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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 654, Issue -, Pages 300-307Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.10.049
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FeOOH; Quantum dots/nano rods; Photocatalysis; Internal electric field; Toluene oxidation
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Photocatalytic degradation is an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly method for treating low fraction organic contaminants. This study proposes a novel strategy to improve the charge transfer of low dimensional semiconductors and enhance their photocatalytic activity by forming homojunction interfaces.
Photocatalytic degradation is considered as the most energy-efficient, environmentally benign, and effective method for treating low fraction organic contaminants. However, the photocatalysts still suffer from low utilization efficiency of visible-light and severe carrier recombination. Heterojunctions can resolve these two main problems in some extent but still be restrained by the low quality of hetero-interface. In this study, homojunction was constructed of beta-FeOOH quantum dots and nanorods with the same lattice by a two-step precipitation method, to avoid the heterointerface with too many defects and possess good charge separation as a consequence. The catalysts were characterized by activity test, electron spin resonance, Mott-Schottky plots, photocurrent density tests and open-circuit potential measurements, etc. The results revealed that a strong internal electric fields (IEFs) was created at the interface of catalyst. Beneficently, the electron rearrangement leads to a more rational distribution of oxygen vacancies in the catalyst, resulting in more efficient dissociation of oxygen molecules and formation of active radicals, thus facilitating the efficient degradation of toluene. This study proposes a novel strategy to boosting the photocatalytic activity of low dimensional semiconductors via forming homojunction interfaces to improve their charge transfer.
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