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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
Volume 59, Issue 42, Pages 18865-18872Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c03388
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [21706295, 21773315]
- Guangdong Province [2020A1515010798]
- Pearl River ST Nova Program [201906010024]
- Science and Technology Research Project of Guangzhou [202002010007]
- Local Innovative and Research Teams Project of Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program [2017BT01C102]
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Engineering the band-edge of photocatalysts is one of the important strategies to adjust the photocatalytic performance. Herein, we successfully prepare Cu-Fe2O3/Ni-ZnO nanoplate photocatalysts and confirm by a series of materials characterization. The prepared Cu-Fe2O3/Ni-ZnO nanoplate exhibits the highest photodegradation performance of tetracycline among all the prepared samples. The experimental results demonstrate that introducing elements into Fe2O3/ZnO regulates the potentials of the conduction band and valence band, accelerating the recombination of Cu-Fe2O3 photogenerated electrons with Ni-ZnO holes. Furthermore, electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy reveals that rapid production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as center dot O-2(-) and center dot OH can improve the photodegradation activity of Cu-Fe2O3/Ni-ZnO. This work reveals that engineering the band-edge of photocatalysts can be considered as an effective method to improve the photocatalytic activity.
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