Functional Materials Letters
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2021
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IF 2.17
Lei Wei,Xiaomeng Wang,Ya-Na Yu,Hongyan Liu,Yepei Li,Ya-Ni Zhang
For practical application of sodium borohydride (NaBH 4 ) hydrolysis to generate hydrogen, metallic catalysts with low cost but excellent activity are highly desired. However, it remains a big challenge to further improve the activity of non-noble metal catalysts. In this work, photocatalysis technology was successfully introduced to enhance the catalyst activity for NaBH 4 hydrolysis. By means of conventional impregnation-reduction method, CoB nanocatalyst was evenly deposited on graphitic carbon nitride surface, resulting in a Schottky-type photocatalyst (CoB/CN). As expected, hydrogen generation rate was greatly boosted owing to light irradiation. According to the results of capture experiments, photoexcited electron from g-C 3 N 4 could enrich the electron density of CoB surface, which leads to the improvement of catalyst activity. Additionally, the light irradiation facilitates the remarkable decrease of apparent activation energy. Compared with some reported noble metal catalysts, the CoB/CN presents higher activity, especially under light irradiation.
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RSC Advances
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2021
·Vol. 11
·期 56
·35663-35672
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IF 3.361
Fang Wang,Zhenzhou Zhu,Jia Guo
ZnO and g-C3N4 provide excellent photocatalytic properties for degradation of antibiotics in pharmaceutical wastewater. In this work, 2D–2D ZnO/N doped g-C3N4 (NCN) composite photocatalysts were prepared for degradation of tetracycline (TC), ciprofloxacin (CIP) and ofloxacin (OFLX). The addition of ZnO resulted in higher separation efficiency and lower recombination rate of photogenerated charge under visible light. The composite photocatalyst showed better degradation performance compared to ZnO or NCN alone. The TC degradation reached 81.3% in 15 minutes by applying the prepared 20% ZnO/NCN composite photocatalyst, showing great competitiveness among literature reported g-C3N4 based photocatalysts. After 30 minutes, the degradation rate of TC, CIP and OFLX reached 82.4%, 64.4% and 78.2%, respectively. The TC degradation constant of the composite photocatalyst was 2.7 times and 6.4 times higher than NCN and CN, respectively. Radical trapping experiments indicated that ·O2− was the dominant active substance. The transference of excited electrons from the conduction band (CB) of NCN to ZnO enhanced the separation of photogenerated electron–hole pairs and simultaneously suppressed their recombination. This study provides a possibility for the design of high-performance photocatalysts for antibiotics degradation in wastewater.
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APPLIED ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
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2018
·Vol. 32
·期 9
·e4448
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IF 3.581
Shiyu Zuo,Haiming Xu,Wei Liao,Lei Sun,Donghui Han,Jie Zan,Binyang Zhang,Dongya Li,Dongsheng Xia
Acid-treated g-C 3 N 4 -Cu 2 O was prepared by hydrothermal reduction followed by high temperature calcination and acid exfoliation. The structures and properties of as-synthesized samples were characterized using a range of techniques, such as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, Photoluminescence Spectroscopy and the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) theory. The photocatalytic activity was evaluated by measuring the photodegradation of methyl orange under visible-light irradiation. Based on the results of TEM, XPS, EPR and other techniques, it was verified that a heterojunction was formed. The acid treatment process can increase the specific surface area to form abundant heterojunction interfaces as channels for photo-generated carrier separation, thereby enhancing its light utilization and quantum efficiency. Results indicate that acid-treated g-C 3 N 4 -Cu 2 O possesses a large specific surface area, which provides plentiful activated sites for heterojunctions to form; in addition, it showed a high visible light effect and the minimum charge-transfer resistance. Furthermore, the g-C 3 N 4 -Cu 2 O material exhibits high levels of effectiveness and stability. Electron paramagnetic resonance and a series of radical trapping experiments demonstrate that the holes and •O 2 − could be the main active species in methyl orange photodegradation. This work could provide new insights into the fabrication of composite materials as high-performance photocatalysts, and facilitate their application in addressing environmental protection issues.
