Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 260, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118222
Keywords
Double Z-scheme photocatalyst; CdS; BiOBr; Bi2O2CO3; Atrazine degradation
Funding
- Water Technology Initiative Programme (DST-WTI), India
- Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India
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In this study, a simple one-step hydrothermal method was developed for morphology controlled synthesis of CdS/BiOBr/Bi2O2CO3 ternary heterostructure materials. The ternary system contained well dispersed CdS nanoparticles (50-80 nm) anchored over ultrathin BiOBr and Bi2O2CO3 nanoplates with high interfacial contact. A significant enhancement in visible light absorption, prolonged life time decay and improved charge carrier separation and migration property accounted for the excellent photocatalytic activity towards atrazine herbicide degradation ( > 95% in 30 min). A double Z-scheme electron transfer mechanism was proposed to explain the dramatic increase in photocatalytic activity which was deduced from photoelectrochemical measurements, scavenger and radical ((OH)-O-center dot and O-2(center dot-)) trapping experiments. MIT assay study revealed that the photo-catalytically treated atrazine solution showed significant reduction in cytotoxicity. This study provides an effective strategy for facile synthesis of bismuth based ternary heterostructures with potential applications in the field of environmental remediation.
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