Visible/near-IR-light-driven TNFePc/BiOCl organic–inorganic heterostructures with enhanced photocatalytic activity

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (23) ◽  
pp. 9497-9505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Li ◽  
Mingyi Zhang ◽  
Zhenyu Zhao ◽  
Baodong Sun ◽  
Xitian Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Light Illumination ◽  
Bismuth Oxychloride ◽  
Near Ir ◽  
Ir Light

Tetranitrophthalocyanine iron/bismuth oxychloride organic–inorganic heterostructures exhibit high photocatalytic behavior for the decomposition of MO and BPA under visible/near-IR light illumination.

scholarly journals The Highly Uniform Photoresponsivity from Visible to Near IR Light in Sb2Te3 Flakes

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1535
Author(s):  
Shiu-Ming Huang ◽  
Jai-Lung Hung ◽  
Mitch Chou ◽  
Chi-Yang Chen ◽  
Fang-Chen Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Band Structure ◽  
Energy Difference ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Light Illumination ◽  
Near Ir ◽  
State Band ◽  
Valence Bands ◽  
Low Dimensional ◽  
Low Dimensional Materials ◽  
Ir Light

Broadband photosensors have been widely studied in various kinds of materials. Experimental results have revealed strong wavelength-dependent photoresponses in all previous reports. This limits the potential application of broadband photosensors. Therefore, finding a wavelength-insensitive photosensor is imperative in this application. Photocurrent measurements were performed in Sb2Te3 flakes at various wavelengths ranging from visible to near IR light. The measured photocurrent change was insensitive to wavelengths from 300 to 1000 nm. The observed wavelength response deviation was lower than that in all previous reports. Our results show that the corresponding energies of these photocurrent peaks are consistent with the energy difference of the density of state peaks between conduction and valence bands. This suggests that the observed photocurrent originates from these band structure peak transitions under light illumination. Contrary to the most common explanation that observed broadband photocurrent carrier is mainly from the surface state in low-dimensional materials, our experimental result suggests that bulk state band structure is the main source of the observed photocurrent and dominates the broadband photocurrent.

scholarly journals Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic Performance of SAPO-5-Based g-C3N4 Composite for Rhodamine B (RhB) Degradation

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 3948
Author(s):  
Lingfang Qiu ◽  
Zhiwei Zhou ◽  
Mengfan Ma ◽  
Ping Li ◽  
Jinyong Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Redox Reactions ◽  
Photocatalytic Performance ◽  
Dye Degradation ◽  
Thermal Polymerization ◽  
Light Illumination ◽  
Electron Hole ◽  
Visible Light Illumination ◽  
Visible Light Photocatalytic

Novel visible-light responded aluminosilicophosphate-5 (SAPO-5)/g-C3N4 composite has been easily constructed by thermal polymerization for the mixture of SAPO-5, NH4Cl, and dicyandiamide. The photocatalytic activity of SAPO-5/g-C3N4 is evaluated by degrading RhB (30 mg/L) under visible light illumination (λ > 420 nm). The effects of SAPO-5 incorporation proportion and initial RhB concentration on the photocatalytic performance have been discussed in detail. The optimized SAPO-5/g-C3N4 composite shows promising degradation efficiency which is 40.6% higher than that of pure g-C3N4. The degradation rate improves from 0.007 min−1 to 0.022 min−1, which is a comparable photocatalytic performance compared with other g-C3N4-based heterojunctions for dye degradation. The migration of photo-induced electrons from g-C3N4 to the Al site of SAPO-5 should promote the photo-induced electron-hole pairs separation rate of g-C3N4 efficiently. Furthermore, the redox reactions for RhB degradation occur on the photo-induced holes in the g-C3N4 and Al sites in SAPO-5, respectively. This achievement not only improves the photocatalytic activity of g-C3N4 efficiently, but also broadens the application of SAPOs in the photocatalytic field.

scholarly journals Highly Porous and Ultra-Lightweight Aero-Ga2O3: Enhancement of Photocatalytic Activity by Noble Metals

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 1985
Author(s):  
Irina Plesco ◽  
Vladimir Ciobanu ◽  
Tudor Braniste ◽  
Veaceslav Ursaki ◽  
Florian Rasch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Methylene Blue ◽  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Noble Metals ◽  
Hybrid Structures ◽  
Blue Dye ◽  
Light Illumination ◽  
Methylene Blue Dye ◽  
Visible Light Illumination ◽  
New Type ◽  
Highly Porous

A new type of photocatalyst is proposed on the basis of aero-β-Ga2O3, which is a material constructed from a network of interconnected tetrapods with arms in the form of microtubes with nanometric walls. The aero-Ga2O3 material is obtained by annealing of aero-GaN fabricated by epitaxial growth on ZnO microtetrapods. The hybrid structures composed of aero-Ga2O3 functionalized with Au or Pt nanodots were tested for the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye under UV or visible light illumination. The functionalization of aero-Ga2O3 with noble metals results in the enhancement of the photocatalytic performances of bare material, reaching the performances inherent to ZnO while gaining the advantage of the increased chemical stability. The mechanisms of enhancement of the photocatalytic properties by activating aero-Ga2O3 with noble metals are discussed to elucidate their potential for environmental applications.