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2021
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IF 10.588
Hui Wang,Chenyu Zhang,Lingru Kong,Yi Wang,Sijia Zhang,Xiulian Zhang,Jie Ding,Nanqi Ren
A novel porous core-shell magnetic β-cyclodextrin/graphitic carbon nitride photocatalyst (Mβ-CD/GCN) was synthesized and employed in a solar light driven catalytic system for the degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The Mβ-CD/GCN display superior photocatalytic performance on account of porous structure and ultrathin GCN nanosheets design, the former improves the utilization of visible light by multiple scattering and reflection of incident light, and the latter accelerates electron transfer . The ultrahigh specific surface area (1255 m 2 g −1 ) of Mβ-CD/GCN provided a large number of active sites for adsorption and degradation of the target pollution. The pseudo-first order reaction rate constant ( k obs ) for the degradation of PCB180 by Mβ-CD/GCN was 0.021 min −1 , which improved 3.23 times than the bulk GCN. Additionally, the effects of various reaction parameters and water matrices were studied on the degradation of PCB180. Three possible degradation pathways and mechanism of PCB180 were speculated according to the identification of reaction intermediates and detection of reactive species. The solar light driven Mβ-CD/GCN catalytic technology is a promising method not only for the control of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), but also the catalyst could be recovered and reused through simple magnetic separation.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2018
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IF 11.698
Anye Shi,Huihui Li,Shu Yin,Zaili Hou,Jiayue Rong,Jiachi Zhang,Yuhua Wang
Cs x WO 3 nanorods can be used to sensitize the single layer g-C 3 N 4 , where full spectrum light harvesting excited electrons to drive the photocatalytic reduction of N 2 into NH 3 . Under UV light, both water splitting and solar ammonia synthesis reaction exhibit high activity. However, selectivity towards ammonia over hydrogen is realized under NIR irradiation. With the control of methanol, O 2 can directly decide the NH 3 or H 2 evolution on photocatalyst. The origin is the strong capture of O 2 with the electrons from the photocatalyst under light irradiation to yield the oxygen active species, which transfer electrons subsequently with help of methanol to generate NH 3 . However, H 2 production will be suppressed by O 2 . And with its sacrifice, methanol preserves the produced NH 3 from oxidation. The O 2 -sacrificial agent mediated NH 3 evolution reaction found here provides insights in the promotion role of them in other catalysis.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2018
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IF 5.091
Dongya Li,Shiyu Zuo,Haiming Xu,Jie Zan,Lei Sun,Donghui Han,Wei Liao,Binyang Zhang,Dongsheng Xia
A g-C 3 N 4 -Cu 2 O was successfully synthesized in the presence of PEG-400 surfactant via a hydrothermal method and high-temperature calcination method. Based on the results of TEM , XPS , EPR , and other techniques, it was verified that a heterojunction was formed. The synthesized g-C 3 N 4 -Cu 2 O show excellent photocatalytic activity and stability was confirmed through cycling experiments, XRD and XPS. At a suitable addition amount, the value of band gap of g-C 3 N 4 -Cu 2 O is reduced to 1.87 eV, the PL intensity decreases effectively, the specific surface area is increased to 12.8114 m 2 /g, and the photocatalytic degradation rate is increased to 94%. Adding the surfactant PEG-400 in the precursor solutions leads to a reduction in the crystallite size, which can improve the morphology and specific surface area to form abundant heterojunction interfaces as channels for photo-generated carrier separation, and improve its light utilization and quantum efficiency.
