deviation value≤3.5%), and long-lasting stability (the variation value≤4%). Such distinguished sensing performance can be attributed to the metal-organic framework (MOF) derived step-scheme (S-scheme) heterojunction , which ultimately increases the adsorption of oxygen and HCHO. This work verifies that ingenious heterojunction construction can significantly improve gas sensing performance.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 4.682
Hu Wenna,Wu Fan,Liu Wei
The objective of this study was to construct the S-scheme Bi 2 WO 6 / α- Bi 2 O 3 heterojunctions with high enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performance. The composites loaded various Bi 2 WO 6 mass ratios were prepared by a ball grinding method. The characterization and reaction mechanism of photocatalysts were explored in detail. Remarkably, the results demonstrated that the Bi 2 WO 6 / α- Bi 2 O 3 presented an outstandingly superior performance for photodegradation of nitrobenzene. Among them, the 10%Bi 2 WO 6 / α- Bi 2 O 3 possessed the best photocatalytic property, and it could reach up to 95.7% in 50 min with the top rate constant of 0.06178 min −1 , which was 4.3 and 3.6 times that of bare Bi 2 O 3 and Bi 2 WO 6 , respectively. Simultaneously, the Bi 2 WO 6 / α- Bi 2 O 3 was well stable after five cycling experiments. The efficiently improved photocatalytic performance was primarily attributed to the formation of S-scheme structure between Bi 2 WO 6 and α- Bi 2 O 3 , which enhanced the conspicuous separating efficiency of photogenerated carriers. The present study not only offers a method to solve the unsatisfactory activity of Bi 2 O 3 , but also provides some insights into the design of other novel S-scheme composites with great potential application in clean energy and environmental remediation. Graphical abstract The efficiently improved photocatalytic performance was primarily attributed to the formation of S-scheme structure between Bi 2 WO 6 and α- Bi 2 O 3 , which enhanced the conspicuous separating efficiency of photogenerated carriers.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2023
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Jianghua Huang,Baikang Zhu,Debin Song,Bohong Wang,Lihui Chen,Lu Lu,Qingguo Chen,Limei Gai,Chunyang Zhai,Li Chen,Hengcong Tao
The construction of S-scheme heterostructure is a prospective strategy to remove polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from simulated seawater. In this study, a novel Bi 2 S 3 /CeVO 4 S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst was prepared by solvent thermal method. The successful construction of S-scheme heterostructure is beneficial to the separation and migration of photogenerated carriers, thus achieving excellent redox capacity and efficient production of free radicals, which is conducive to promoting the photocatalyst to transform pollutants into H 2 O, CO 2 . In pure water, the optimized Bi 2 S 3 /CeVO 4 heterojunction (Bi/Ce-30) achieved a high degradation efficiency (97.39 %) for naphthalene (NAP). In simulated seawater, the degradation efficiency of NAP still reaches 87.20 % ( k = 0.01653 min −1 ), which is 7.58 folds higher than pure CeVO 4 . Furthermore, the effect (such as solution pH, pollutant concentration, etc.) on the photocatalytic performance of Bi 2 S 3 /CeVO 4 heterojunction was investigated. The possible photocatalytic degradation processes of NAP were qualitatively analyzed using 3D fluorescence spectroscopy and HPLC-MS to reveal the major degradation pathways. In addition, toxicity assessment software was used to demonstrate the gradual decrease in toxicity of the intermediate products. Furthermore, we elucidated the possible photocatalytic mechanism of Bi 2 S 3 /CeVO 4 S-scheme heterojunction for the degradation of NAP. This work provides new insights into the realization of S-scheme heterojunction for removing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from natural seawater.
