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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 46, Issue 1, Pages 124-135Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1nj04252a
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- National College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program of China [202010373017]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51572103]
- Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province [1908085QF293]
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A series of novel three-dimensional CoTiO3/BiOBr hierarchical heterostructures were prepared via a simple hydrothermal method, showing enhanced photocatalytic performance attributed to increased surface area and reduced recombination probability of charge carriers. The dominating reactive species contributing to the oxidation reaction were identified as h(+) and O-2(-), with a possible Z-scheme charge transfer mechanism proposed and analyzed in detail.
A series of novel three-dimensional (3D) CoTiO3/BiOBr (CTBB) hierarchical heterostructures were prepared via a simple hydrothermal method. In comparison with pure CoTiO3 and BiOBr, all the CTBB nanocomposites display enhanced photocatalytic performance toward dye decomposition. Particularly, CTBB-5 reveals the best photocatalytic efficiency for RhB removal with a K of 0.2030 min(-1), which is about 50.75 and 3.02-fold higher than that of pure CoTiO3 and BiOBr, respectively. The outstanding activity is further demonstrated by MO photodegradation. The dramatically enhanced activity can be attributed to the increased surface area and reduced recombination probability of charge carriers. Furthermore, CTBB-5 exhibits excellent stability after repetitively running four times. The h(+) and O-2(-) are identified as the dominating reactive species contributing to the oxidation reaction. Finally, a possible Z-scheme charge transfer mechanism is presented and analyzed in detail.
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