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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 263, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128279
Keywords
Photoelectrochemical; Nanoporous MoS2@BiVO4 photoanode; Chloride activation; BPA degradation
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- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [2019A1515012202]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [52000079, 51978288]
- National Major Science and Technology Projects [2017ZX07202004]
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Nanoporous MoS2@BiVO4 photoanodes were successfully fabricated for the photoelectrocatalytic degradation of BPA, achieving complete degradation in 75 minutes. The well-designed hybrid structure and chlorine oxide radical were identified as key factors for BPA degradation.
The massive emission of bisphenol A (BPA) has imposed adverse effects on both ecosystems and human health. Herein, nanoporous MoS2@BiVO4 photoanodes were fabricated on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrates for photoelectrocatalytic degradation of BPA. The photocurrent density of the optimized photoanode (MoS2-3@BiVO4) was 5.4 times as that of BiVO4 photoanode at 1.5 V vs. Ag/AgCl under visible light illumination, which was ascribed to the reduced recombination of photogenerated charge carriers of the well-designed hybrid structure. 10 ppm of BPA could be completely degraded in 75 min by MoS2-3@BiVO4 photoanode, with a bias of 1.5 V vs. Ag/AgCl and 100 mM of NaCl as the supporting electrolyte. The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and free radicals scavenging experiments confirmed that chlorine oxide radical (center dot ClO) played a dominant role in the degradation of BPA. 14 intermediates were detected and identified during photoelectrocatalytic degradation of BPA by MoS2-3@BiVO4 photoanode and 3 pathways were proposed based on the above intermediates. The hybrid film exhibited high stability and reusability, and promising application potential in photoelectrocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in aqueous solution. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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