Journal
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 428, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.131223
Keywords
Bi4O5Br2; MnO2; N-p heterojunction; Photocatalytic; BPA; Degradation path
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21207089]
- SRF for ROCS, SEM.
- Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai [17ZR1419200]
- science and technology development project of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology [2017KJFZ073]
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The study focused on enhancing the removal of environmental hormones through the design and creation of a 3D hierarchical composite Bi4O5Br2MnO2 (MB) with improved photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A (BPA). The best candidate 0.5 MB showed significantly higher Kapp value and boosted generation of oxidative radicals in a Z-Scheme model. Factors influencing photocatalytic degradation performance were explored, and intermediates detected by GC-MS analysis provided insights into the degradation pathway of these robust composites.
Design and creation of photocatalytic systems with favorable microstructural and morphological merits are quite crucial to heighten removal of environmental hormones. For such purpose, in the current study n-type Bi4O5Br2 and p-type MnO2 were specially selected to construct three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical composites Bi4O5Br2MnO2 (MB) via a facile one-pot procedure. Through thorough and systematical analyses, the existence of both expected components was confirmed in composites and these heterojunction MB composites showed significantly improved photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A (BPA) under visible light. Particularly, the best candidate 0.5 MB owned the largest Kapp value 11.03 x 10-3 min-1 that was about 3.89 and 1.81 times those of bare Bi4O5Br2 and mechanical mixture 0.5 MB, which primarily attributed to strengthened visible-light absorption, effective integration of favorable morphologies, proper chemical composition, and efficient spatial separation of induced charge carriers through n-p heterojunction domains and thus boosted generation of oxidative radicals in a Z-Scheme model. In addition, other parameters possibly influenced photocatalytic degradation performance such as catalyst dosages, initial concentrations of BPA, pH values, and involvement of inorganic anions were also explored. Moreover, some intermediates were detected by GC-MS analysis to provide a plausible degradation path of these robust 3D hierarchical heterojunctions with satisfactory reusability and structural stability.
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