Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 283, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119618
Keywords
Metal niobates; Strong interaction; O-2 activation; High-active peroxide (NbOOAu) species; Benzyl alcohol
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21773284, 21703276]
- Shanxi Science and Technology Department [201801D221093]
- Hundred Talents Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hundred Talents Program of the Shanxi Province
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A series of metal niobates were synthesized under hydrothermal conditions, with Au nanoparticles supported on their surfaces through a NaBH4 reduction method. The strong interaction between Au and ZnNb2O6 generated a high-active peroxide species, leading to enhanced photocatalytic activity compared to Au/NiNb2O6 and Au/CoNb2O6. This modulation of interaction between Au and niobates provides a new prospect for highly selective photocatalytic oxidation reactions.
A series of metal niobates (MNb2O6, M = Zn2+, Ni2+ and Co2+) were prepared from H-niobate precursor under hydrothermal conditions, in which amino groups of L-lysine play an important role. Au nanoparticles were then supported on these niobates by NaBH4 reduction method. More importantly, the strong interaction between Au nanoparticles and ZnNb2O6 generates negatively charged Au which can activate molecular oxygen to form the exclusive high-active peroxide (NbOOAu) species on Au/ZnNb2O6 surface under visible light irradiation, observed in situ by diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectra (DRIFTS). The optimal NbOOAu species produced on the surface of Au/ZnNb2O6 can remove the H atom of the methylene group (-CH2-) of benzyl alcohol, leading to high photocatalytic activity of Au/ZnNb2O6 compared with Au/NiNb2O6 and Au/CoNb2O6. This modulation of interaction of Au and niobates for the activation of molecular oxygen provides a new prospect for highly selective photocatalytic oxidation reactions.
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