Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 284, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119813
Keywords
rGO; Er3+-TiO2; Photocatalyst; Gaseous VOC; Degradation pathway; Deactivation; Activation
Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFA0203000]
- Shanghai Commission of Science and Technology Program [19DZ1202600, 20DZ1204100]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41907303]
- Innovation Fund of SICCAS
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The addition of rGO can enhance the performance and durability of photocatalysts, resist the accumulation of intermediates, and maintain activity, providing a promising strategy for preparing catalysts for industrial applications.
The poor efficiency and stability of photocatalysts are the fundamental issues to be addressed for photodegrading VOCs in practical applications. Herein, 0.5 wt%rGO/0.5 mol%Er3+-TiO2 (0.5rGO/0.5 ET) exhibited the excellent performance and a remarkable durability towards gaseous VOC (o-xylene), while pure TiO2 (PT) and 0.5 mol% Er3+-TiO2 (0.5 ET) showed poor catalytic activity and deactivation after 60 min. The results suggested that intermediates accumulation was primarily responsible for the deactivation of PT and 0.5 ET. In contrast, the activity of 0.5rGO/0.5 ET was not decreased although more intermediates were generated compared with other samples. The experiments revealed that rGO provide more adsorption sites for the intermediates, which helped 0.5rGO/0.5 ET resist the deactivation even after photodegradation of 10 h and 4 cycles. Therefore, rGO played a vital role in keeping the stable activity of the composites. This study is helpful to understand the deactivation/ activation mechanism of photocatalysts and provided a promising strategy to make catalyst in activation for industrial application.
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