Lysosome Specific Platinum(II) Catecholates with Photoactive BODIPY for Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy in Near‐IR Light

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (9) ◽  
pp. 831-839
Author(s):  
Vanitha Ramu ◽  
Paramita Kundu ◽  
Aarti Upadhyay ◽  
Paturu Kondaiah ◽  
Akhil R. Chakravarty
Keyword(s):  
Photodynamic Therapy ◽  
Near Ir ◽  
Ir Light

scholarly journals Hybrid Waveguides: Guided Mid‐IR and Near‐IR Light within a Hybrid Hyperbolic‐Material/Silicon Waveguide Heterostructure (Adv. Mater. 11/2021)

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 2170079
Author(s):  
Mingze He ◽  
Sami I. Halimi ◽  
Thomas G. Folland ◽  
Sai S. Sunku ◽  
Song Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Silicon Waveguide ◽  
Near Ir ◽  
Ir Light

scholarly journals Fabrication of Novel Cyanuric Acid Modified g-C3N4/Kaolinite Composite with Enhanced Visible Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity

Minerals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiming Sun ◽  
Fang Yuan ◽  
Xue Li ◽  
Chunquan Li ◽  
Jie Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Photocatalytic Performance ◽  
Cyanuric Acid ◽  
Degradation Mechanism ◽  
Organic Pollutant ◽  
Photogenerated Electron ◽  
Light Illumination ◽  
Acid Modification ◽  
Visible Light Driven

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.

scholarly journals Defining the conditional basis of silicon phthalocyanine near-IR ligand exchange

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (28) ◽  
pp. 19030-19036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin D. Anderson ◽  
Stacey Sova ◽  
Joseph Ivanic ◽  
Lisa Kelly ◽  
Martin J. Schnermann
Keyword(s):  
Ligand Exchange ◽  
Radical Anion ◽  
Near Ir ◽  
Silicon Phthalocyanines ◽  
Conditional Basis ◽  
Ir Light ◽  
Silicon Phthalocyanine

The near-IR light induced ligand exchange of silicon phthalocyanines involves a critical radical anion intermediate and is dependent on hypoxia and a reductant.

Ultrathin CdS shell-sensitized hollow S-doped CeO2 spheres for efficient visible-light photocatalysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1357-1364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning-Chao Zheng ◽  
Ting Ouyang ◽  
Yibo Chen ◽  
Zhu Wang ◽  
Di-Yun Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Shell Structure ◽  
Evolution Rate ◽  
Light Illumination ◽  
Visible Light Photocatalysis ◽  
Visible Light Illumination ◽  
Excellent Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Systematic Effects ◽  
Doped Ceo2

By virtue of the systematic effects of S-doping on CeO2 and the ultrathin shell structure of CdS, the CeO2−xSx@CdS nanocomposite exhibits excellent photocatalytic activity under visible-light illumination for both H2 evolution (rate up to 1147.2 μmol g−1 h−1) and RhB degradation (efficiency reached 99.8%) as compared to CeO2, CeO2−xSx, and CdS.

Hollow BiVO4/Bi2S3 cruciate heterostructures with enhanced visible-light photoactivity

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Zhuang ◽  
Lanqin Tang ◽  
Zhentao Yu ◽  
Tianxiao Peng ◽  
Yongcai Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Anion Exchange ◽  
Light Illumination ◽  
Photocurrent Response ◽  
Exchange Reactions ◽  
Visible Light Illumination

Unique BiVO4/Bi2S3 cruciate hollow heterostructures are successfully constructed via anion exchange reactions using cruciate BiVO4 as templates and precursors. The hollow heterostructures exhibit excellent enhanced photocurrent response and photocatalytic activity for reduction of Cr6+ under visible-light illumination.

scholarly journals Sheet-on-belt branched TiO2(B)/rGO powders with enhanced photocatalytic activity

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 1550-1557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huan Xing ◽  
Wei Wen ◽  
Jin-Ming Wu
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Reduced Graphene Oxide ◽  
Charge Separation ◽  
Reaction Rate ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Reaction Rate Constant ◽  
Light Illumination ◽  
Reduced Graphene

TiO2(B) is usually adopted to construct phase junctions with anatase TiO2 for applications in photocatalysis to facilitate charge separation; its intrinsic photocatalytic activity, especially when in the form of one- or three-dimensional nanostructures, has been rarely reported. In this study, a sheet-on-belt branched TiO2(B) powder was synthesized with the simultaneous incorporation of reduced graphene oxide (rGO). The monophase, hierarchically nanostructured TiO2(B) exhibited a reaction rate constant 1.7 times that of TiO2(B)/rGO and 2.9 times that of pristine TiO2(B) nanobelts when utilized to assist the photodegradation of phenol in water under UV light illumination. The enhanced photocatalytic activity can be attributed to the significantly increased surface area and enhanced charge separation.

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