JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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2021
·Vol. 32
·期 22
·26465-26479
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IF 2.478
Zhu Wanrong,Song Jimei,Wang Xule,Lu Yun,Hu Gang,Yang Jie
A series of Ag/AgBr/BiOBr photocatalysts with different weight contents of Ag/AgBr were successfully constructed via a simple precipitation method in 80 °C water bath. Photocatalysts were characterized by XRD, XPS, SEM, TEM, N 2 Adsorption-Desorption (BET), and UV–Vis Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS). Compared with BiOBr and Ag/AgBr, all the composite photocatalysts show the prominent photocatalytic activity for the degradation of tetracycline (TC). Especially, 1:5Ag/AgBr/BiOBr (20%) has the highest reaction rate constant (kapp = 0.20 min −1 ). Moreover, according to the results of radical scavengers runs, ·OH and h + acted as the main reactive species in the degradation process. Based on above, a possible photocatalytic mechanism for organics degradation over Ag/AgBr/BiOBr was proposed. Interestingly, the redox cycle between O 2 /·O 2 − and Br − /Br 0 assisted with the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect of silver dramatically promotes the separation and transfer of electron–hole pairs, and improves the photocatalytic activity of the as-obtained composite samples.
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JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
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2021
·Vol. 50
·期 12
·6772-6783
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IF 1.938
Hou Xiaoshuo,Yang Ming,Yu Hui,Yang Ying,Li Dan,Dong Xiangting
In this work, a 3D Z-scheme photocatalyst Ag/AgBr/Zn 3 V 2 O 7 (OH) 2 ·2H 2 O (Ag/AgBr/ZVO) was synthesized by a hydrothermal method, and a subsequent surface deposition-optical reduction technique. The prepared flower-like Ag/AgBr/ZVO was characterized by scanning election microscopy (SEM), x-ray powder diffraction (XRD), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), UV-vis spectrophotometry, N 2 adsorption-desorption isotherm based on Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) theory, and electrochemical tests. The photocatalytic degradation performance of the catalyst was investigated by the degradation of methylene blue (MB) dye by visible light irradiation. Compared with bare Zn 3 V 2 O 7 (OH) 2 ·2H 2 O (ZVO) nanoflowers, the photocatalytic effect of the 3D Z-scheme heterojunction Ag/AgBr/ZVO was significantly enhanced. The catalyst of 2h-Ag/AgBr/ZVO exhibited the strongest photocatalytic activity, of which the MB degradation rate is about 98.8% in 100 min, which was about five times that of pure ZVO. The increase in the photodegradation rate is ascribed to the accelerated interface charge-transfer process, the faster photogenerated carrier separation rate and the enhancement of visible light absorption. In view of the trapping of the reaction intermediate and the electron spin resonance (ESR) measurement, we propose a possible Z-scheme photocatalytic mechanism. This improved visible-light response likely originates from a synergistic effect of the different components. This work offered an ideal method for producing stable, efficient, and recyclable photocatalysts suitable for use in the visible light range.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2020
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IF 5.774
Xiao Zhang,Bin Ren,Xi Li,Yanhua Xu,Biming Liu,Peng Yu,Yongjun Sun,Danhua Mei
In this study, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) (CN) was conveniently and environmentally modified into a stable and easily recyclable photocatalyst for the high removal efficiency of dye contaminants in water. Magnetic carrier (CN/Fe 3 O 4 ) and heterojunction photocatalysts (Ag@AgBr/CN/Fe 3 O 4 ) were prepared by ultrasonic and in situ deposition of Fe 3 O 4 and Ag@AgBr nanoparticles on the CN , respectively, and characterized by the surface structure, optical, and electrochemical properties. The effects of different catalysts, silver loading, catalyst dosage, and different aeration conditions on the photocatalytic degradation of RhB were investigated. Results exhibited that the removal rate of RhB by Ag@AgBr/CN/Fe 3 O 4 reached 96% within 150 min when the Ag loading was 5%, the catalyst dosage was 0.4 g/L, and the aeration was air. Furthermore, the degradation rate constant was 17.3 × 10 −3 min −1 , which was 4.3 and 3.4 times higher than that of CN and CN/Fe 3 O 4 , respectively. The stability study demonstrated that Ag@AgBr/CN/Fe 3 O 4 had almost no risk of Ag and Fe leakage and showed high stability. Mechanism study indicated that the construction of Z-scheme heterojunction between Ag@AgBr and CN and trapping electron by Fe 3+ promoted charge transfer and electron–hole pair separation, thus enhancing photocatalytic activity.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2017
