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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 116, Issue 24, Pages 13063-13070Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp300066g
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MoO42-/WO42- intercalated layered double hydroxide (LDH) was prepared by taking nitrate intercalated Zn/Y LDH (Zn/Y/N) by the ion exchange method. The structure, morphology, texture, optical absorption properties, and photocatalytic activities of all the as-prepared catalysts were studied in detail. Optical difference spectra (ODS) along with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurement revealed that the absorption in the visible region is attributed to the metal-to-metal charge-transfer (MMCT) excitation of oxo-bridged bimetallic linkage of Zn-O-Y in Zn/Y LDHs and can initiate the degradation of Rhodamine 6G (RhG) upon visible-light irradiation. The enhanced reactivity of tungstate and molybdate intercalated Zn/Y LDHs indicated that the interlayer space is the reaction field. The dye degradation process follows Langmuir-Hinshelwood first order kinetics. The possible photodegradation mechanism was studied by the examination of active species such as OH center dot, h(vB)(+), and O2(-center dot) anions by using appropriate scavengers. The substantial decrease of chemical oxygen demand (COD) during photocatalytic degradation has been established.
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