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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 423, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.130138
Keywords
Z-scheme; Photocatalytic degradation; intermediate products; Finite Element Method; ZnS@In2S3 heterojunction
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [22072034, 22001050, 21676065]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2020T130147, 2020M681084]
- Postdoctoral Foundation of Heilongjiang Province [LBH-Z16059]
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The study successfully synthesized ZnS@In2S3 RD nanocomposites with a Z-scheme heterojunction, which effectively enhanced the separation efficiency of photogenerated electrons and holes, promoting the photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants. Experimental results showed excellent degradation performance of the heterojunction, providing a reference for the development of efficient antibiotic photodegradation catalysts.
Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants was one of the significant ways to solve the problem of antibiotic pollution in the environment. In this work, the core-shell structure of ZnS@In2S3 rhombic dodecahedron (ZnS@In2S3 RD) Z-scheme heterojunction was synthesized. The In2S3 shell wraps the ZnS core, close coaxial contact and effectively promote the separation of electrons and holes through the In-S-Zn bond, and the redox ability of the In2S3 and ZnS RD could be maintained crediting to the Z-scheme system heterojunction. Marvelously, 100 mL, 20 mg/L TC-HCl solution can be completely degraded within 20 min, and the apparent reaction rate constant reaches 0.284 min-1 that far exceeds majority of the previously reported sulfide photocatalyst. Notably, the Finite Element Method (FEM) based on Comsol software was used to simulate the electric field distribution to verify the electric field enhancement effect caused by ZnS@In2S3 RD at the interface. In addition, the intermediate products of the photocatalytic degradation process were monitored by HPLC-MS to understand the degradation pathways. Finally, a possible photocatalytic degradation mechanism was proposed through experimental results and theoretical analysis. This work provides a reference for the development of efficient antibiotic photodegradation catalysts.
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