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IF 3.387
Youyong Pang,Lingjun Song,Changfeng Chen,Lei Ge
A one-step, facile, template-assisted synthetic route was applied to synthesize hollow porous tetrahedron-shaped Ag@AgBr plasmonic photocatalysts in situ. CuBr tetrahedrons were used as both the template and source of bromine and copper to produce AgBr and reduce Ag + ions into metallic Ag, respectively. The novel Ag@AgBr photocatalysts could be easily obtained using this route. The valence of Ag (i.e. 0 or 1+) in the Ag@AgBr photocatalysts could be precisely controlled by the relative amount of AgNO 3 to CuBr in the precursor solution. Photocatalytic performance of the Ag@AgBr plasmonic photocatalysts with different Ag to AgBr ratios was estimated by the decomposition of an organic dye (rhodamine b or RhB) and colorless phenol, under artificial simulated sunlight irradiation. When the molar ratio of AgNO 3 : CuBr was 1:1, the as-obtained Ag@AgBr photocatalyst (denoted as Ag@AgBr (1:1)) was capable of decoloring 98% of the RhB within 5 min and the degree of mineralization was 67.1%, the best photocatalytic activity exhibited by the photocatalysts. The decomposition of phenol further confirmed the superior photocatalytic activity of Ag@AgBr (1:1) sample. The synthetic method employed in this work could enable controlled synthesis of other novel thin-shelled structures.
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2019
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IF 5.383
Xiaorong Zhang,Muhammad Shakeel,Baoshan Li,Lei Wang
Advanced photo-/electrocatalyst is devoted for O 2 and H 2 evolution reactions (OER and HER) with immense quantum conversions efficiency. Herein, a novel foamed zinc oxide-silica spheres and Ag–AgBr nanocomposite (Ag–AgBr/FZSS) was engineered and passes through a complete characterization profiling. The Ag–AgBr/FZSS possesses the distinctive porous surface with open cavities. The hierarchical morphology provides many active sites and mesoporous conducting channels for visible light absorption and charge carriers transportation. The Ag–AgBr/FZSS act as outperformed photo-/electrocatalyst for OER (overpotential 348 mV @ 10 mAcm −2 ) and HER (potential −217 mV @ 100 mAcm −2 ). While under illumination conditions it reduced to 337 mV and −195 mV with high quantum conversion efficiency (37.5%). The lustrous durability further justified as a highly efficient photo-/electrocatalyst for renewable energy conversions.
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Environmental Science-Nano
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2020
·Vol. 7
·期 9
·2654-2668
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IF 7.683
Wei Li,Xiao-shan Chu,Shu-ao He,Xue-chuan Wang,Chuan-yi Wang
Tetracycline hydrochloride (TTC), a typical antibiotic with biological toxicity, is very harmful to the ecosystem. Photocatalysis is considered an effective method for solving this problem. However, traditional photocatalysts have limited light response, poor charge transport, and low adsorption ability, which substantially limit their application. Herein, gourd-like hollow mesoporous silica (HS) particles with considerable BET surface area (1181.57 m2 g−1) and enhanced light absorption were constructed to support the Ag/AgBr Schottky junction. Photoelectrochemical characterizations confirmed that the optical response and charge transfer of the fabricated photocatalysts were significantly elevated because the synergistic effect of the Ag/AgBr Schottky junction and amino-modified gourd-like HS particles facilitated the effective generation of ˙OH radicals. The optimal HS-Ag/AgBr (40 wt% HSAA) exhibited highest TTC degradation activity (3.79 × 10−2 min−1) owing to a redox reaction with O2˙−/˙OH radicals, which was about 28.3-fold greater than the commercial P25 (1.34 × 10−3 min−1) and 12.8-fold greater than the AgBr (2.96 × 10−3 min−1). Most importantly, about 72.04%/81.17% of TTC was mineralized by optimal 40 wt% HSAA after 90 min/150 min of illumination, which was higher than those with P25 and other Ag/AgBr-based photocatalysts reported in the literature. Therefore, TTC and its by-products could be completely decomposed by this novel structure, and this study provides a prospective approach for the effective handling of antibiotic pollution in the ecosystem.