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2019
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IF 5.383
Yu Cao,Luona Wang,Chengyin Wang,Xiaoya Hu,Yunling Liu,Guoxiu Wang
A photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensor based on hierarchically porous Cu-BTC/g-C 3 N 4 nanosheet (Cu-BTC/CN-NS, BTC = benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid) material was constructed for the first time. As a composite material, the hierarchically porous Cu-BTC can help to efficiently capture suitable pesticide molecules and accelerate signal transmission, while CN-NS possesses good optical performance. Under the irradiation of visible light, the Cu metal center can coordinate with the added glyphosate to form Cu-glyphosate complexes, leading to the increased steric hindrance of electron transfer and consequently resulted in an obvious decrease in photocurrent . Through this strategy, the constructed sensor can realize the detection of glyphosate from non-electroactive to electroactive. The results indicate that this photoelectrochemical sensor has a low detection limit of 1.3 × 10 −13 mol L −1 and a wide detection range (1.0 × 10 −12 –1.0 × 10 −8 mol L −1 and 1.0 × 10 −8 ∼ 1.0 × 10 −3 mol L −1 ). Furthermore, this Cu-BTC/CN-NS based sensor has the characteristics of short detection time and easy operation. It has great potential applications in photoelectrochemical analysis.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2020
·Vol. 9
·期 2
·1207-1212
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IF 11.301
Chenglu Zhu,Tian Wei,Yang Wei,Liang Wang,Min Lu,Yupeng Yuan,Lisha Yin,Ling Huang
Construction of alternating donor–acceptor (D–A) units in g-C3N4 is an effective strategy to achieve more effective charge carrier separation towards improved photocatalytic performance. However, the charge carrier kinetics, especially the vague intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) details and structure–performance relationship remain unknown. Herein, a series of D–A structured g-C3N4 photocatalysts with improved performance were synthesized by introducing 2-aminobenzothiazole (ABT) into the g-C3N4 framework. Remarkably, up to 3.83-fold improvement in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution was realized at 0.8 wt% ABT incorporation. It shall be due to the broadened visible light absorption range (λ ≤ 700 nm) and accelerated charge carrier separation which originated from the ultrafast ICT (τ1 = 112.20 fs) between the benzothiazole group and heptazine ring. The boosted performance is highly associated with the purposely introduced D–A structure, which may shed light on designing of analogues with better photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance.
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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
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2015
·Vol. 44
·期 29
·13030-13039
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IF 4.197
Hongmei Chen,Yinghao Xie,Xiaoqin Sun,Meilin Lv,Fangfang Wu,Lei Zhang,Li Li,Xiaoxiang Xu
Separation of photo-generated charges has played a crucial role in controlling the actual performance of a photocatalytic system. Here we have successfully fabricated g-C3N4/TiO2-B nanowire/tube heterostructures through facile urea degradation reactions. Owing to the effective separation of photo-generated charges associated with the type-II band alignment and intimate interfacial contacts between g-C3N4 and TiO2-B nanowires/tubes, such heterostructures demonstrate an improved photocatalytic activity over individual moieties. Synthetic conditions such as hydrothermal temperatures for the preparation of TiO2-B and the weight ratio of TiO2-B to urea were systematically investigated. A high crystallinity of TiO2-B as well as the proper growth of g-C3N4 on its surface are critical factors for a better performance. Our simple synthetic method and the prolonged lifetime of photo-generated charges signify the importance of type-II heterostructures in the photocatalytic applications.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2014
·Vol. 39
·期 2
·1132-1138
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IF 3.159
Yu Feng,Jianchao Shen,Qifeng Cai,Hui Yang,Qianhong Shen
A novel method was proposed to fabricate a g-C3N4/AgBr nanocomposite photocatalyst by loading AgBr nanoparticles onto the g-C3N4 matrix, which was protonated under hydrothermal conditions in the presence of sulfuric acid. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectra (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectra (DRS), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), photoluminescence (PL) and reactive species trapping measurement were adopted to analyze the structure and properties of the g-C3N4/AgBr nanocomposite photocatalyst. The photocatalytic activities of the as-prepared samples were also evaluated by decomposing methyl orange (MO) in aqueous solution under visible light illumination. The results show that the protonation pretreatment of a g-C3N4 matrix can not only provide growth sites for AgBr grains, but also increase the porosity of the g-C3N4 matrix. Therefore, the AgBr nanoparticles can be uniformly loaded onto the surface of the g-C3N4 matrix, and the specific surface area of the composite can be increased obviously. As a result, the best photodegradation rate of MO over g-C3N4/AgBr nanocomposite photocatalyst is 33.8 and 2.1 times higher than that over pure g-C3N4 and AgBr samples, respectively. Combining the results of EIS Nyquist plots, EPR spectroscopy, reactive species trapping measurement and ˙OH trapping PL spectra, a Z-scheme charge transfer mechanism is proposed.
