scholarly journals Visible-light-driven Bi2O3/WO3 composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (111) ◽  
pp. 91094-91102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiba P. Adhikari ◽  
Hunter Dean ◽  
Zachary D. Hood ◽  
Rui Peng ◽  
Karren L. More ◽  
...  

The heterojunction formed between Bi2O3 and WO3 shows visible-light driven enhanced photocatalytic performance in degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) and 4 nitroaniline (4-NA).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Zhang ◽  
ziyin chen ◽  
Chen Zhao ◽  
Kunlin Zeng ◽  
Lu Cai ◽  
...  

Abstract A novel binary BiSI/Ag2CO3 photocatalyst with excellent visible light-driven photocatalytic performance was prepared. The products were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-Vis DRS) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The photocatalytic activity of the samples were evaluated by photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B(RhB) under the irradiation of visible light. The results showed that the BiSI improves the photocatalytic activity of BiSI/Ag2CO3. Moreover, when the mass ratio of BiSI in BiSI/Ag2CO3 composites was 40%, the as-prepared BiSI/Ag2CO3 composite exhibited the best photocatalytic activity for degrading RhB. Finally, the possible mechanism for photodegradation over the BiSI/Ag2CO3 composites is also proposed.


Minerals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiming Sun ◽  
Fang Yuan ◽  
Xue Li ◽  
Chunquan Li ◽  
Jie Xu ◽  
...  

A novel kind of cyanuric-acid-modified graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)/kaolinite (m-CN/KA) composite with enhanced visible light-driven photocatalytic performance was fabricated through a facile two-step process. Rhodamine B (RhB) was taken as the target pollutant to study the photocatalytic performance of the synthesized catalysts. It is indicated that the cyanuric acid modification significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light illumination in comparison with the other reference samples. The apparent rate constant of m-CN/KA is almost 1.9 times and 4.0 times those of g-C3N4/kaolinite and bare g-C3N4, respectively. The superior photocatalytic performance of m-CN/KA could be ascribed, not only to the generation of abundant pore structure and reactive sites, but also to the efficient separation of the photogenerated electron-hole pairs. Furthermore, the possible photocatalytic degradation mechanism of m-CN/KA was also presented in this paper. It could be anticipated that this novel and efficient, metal-free, mineral-based photocatalytic composite has great application prospects in organic pollutant degradation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 1292-1303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gangqiang Zhu ◽  
Mirabbos Hojamberdiev ◽  
Ken-ichi Katsumata ◽  
Nobuhiro Matsushita ◽  
Kiyoshi Okada ◽  
...  

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weike Zhang ◽  
Yanrong Zhang ◽  
Kai Yang ◽  
Yanqing Yang ◽  
Jia Jia ◽  
...  

A silicon dioxide/carbon nano onions/titanium dioxide (SiO2/CNOs/TiO2) composite was synthesized by a simple sol-gel method and characterized by the methods of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electronic microscope (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TG), differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra (UV-Vis DRS). In this work, the photocatalytic activity of the SiO2/CNOs/TiO2 photocatalyst was assessed by testing the degradation rate of Rhodamine B (RhB) under visible light. The results indicated that the samples exhibited the best photocatalytic activity when the composite consisted of 3% CNOs and the optimum dosage of SiO2/CNOs/TiO2(3%) was 1.5 g/L as evidenced by the highest RhB degradation rate (96%). The SiO2/CNOs/TiO2 composite greatly improved the quantum efficiency of TiO2. This work provides a new option for the modification of subsequent nanocomposite oxide nanoparticles.


2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (48) ◽  
pp. 19172-19179
Author(s):  
Hong-ji Ren ◽  
Yu-bin Tang ◽  
Wei-long Shi ◽  
Fang-yan Chen ◽  
Yu-song Xu

The red mud/graphene oxide composite photocatalysts with enhanced photocatalytic activity were prepared through a simple ultrasonic mixing method.


2018 ◽  
Vol 238 ◽  
pp. 03007
Author(s):  
Xiquan Wang ◽  
Nan Zhang ◽  
Gao Wang

Bi2S3-sensitized BiFO3 (BFO) photocatalyst (Bi2S3/BFO) was successfully synthesized through a facile and environmental ion exchange method between BFO and Thiosurea (H2NCSNH2, TU). The photocatalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and UV-vis diffuse reflection spectroscopy (DRS). The obtained Bi2S3/BFO composites showed excellent photocatalytic performance for decomposing Rhodamine B (RhB) compared with pure BFO under visible light irradiation (λ>400nm). 5% Bi2S3/BFO exhibited the highest photocatalytic activity and excessive amount of Bi2S3 would result in the decrease of photocatalytic activity of BFO. The mechanism of enhanced photocatalytic activity was proposed on the basis of the calculated energy band positions.


2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (41) ◽  
pp. 16290-16297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaodan Cui ◽  
Wangwang Xu ◽  
Zhiqiang Xie ◽  
James A. Dorman ◽  
Maria Teresa Gutierrez-Wing ◽  
...  

An optimal amount of Ag doping can effectively increase the photocatalytic performance of SnS2.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (15) ◽  
pp. 5315-5322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lan Ching Sim ◽  
Kah Hon Leong ◽  
Shaliza Ibrahim ◽  
Pichiah Saravanan

GO–Ag–TNTs, a ternary composite was synthesized. Both Ag and GO well contributed to enhance the photocatalytic activity in the visible region.


2013 ◽  
Vol 423-426 ◽  
pp. 163-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bao Wei Cao ◽  
Yun Hua Xu

Bi2WO6 doped with iodine ions were synthesized using hydrothermal method and their photocatalytic activities to degrade Rhodamine B (RhB) under visible-light was investigated. The successful incorporation of I ions in Bi2WO6 was proved by XRD and XPS. UV-vis absorption spectra results show that I ion was successfully doped into Bi2WO6 and a red shift for I-doped Bi2WO6 appeared when compared to pure Bi2WO6. The photocatalytic activities of the photocatalysts were evaluated by the decolorization of RhB under visible-light irradiation. The results showed that the photocatalytic activity of I-doped Bi2WO6 was much higher than the undoped Bi2WO6.


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