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CHEMICAL PAPERS
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2017
·Vol. 69
·期 11
·1411-1420
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IF 1.258
Ding Ming-Yue,Meng De-Shui,Tang Yan-Hong,Liu Cheng-Bin,Luo Sheng-Lian
One-dimensional (1D) Ag/AgBr/TiO 2 nanofibres (NFs) have been successfully fabricated by the one-pot electrospinning method. In comparison with bare TiO 2 NFs and Ag/AgBr/PVP (polyvinylpyrrolidone) NFs, the 1D Ag/AgBr/TiO 2 NFs photocatalyst exhibits much higher photocatalytic activity in the degradation of a commonly used dye, methylene blue (MB), under visible light. The photocatalytic removal efficiency of MB over Ag/AgBr/TiO 2 NFs achieves almost 100 % in 20 min. The photocatalytic reaction follows the first-order kinetics and the rate constant ( k ) for the degradation of MB by Ag/AgBr/TiO 2 NFs is 5.2 times and 6.6 times that of Ag/AgBr/PVP NFs and TiO 2 NFs, respectively. The enhanced photocatalytic activity is ascribed to the stronger visible light absorption, more effective separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs, and faster charge transfer in the long nanofibrous structure. The Ag/AgBr/TiO 2 NFs maintain a highly stable photocatalytic activity due to its good structural stability and the self-stability system of Ag/AgBr. The mechanisms for photocatalysis associated with Ag/AgBr/TiO 2 NFs are proposed. The degradation of MB in the presence of scavengers reveals that h + and • O
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CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
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2024
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IF 15.7
Hantao Gong,Caihao Deng,Peipei He,Mingjie Liu,Yiliang Cai,Yiwen Yang,Qiwei Yang,Zongbi Bao,Qilong Ren,Siyu Yao,Zhiguo Zhang
Selective photocatalytic aerobic oxidation of methane to value-added chemicals offers a promising pathway for sustainable chemical industry, yet remains a huge challenge owing to the consecutive overoxidation of primary products. Here, a type II heterojunction were constructed in Ag-AgBr/ZnO to reduce the oxidation potential of stimulated holes and prevent the undesirable CH 4 overoxidation side reactions. For photocatalytic oxidation of methane under ambient temperature, the products yield of 1499.6 μmol g cat −1 h −1 with a primary products selectivity of 77.9% was achieved over Ag-AgBr/ZnO, which demonstrate remarkable improvement compared to Ag/ZnO (1089.9 μmol g cat −1 h −1 , 40.1%). The superior activity and selectivity result from the promoted charge separation and the redox potential matching with methane activation after introducing AgBr species. Mechanism investigation elucidated that the photo-generated holes transferred from the valence band of ZnO to that of AgBr, which prevent H 2 O oxidation and enhance the selective generation of •OOH radical.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
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2012
·Vol. 22
·期 11
·4847-4854
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IF 5.968
Desong Wang,Yandong Duan,Qingzhi Luo,Xueyan Li,Jing An,Leilei Bao,Lei Shi
A new method for the preparation of mesoporous TiO2 with a surface deposited with nanoparticles of Ag and AgBr was developed. Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) was used as both a template agent and bromine source in the preparation process of the mesoporous TiO2. Mesoporous TiO2 containing CTAB was synthesized by a sol–gel method, and was dipped into AgNO3 solution to form a mesoporous AgBr/TiO2 nanocomposite. The AgBr/TiO2 nanocomposite was irradiated by visible light to accelerate photolysis of AgBr, forming mesoporous Ag/AgBr/TiO2 photocatalyst. The Ag/AgBr/TiO2 photocatalyst was characterized by small angle X-ray diffraction (SAXRD), wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-Vis DRS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and N2 isothermal adsorption–desorption. Ag/AgBr/TiO2 exhibits high photocatalytic activity for the degradation of methyl orange under visible light irradiation. The photocatalytic reaction follows the first-order kinetics and the rate constant (k) for the degradation of methyl orange photocatalyzed by Ag/AgBr/TiO2 is 63.6, 36.1 and 2.7 times that of mesoporous TiO2 (M-TiO2), commercial TiO2 (P-25), and Ag/AgBr/SiO2, respectively. The recycling runs experiment shows that the photocatalytic stability of the Ag/AgBr/TiO2 photocatalyst is excellent. The visible light photocatalytic mechanism of Ag/AgBr/TiO2 is also discussed.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2022
