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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 588, Issue -, Pages 357-368Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.12.087
Keywords
BiVO4/Bi/g-C3N4; S-scheme photocatalyst; SPR effect; Formaldehyde removal; Full spectrum light
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21872074]
- Program for Young Talents of Science and Technology in Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [NJYT-18-A01]
- Grassland Talent Innovation Team of Inner Mongolia
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The study investigated the use of a BiVO4/g-C3N4 heterojunction modified by non-noble metal Bi nanoparticles to synergistically degrade formaldehyde under full spectral irradiation. Results showed that the photocatalytic activity of BiVO4/g-C3N4 was significantly improved, achieving a degradation efficiency of 96.39% for HCHO under 300 W Xenon lamp without filter. The photocatalyst also exhibited notable degradation efficiency under visible and near-infrared light, indicating a broad prospect for future applications.
It is crucial to develop more effective photocatalysts in the field of clean environment. In response, the S-scheme BiVO4/g-C3N4 heterojunction modified by in situ reduced non-noble metal Bi nanoparticles was used to synergistically degrade formaldehyde under full spectral irradiation. The results, that investigated by careful characterizations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, proved that BiVO4/g-C3N4 form an S-scheme heterojunction, which can effectively improve the separation efficiency of photogenic carriers and maintain the original strong redox capability of semiconductor materials. The SPR effect of Bi elemental substance enhanced the optical response and provided more oxidative species. Thus, the photocatalytic activity of BiVO4/g-C3N4 was significantly improved through their joint efforts, that the degradation efficiency of HCHO (800 ppm) for 6 h is 96.39% under 300 W Xenon lamp without filter with the pseudo-second-order rate constant of 4.16 ppm(-1) .h(-1) and CO(2 )selectivity of 98.41%. Surprisingly, the degradation efficiency also reached to 49.35% and 32.23% under visible and near-infrared light irradiation, respectively. Moreover, we also tested its photocatalytic decomposition effect on formaldehyde in coatings, indicating that it has a broad prospect in future coatings applications. This study may provide an expected photocatalyst, an efficient non-noble metal modified S-scheme heterojunction, to degrade volatile organic gases under a broad spectrum light. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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