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POLYMER COMPOSITES
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2025
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Jiye Jia,Shijie Chen,Haifeng Tian,Dong Wang,Feng Yang,Pei Feng,Cijun Shuai
The low photogenerated charge carriers and quick complex annihilation of titanium dioxide (TiO 2 )/rGO composite leading to an unsatisfactory photocatalysis antibacterial effect limit its application in the bone scaffold. Herein, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) was assembled with TiO 2 /rGO via a solvothermal method for enhancing the photocatalysis antibacterial properties of poly (lactic acid) (PLLA) bone scaffold prepared via selective laser sintering. The results revealed that g-C 3 N 4 expanded the light absorption range of TiO 2 /rGO from blue-violet light to visible light, resulting in the composites having a narrower band gap and producing more photoinduced charge carriers. More importantly, an S-scheme heterojunction was formed between g-C 3 N 4 and TiO 2 , which promoted the recombination of the electrons in the conduction band of TiO 2 and the holes in the valence band of g-C 3 N 4 . Meanwhile, rGO with excellent electrical conductivity reduced the interfacial charge transfer resistance and enhanced charge transfer efficiency, thus further avoiding the recombination rate of electrons and holes, whether TiO 2 or g-C 3 N 4 , and enhancing the photocatalytic properties. Consequently, the holes in the valence band of TiO 2 and the electrons in the conduction band of g-C 3 N 4 possessed high oxidation and reduction capacity, which oxidized H 2 O and reduced O 2 in the microenvironment, respectively, and generated lots of reactive oxygen species. In vitro antibacterial experiments indicated that the PLLA/TiO 2 /g-C 3 N 4 /rGO scaffold showed a better antibacterial effect, with the bacteriostasis rates of E. coli and S. aureus being 99.1% and 98.9%, respectively. In addition, cell adhesion and fluorescence results indicated that the scaffold had good biocompatibility and could provide a suitable microenvironment for the growth and proliferation of cells.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2022
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Meng Dai,Zuoli He,Peng Zhang,Xin Li,Shuguang Wang
The recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes is a crucial factor limiting photocatalytic H 2 evolution. The S-scheme ZnWO 4 -ZnIn 2 S 4 heterojunction with 2D coupling interfaces was successfully synthesized using a simple solvothermal method. An effective S-scheme interfacial charge migration route at the S-scheme heterogeneous interface was determined by energy band structure analyses (such as UPS, Mott-Schottky and XPS plots), which facilitates the separation of photoexcited carriers. It is worth noting that the optimal ZnWO 4 -ZnIn 2 S 4 composite has an H 2 evolution activity of 4925.3 μmol g −1 h −1 with favourable photostability and stability. Meanwhile, the ZnWO 4 -ZnIn 2 S 4 heterojunction exhibits the maximum optical response value (2.8 mA cm −2 ) in the initial stage, effectively promoting the separation and migration of photogenerated carriers. The establishment of the built-in electric field direction at the interface can effectively promote the space charge separation between the ZnWO 4 and ZnIn 2 S 4 nanosheets, which is favorable to the photocatalytic H 2 evolution. This work provides valuable guidance for designing S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts composed of two n-type semiconductors for energy and environmental applications.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2022
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Liruhua Zhang,Qianhong Shen,Feilong Huang,Libei Jiang,Jie Liu,Jiansong Sheng,Yue Li,Hui Yang
A novel 0D/1D CuBi 2 O 4 @WO 3 nanofiber-membrane photocatalyst with step-scheme (S-scheme) heterojunction was fabricated by means of the electrospinning method. The disintegration of CuBi 2 O 4 microspheres under a high voltage electrospinning process led to the simultaneous formation of CuBi 2 O 4 nanoparticles on WO 3 nanofibers, therefore constructing well dispersed CuBi 2 O 4 @WO 3 nano-heterojunctions. The CuBi 2 O 4 @WO 3 composite photocatalyst followed the S-scheme charge transfer mechanism, which promoted the efficient charge transfer across the interface, thereby solving the problem that the narrow-bandgap CuBi 2 O 4 had strong light-harvesting ability but easy recombination of photo-generated carriers. Moreover, such S-scheme heterojunction also achieved the spatial separation of photo-induced electrons and holes while ensuring the promising redox abilities in both WO 3 and CuBi 2 O 4 . Hence, the CuBi 2 O 4 @WO 3 composite photocatalyst exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity for photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics in environmental remediation under weak-visible-light irradiation (5 W LED lamp), and its photocatalytic activity for tetracycline degradation was significantly improved, which was 8.1 times and 3.6 times than that of WO 3 nanofibers and pure CuBi 2 O 4 microspheres, respectively. The radical species trapping tests indicated that·O 2 − and h + were the main active radicals in the tetracycline photodegradation reaction, and the high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry test clarified three possible degradation reaction pathways of tetracycline. This work presented a facile method to fabricate 0D/1D CuBi 2 O 4 @WO 3 composite nanofiber photocatalyst with well-dispersed CuBi 2 O 4 @WO 3 nano-heterojunctions, and also provided a new idea for the preparation of new nanocomposite photocatalyst based on electrospinning process.
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