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IF 5.518
Xiangyu Peng,Jiayi Tian,Shuai Zhang,Wei Xiao,Xiaozhen Tian,Yubin Wang,Juanqin Xue,Dashi Lei
Rational design of photoelectrode with high visible light utilization rate and separation efficiency of electron-hole pairs is the key step in photoelectrocatalytic technology. In this work, Z-Scheme photoelectrocatalyst (ZTO/rGO/Ag/AgBr) was synthesized by hydrothermal and photo-reduction process. Comparing with pure Zn 2 SnO 4 (ZTO), adding reduced graphene oxide (rGO) effectively improved electrons transfer efficiency. Notably, the addition of Ag/AgBr not only broaden the visible light response range of ZTO, but also accelerated the separation of photo-generated electron-hole pairs, and constructed all-solid-state Z-Scheme heterojunction . Meanwhile, DFT calculation showed that Ag metal on rGO surface could act as active site for organic dyes degradation . Moreover, the addition of extra bias potential during photoelectrochemical process not only accelerate the migration of carriers, but also inhibit the recombination of photo-generated electron-hole pairs. Methylene blue (MB) could be effectively removed during photoelectrochemical reaction process, which was attributed to hydroxyl radical (•OH) and superoxide radical (•O 2 - ). In this work, Z-Scheme transfer pathway, assisted photoelectrocatalytic technology, is a feasible strategy for improving catalytic performance.
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Scientific Reports
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2020
·Vol. 10
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IF 3.998
Che Yuping,Liu Qingqing,Lu Bingxin,Zhai Jin,Wang Kefeng,Liu Zhaoyue
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect of noble metal nanoparticles (NPs) for photocatalysis has a significant enhancement. In this system, a plasmonic ternary hybrid photocatalyst of Ag/AgBr/g-C 3 N 4 was synthetized and used in water splitting to generation H 2 under visible light irradiation. 18%Ag/AgBr/g-C 3 N 4 showed the highest photoactivity, with the efficiency of hydrogen generation as high as 27-fold to that of pristine g-C 3 N 4 . Compared to simple mixture of Ag/AgBr and g-C 3 N 4 , hetero-composite Ag/AgBr/g-C 3 N 4 showed a higher photoactivity, even though they contained same content of Ag/AgBr. We find that significant factors for enhancing properties were the synergistic effect between Ag/AgBr and g-C 3 N 4 , and the light absorption enhancing by SPR effect of Ag NPs. Ag/AgBr NPs firmly anchored on the surface of g-C 3 N 4 and their high dispersion were also responsible for the improved activity and long-term recycling ability. The structure of Ag/AgBr/g-C 3 N 4 hybrid materials and their enhancement to photocatalytic activity were discussed. Meanwhile, the possible reaction mechanism of this system was proposed.
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CELLULOSE
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2020
·Vol. 27
·期 17
·10047-10060
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IF 4.21
Wang Minglei,Zhang Maojiang,Gao Qianhong,Liu Yinjie,Zhang Mingxing,Shen Rongfang,Zhang Yumei,Hu Jiangtao,Wu Guozhong
Immobilization of photocatalysts on substrates is an important factor for water purification in practical applications. In this study, an efficient Ag@AgBr photocatalytic coating was attached onto the surface of cotton fabric via radiation-induced graft polymerization and subsequent chemical reactions, and the resultant product was denoted as Cot-Ag@AgBr. The graft chains acted not only as a source of bromine, but also as an intermediate layer to anchor the Ag@AgBr photocatalytic coating via strong electrostatic interactions. The immobilized Ag@AgBr photocatalytic coating exhibited outstanding photocatalytic properties for organic dye degradation under visible light irradiation. Furthermore, Cot-Ag@AgBr presented high stability and robust durability, which conferred its excellent visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity after five rounds of photodegradation. After 10 min of ultrasonication, the amount of Ag@AgBr precipitate that leached from the Cot-Ag@AgBr was < 2%. Therefore, the as-synthesized cotton fabric offered good insight into the functionalization of polymer substrates with photocatalysts and could be useful for advanced wastewater treatment under the cyclic operations.
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