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ACS Applied Nano Materials
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2024
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Jianquan Zhao,Baogang Wang,Mina Luo,Hongsheng Lu
The biggest bottleneck restricting the application of two-dimensional (2D) g-C3N4 material in water lubrication is the large-scale acquisition of g-C3N4 nanosheets with satisfactory water dispersibility. In this work, a gel-like g-C3N4 nanosheet hybrid with g-C3N4 nanosheet cores and organic shells was constructed from the bulk g-C3N4 by three procedures of Hummer’s exfoliation, sulfonation, and acid–base neutralization. The hybrid in water exhibited nice water dispersibility and superior tribological performance. Adding 8 wt % of g-C3N4 nanosheet hybrid made the friction coefficient and wear volume of water reduce by 73.7 and 72.3%, respectively. Moreover, its load-carrying capacity under high load and durability under a long-term test were also impressive. The worn surface analyses reflected that a thick protective lubrication film (>150 nm) was distinctly formed on the surface lubricated by the hybrid aqueous dispersion. This film was actually a tribofilm composed of amorphous tribochemical reaction products (FexOy, FexSy, and Fex(SO4)y) embedded with FexOy and g-C3N4 nanocrystals, which not only remarkably reduced the friction and wear but also effectively restrained the oxidation and corrosion of the friction pair. Given the possibility of large-scale construction and the prominent tribological performance, the g-C3N4 nanosheet hybrid is a promising candidate to be developed as a particularly promising water-based additive.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2024
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Jian Zhang,Chen Shao,Zhen Lei,Yuanchun Li,Haina Bai,Lanhe Zhang,Guangqin Ren,Xinyan Wang
Due to inherent limitations such as high carrier recombination efficiency, limited active sites, and suboptimal utilization of visible light, graphite-like carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) has constrained its widespread application in water treatment within photocatalytic systems. In addressing this issue, the present study employed acid etching and sonochemistry to fabricate a Ti 3 C 2 -SO 3 H/g-C 3 N 4 (TiCSOHCN) composite photocatalyst for the removal of tetracycline hydrochloride (TC). The amalgamation of Ti 3 C 2 -SO 3 H (TiCSOH) with g-C 3 N 4 engendered the establishment of a discernible Schottky barrier, facilitating an expedited electron transfer rate. Photocatalytic degradation experiments demonstrate that, compared to individual components, the TiCSOHCN composite photocatalyst exhibits significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity. The removal efficiency of TC reaches 75.42% within 2 h, and even after five cycles of experimentation, the degradation efficiency remains close to 70%, indicating excellent stability. The augmentation can be predominantly ascribed to the cooperative influence arising from the synergy between Ti 3 C 2 -SO 3 H and g-C 3 N 4 . The augmentation of visible light responsiveness in g-C 3 N 4 , achieved through its modification with TiCSOH, resulted in the mitigation of photoelectron-hole pair recombination, consequently leading to an amelioration in the photocatalytic efficacy of the TiCSOHCN composite catalyst. Intermediate species arising from the degradation of tetracycline were discerned utilizing LC-MS, and conjectures regarding plausible degradation pathways were postulated. Evaluations of the ecotoxicological impact of tetracycline and its intermediates indicated a progressive diminution in toxicity throughout the course of the photocatalytic degradation process. Furthermore, through free radical capture and EPR tests, it was confirmed that ·O 2 – and ·OH are the primary active species responsible for the photocatalytic degradation of TC, substantiating the proposed rational photocatalytic degradation mechanism. This research provides an innovative approach to developing high-performance and stable photocatalysts.
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