Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 256, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.117882
Keywords
MOF-derived In2S3; Sulfidation; Hollow tube; Heterostructure; Photo-degradation
Funding
- Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar [2016A030306031]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21776097, 21436005]
- Guangdong Province Science and Technology Project [2016A020221006]
- Guangdong Natural Science Foundation [2017A030312005]
- Pearl River and SAMP
- T Nova Program of Guangzhou [201610010039]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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Constructing advanced heterojunction structures is an effective approach to improve light utility and enhance photogenerated charge separation and transfer for solar energy conversion. Herein, we reported a MWCNT@MOF-derived In2S3 hollow tube heterostructure via facile MOF sulfidation process, significantly boosting its photocatalytic degradation performance of tetracycline (TC) under visible light irradiation. The MWCNT bonds to the In2S3 hollow tube strongly to construct an effective heterojunction, as illustrated in TEM and Raman spectroscopy. The 0.3%-MWCNT@MOF-derived In2S3 exhibited the highest photocatalytic activity for visible-light-driven TC degradation, achieving (similar to)100% degradation efficiency, with its apparent reaction rate constants 3-5 times higher than that of the pure MOF-derived hollow In2S3 and traditional In2S3 bulk. The boosted visiblelight-driven degradation efficiency was attributed to the synergy between electron acceptor of MWCNTs for enhanced separation of charge carriers and active center of MOF-derived In2S3 hollow tube with shorter transfer distance of charge carriers, which not only promotes the carrier transfer and inhibits the recombination rate effectively, but also improves the visible light response. Such MOF-derived visible-light-active heterostructures thus provide a novel insight into the development of highly efficient photocatalyst for a wide usage.
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