Synthesis of an Ag3PO4/AlPO4 composites for enhanced visible light-driven photocatalytic activity

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1284-1291
Author(s):  
Yanlin Zhang ◽  
Fuzhong Gong ◽  
Yanlin Li ◽  
Sunqi Liao

Novel non-porous Ag3PO4/AlPO4 composites with a stick shape were synthesized using the homogeneous precipitation method and characterized by XRD, FESEM, XPS, UV-vis spectroscopy and BET method. The photocatalytic performance was evaluated by degradation of MB and MO upon irradiation with visible light. Results indicate that when the molar ratios of Ag3PO4 to AlPO4 are 6:4 or higher, remarkable increases in photocatalytic activity were observed compared with the pure Ag3PO4 powder. The possible mechanism of photocatalytic degradation of dyes by Ag3PO4/AlPO4 composites was proposed.

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (78) ◽  
pp. 63930-63935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongjie Dong ◽  
Zhenzhu Cao ◽  
Ruyi Shao ◽  
Yang Xiao ◽  
Weiyan He ◽  
...  

Visible light driven BiOBr/rod-like BiPO4 composites with different BiOBr to BiPO4 molar ratios were fabricated via a facile deposition-precipitation method.


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.


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.


2009 ◽  
Vol 1171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao-Ming Huang ◽  
Guan T. Pan ◽  
Lung C. Chen ◽  
C.K. Thomas Yang ◽  
Wen S. Chang

AbstractVisible-light-driven Ag3VO4 photocatalysts were successfully synthesized using low-temperature hydrothermal synthesis method. Under various hydrothermal conditions, the structures of silver vanadates were tuned by manipulating the hydrothermal time and the ratio of silver to vanadium. X-ray diffraction (XRD) results reveal that the powders prepared in a stoichiometric ratio consisted of pure α-Ag3VO4 or mixed phases of Ag4V2O7 and α-Ag3VO4. With increasing the Ag-to-V mole ratio to 6:1, the resulting samples were identified as pure monoclinic structure α-Ag3VO4. UV-vis spectroscopy indicated that silver vanadate particles had strong visible light absorption with associated band gaps in the range of 2.2-2.5 eV. The sample synthesized in the excess silver exhibited higher photocatalytic activity than that synthesized in a stoichiometric ratio. The powder synthesized at silver-rich at 140℃ for 4 h (SHT4) exhibited the highest photocatalytic activity among all samples. The reactivity of SHT4 (surface area, 3.52 m2 g-1) on the decomposition of gaseous benzene was about 16 times higher than that of P25 (surface area, 49.04 m2 g-1) under visible light irradiation. A well developed crystallinity of Ag3VO4 of SHT 4 was considered to enhance the photocatalytic efficiency.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (112) ◽  
pp. 92033-92041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Liu ◽  
Ailing Jin ◽  
Yushuai Jia ◽  
Junzhe Jiang ◽  
Na Hu ◽  
...  

An efficient composite photocatalyst fabricated by dispersing ultrafine Fe2O3 nanocrystals onto g-C3N4 nanosheets via a facile deposition-precipitation method shows significantly enhanced photocatalytic performance under visible light irradiation.


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 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Ma ◽  
Jia Chu ◽  
Liangsheng Qiang ◽  
Juanqin Xue

The new novel material Bi-TiO2/SBA-15 was synthesized by an easy wet impregnation method. A combination of XRD, XPS, Raman, N2adsorption-desorption isotherm measurement, TEM, and solid state UV-Vis spectroscopy has been used to characterize the Bi-TiO2/SBA-15 material. It was found that SBA-15 retained the ordered hexagonal mesostructure after incorporation of TiO2and Bi. The photodecomposition of rhodamine B (RhB) in aqueous medium was selected to evaluate the photocatalytic performance of Bi-TiO2/SBA-15 under visible light irradiation (λ≥420 nm). The experiment results indicated that Bi-TiO2/SBA-15 exhibited higher photocatalytic activities than pure TiO2and Bi2O3. The influences of calcination temperature were studied. It strongly influenced the activity of the samples. The sample calcined at 550°C shows the highest photocatalytic activity in the decomposition of RhB under visible light. The catalyst preserved almost its initial photocatalytic activity after six reuses.


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.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiong Sun ◽  
Hui-Jun Li ◽  
Nanquan Ou ◽  
Bowen Lyu ◽  
Bojie Gui ◽  
...  

Nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots (NGQDs) were successfully prepared via a hydrothermal method using citric acid and urea as the carbon and nitrogen precursors, respectively. Due to different post-treatment processes, the obtained NGQDs with different surface modifications exhibited blue light emission, while their visible-light absorption was obviously different. To further understand the roles of nitrogen dopants and N-containing surface groups of NGQDs in the photocatalytic performance, their corresponding composites with TiO2 were utilized to degrade RhB solutions under visible-light irradiation. A series of characterization and photocatalytic performance tests were carried out, which demonstrated that NGQDs play a significant role in enhancing visible-light driven photocatalytic activity and the carrier separation process. The enhanced photocatalytic activity of the NGQDs/TiO2 composites can possibly be attributed to an enhanced visible light absorption ability, and an improved separation and transfer rate of photogenerated carriers.


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