Enhancing the photocatalytic efficiency of BiOCl/Bi3O4Cl composite modified with WO3 for environmental purification under visible light

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashok Kumar Chakraborty ◽  
Sumon Ganguli ◽  
Sandipan Bera

Covering BiOCl/Bi3O4Cl composite with a monolayer of WO3 resulted in a significant increase in the photocatalytic activity of WO3/BiOCl/Bi3O4Cl in the presence of visible light (λ ≥ 420 nm). The...

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 6114-6120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junpeng Ren ◽  
Yongyong Zhu

Ag2O doped electrospun BiVO4 nanofibers with p–n junction heterogeneous structures show enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light (photocatalytic efficiency: 98.47% within 100 min) and good cycling stability.


Catalysts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1463
Author(s):  
Lucas A. Almeida ◽  
Margarita Habran ◽  
Rafael dos Santos Carvalho ◽  
Marcelo E. H. Maia da Costa ◽  
Marco Cremona ◽  
...  

The improvement of photocatalytic activity of TiO2-based nanomaterials is widely investigated due to the tentative of their industrialization as environmental photocatalysts and their inherently low solar spectrum sensitivity and rapid recombination of charge carriers. Coupling of oxygen-based bidentate diketone to nanocrystalline TiO2 represents a potential alternative for improving the holdbacks. Formation of TiO2-acetylacetone charge transfer complex (CTC) by sol-gel route results in a hybrid semiconductor material with photodegradation activity against toxic NOx gas. In this research, the influence of the chelating agent acetylacetone (ACAC) content on the CTC photocatalytic efficiency under visible light was evaluated. A high content of ACAC in the CTC is not a decisive factor for efficiency of photocatalytic reactions. In fact, the highest efficiency for NOx degradation (close to 100%, during 1 h of visible light exposure) was reported for the material calcined in air at 300 °C with the content of strongly bonded acetylacetone not higher than 3 wt.%. Higher calcination temperature (400 °C) left TiO2 almost completely depleted in ACAC, while at the highest applied temperature (550 °C) a portion of anatase was transformed into rutile and the sample is free of ACAC. The analyses pointed out that superoxide anion radical (O2−) plays an active role in photo-oxidation of NOx. Our findings indicate that this CTC has both high visible light spectral sensitivity and photocatalytic efficiency.


NANO ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (06) ◽  
pp. 1750072 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Wang ◽  
Changchang Ma ◽  
Dan Wu ◽  
Xinlin Liu ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
...  

In this paper, a novel heterostructure of 0D/3D-CdSe/Bi[Formula: see text]TiO[Formula: see text] pyramidal photocatalyst was synthesized and characterized. It exhibited significantly photocatalytic efficiency in photocatalytic degradation of the tetracycline than pure Bi[Formula: see text]TiO2 and CdSe and showed high stability. The enhanced photocatalytic activity might be attributed to the formation of heterostructure between CdSe QDs and 3D Bi[Formula: see text]TiO[Formula: see text], in which CdSe QDs served as electron trapper to improve the separation of photodegradation electron–hole pairs, and provided a number of active adsorption sites for the photogenerated of pollutants. The photocatalytic mechanism of 0D/3D-CdSe/Bi[Formula: see text]TiO[Formula: see text] pyramidal heterostructure was also proposed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (19) ◽  
pp. 7409-7418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aizhong Jia ◽  
Xiao Zhang ◽  
Fang Li ◽  
Yanji Wang

Hierarchical pore-induced multiple internal reflections and/or scattering of light improves the capability of light trapping and thus photocatalytic efficiency.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 1714-1720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Guo ◽  
Weilong Shi ◽  
Huibo Wang ◽  
Hui Huang ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
...  

CuBi2O4/g-C3N4 p–n heterojunction photocatalysts with enhanced photocatalytic activity were prepared through a facile calcining method.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Gomathi Devi ◽  
P. M. Nithya

The robust photocatalytic efficiency of hemin anchored BaTiO3 is due to the synergetic effect among photosensitization, reactive 1O2 and redox reactions involving Fe2+/Fe3+.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 4164-4167 ◽  

Mitigating organic pollutants by employing semiconducting materials is considered to be green and sustainable route to tackle the environmental problems. Herein, citrate-gel autocombustion method was adopted to synthesize Ce and Dy doped CoFe2O4 and characterized by various analytical techniques. The efficacy of prepared CoCexDyxFe2-2xO4 (x=0-0.04) samples were tested for degradation of Methylene blue (MB) under visible light irradiation. The photocatalytic efficiency of CoCe0.02Dy0.02Fe1.96O4 for degradation of MB was found to be larger than pure CoFe2O4, Degussa P25 and other modified CoFe2O4. The enhanced photocatalytic activity was attributed to improved charge separation and visible light utilization by Ce and Dy into CoFe2O4 system. The super-spin glass behaviour of CoCexDyxFe2-2xO4 confirmed from flat nature of magnetization of FC curve below TB.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senthilkumar M ◽  
C. Arunagiri

Abstract FexZn1-xO (x = 0, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1 M) nanoparticles based photocatalysts were synthesized by a chemical precipitation method and characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray emission (EDX) and UV–Vis spectroscopy. The photocatalytic efficiency of FexZn1-xO catalysts was assessed under visible light irradiation using the degradation of methylene blue (MB) and methyl orange (MO) dye in aqueous solution. The present investigation shows that the effect of optimized parameters (pH, catalyst dosage and initial dye concentration) and doping concentrations plays significant role in photocatalytic activity. The detailed photocatalytic mechanism for the enhancement of photocatalytic activity has also been proposed.


RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (13) ◽  
pp. 6988-6995 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Safizade ◽  
S. M. Masoudpanah ◽  
M. Hasheminiasari ◽  
A. Ghasemi

BiFeO3-25 wt% ZnFe2O4 exhibits a low specific surface area, high magnetization, and maximum photocatalytic efficiency of 97%.


2013 ◽  
Vol 702 ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
Rahmatollah Rahimi ◽  
Masoumeh Mahjoub Moghaddas ◽  
Solmaz Zargari

For the first time antimony vanadium oxide-TiO2(SbV-T) nanocomposite was synthesized via sol-gel method to improve the photocatalytic efficiency of TiO2. The samples were characterized by FT-IR, XRD, SEM, EDX, and DRS. To investigate the photocatalytic activity of the samples, the photodegradation of methyl orange was carried out under visible light irradiation with pure TiO2, SbVO4, and SbVO4-TiO2nanocomposite. The SbV-T photocatalyst exhibited higher visible light driven photocatalytic efficiency to degrade MO dye. Furthermore the effect of SbVO4 and cationic vacancies in the photocatalytic activity of the SbV-T sample are described.


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