Bo Yu,Fanming Meng,Muhammad Wasim Khan,Rui Qin,Xingbin Liu
Herein, TiO 2 /g-C 3 N 4 /Ag (TCA) composites were successfully fabricated by a simple two-step method and wet chemical reduction. Titanium isopropoxide and melamine were used as precursors to prepare TiO 2 /g-C 3 N 4 heterojunction composites by simple stirring and calcining. Then, different mass fractions of AgNPs were decorated on the surface of the above composites by wet chemical reduction to obtain a sequence of TiO 2 /g-C 3 N 4 /Ag (TCA) composites. TCA composites were analyzed by XRD, TEM, HRTEM, EDS, XPS, BET, Raman spectroscopy, PL spectrum and UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectrum. The results showed that TCA composites had remarkable enhancement in the separation of photogenerated carriers and the utilization of light, which was as result of the coordination of the three components. For photodegradation of RhB or phenol under simulated sunlight, TCA-1 samples revealed the best photocatalytic degradation performance, and the corresponding degradation rates were 91.4% at 60 min and 90.0% at 120 min, respectively. Moreover, TCA-1 composites maintained superior degradation performance after reusability tests, indicating that TCA-1 composites had excellent photochemical stability. For experimental results, a possible photodegradation mechanism of TCA composites was also proposed.
Gang Liu,Sheng Xu,Wenting Li,Zhenxi Wang,Meng Cao,Jinlong Cui,Xinde Jiang,Zhengqiu Li
In order to improve the visible light catalytic activity of TiO 2 , the TiO 2 @g-C 3 N 4 (TCN) composite catalysts with three-dimensional porous structure and rich active sites were prepared by hydrothermal method and calcination method orderly. The synthesized TCN composites microstructures were thoroughly characterized and their performance for the photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes was investigated. The results show that the prepared composites formed the heterojunctions with a core-shell structure, which can effectively broaden the absorption spectrum of TiO 2 to visible light region. In the degradation experiments, the TCN composites exhibited excellent photocatalytic degradation effect on organic dyes, which can reach 99.65% under visible light irradiation for 2 h. The strong acid condition was benefit to the catalytic process. After five cycles of testing, the degradation efficiency of organic dyes can still maintain at 95.62% level, which indicate that the TCN composites had excellent visible light catalytic activity and reusability.