CATALYSIS TODAY
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2024
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IF 5.2
Mingze Xu,Guangjie Wang,Haiyu Li,Tingsong Zhang,Jinhua Li,Yu Wang,Yue Peng,Wenzhe Si
The issue of water pollution has emerged as a formidable challenge, prompting a pressing need for solutions. The utilization of metal nanoparticles with surface plasmon resonance and semiconductor composite photocatalysts is regarded as a highly effective approach to solve this problem. g C 3 N 4 is an effective catalyst for the degradation of organic pollutants. Its photocatalytic performance could be enhanced by the use of the metal such as Au, Ag, and Cu. However, the Schottky barrier is generally believed to be the reason that Cu can enhances the photocatalytic performance of g C 3 N 4 . In fact, the plasmonic of Cu will also have an effect on the photocatalytic effect of g C 3 N 4 , like Au and Ag. In this study, it is first proposed that the photocatalytic performance of g C 3 N 4 can be enhanced by combining the plasmonic of Cu and the Schottky barrier. Cu g/C 3 N 4 nanocomposites with stable crystal structure, with Cu as the core and g C 3 N 4 as surface coating, were synthesized and characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X ray diffractometer (XRD) and ultraviolet visible spectroscopy (UV Vis) and X ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Then, it is optimized that the Cu/g C 3 N 4 composite material which were prepared with 200 nm Cu particles, GSH as the ligand bridge, and a Cu: g C 3 N 4 ratio of 5:1, have the best photocatalytic property, which is 16.7 times of the photocatalytic property of g C 3 N 4 . Besides, the transfer efficiency of hot electrons of 33% (from Cu to g C 3 N 4 ) under the influence of the Schottky barrier (0.58 eV) is calculated theoretically. On this basis, the mechanism of Cu nanoparticles enhancing the photocatalytic performance of g C 3 N 4 was also been proved through the calculation result and transient photocurrent spectroscopy (TPC), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and steady state transient fluorescence spectroscopy (PL) characterization. The excellent photocatalytic performance of the Cu/g C 3 N 4 composites is due to the simultaneous influence of Schottky barrier and LSPR of Cu.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials
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2024
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IF 3.9
Xinru Li,Shujian Wang,Yuchen Li,Hai Huang,Miao Li,Peiyu Long,Xiyue Cao,Jiaxin Zhang,Mingming Zhou,Zhifu Zhou,Shijian Lu,Kunpeng Ding,Maochang Liu
Two-dimensional (2D) heterostructures have proven their efficiency in separating charges. Herein, a gC 3 N 4 /MoS 2 (CN/MoS 2 ) photocatalyst, in the form of 2D/2D van der Waals heterojunction with a type-II band alignment, was synthesized using a novel one-step method. The resulting in-situ formed heterojunction interface enhances electron transfer from gC 3 N 4 to MoS 2 . The CN/MoS 2 photocatalyst exhibits exceptional activity in generating hydrogen from water under simulated solar light. Its hydrogen production rate was 1285 μmol/h/g, which was approximately 3 times higher compared to gC 3 N 4 . This superiority is due to a significant increase in photogenerated carrier density and efficient charge separation facilitated by the type-II heterojunction. This study demonstrates a straightforward one-step approach for synthesizing 2D/2D composite photocatalysts, highlighting the effective synergy between different 2D materials in promoting hydrogen generation.
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材料科学
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能源化学
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2024
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IF 7.7
Jiawen Zhang,Haoyang Xu,Yage Zheng,Yue Shen,Chaoqun Mu,Yao Wang,Aili Niyazi,Zhixian He,Zhiqiang Zhang,Liang Zhang,Juanqin Xue
In this work, a Z -scheme heterostructured BiOCOOH/O-gC 3 N 4 material was synthesized and immobilized on chitosan (CTS) to obtain the BiOCOOH/O-gC 3 N 4 /CTS photocatalytic material for photocatalytic degradation of oxytetracycline hydrochloride (CTC).Our findings indicate that the composite material BiOCOOH/O-gC 3 N 4 , as well as the BiOCOOH/O-gC 3 N 4 /CTS composite membrane , displayed a significantly higher efficiency in photocatalytic degradation of CTC compared to BiOCOOH alone, owing to the synergistic effect of adsorption and photocatalysis . Following four cycles of use, the composite material retained around 96 % of its initial photocatalytic degradation activity. The addition of CTS in the photocatalytic material resolved issues such as aggregation and difficult recovery commonly encountered with powder materials, thereby facilitating effective collision between the photocatalytic active sites and CTC. Experimental and theoretical calculations provided confirmation that the combination of BiOCOOH and O-gC 3 N 4 effectively enhanced the light absorption capacity and photocatalytic performance. Furthermore, we investigated the influence of environmental factors such as pH value and anions on the photocatalytic degradation experiment, which offers valuable insights for the application of composite catalysts in wastewater treatment .
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环境科学
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2022
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IF 24.319
Kexuan Gao,Li-an Hou,Xiaoqiang An,Doudou Huang,Yu Yang
The rapid recombination rate of photogenerated charges make the rational design of high-performance stable photocatalysts challenging. Herein, the features of heterojunctions, oxygen vacancies (OVs), and MXene quantum dots (MQDs) were simultaneously collected in CBM (gC 3 N 4 /BiOBr/MXene) using a simple solvothermal method for the first time. OVs promoted the chemisorption of O 2 , MQDs not only accelerated electron transport but also promoted a photogenerated charge to selectively generate singlet oxygen, 99% of the tetracycline hydrochloride (TC-HCl) was degraded by CBM within 30 min under visible light irradiation. Thirteen intermediates and possible photocatalytic degradation pathways were proposed. It was discovered that CBM is nontoxic to the environment but can swiftly produce an excellent antibacterial effect when exposed to visible light irradiation. This research provides fresh insights into the effective removal of organic pollutants from water by combining cutting-edge defect engineering and quantum dot doping technology in photocatalytic heterojunctions.
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