Journal
CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
Volume 42, Issue 2, Pages 347-355Publisher
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(20)63668-3
Keywords
Bi modification; TiO2 single crystal; Phenolic pollutants; Complete removal; Water matrix; Degradation mechanism; Photocatalysis
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21876069, 21707054]
- Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu [XCL-018]
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In this study, a noble metal-free TiO2 photocatalyst Bi-SCTiO2 was designed and synthesized, which showed significantly enhanced removal efficiency of phenolic contaminants under sunlight irradiation and high potential for sewage treatment.
Exploring low-cost and highly active photocatalysts is very urgent to accomplish complete removal of phenolic contaminants and overcome the limitations of the existing photocatalysts. In this study, we designed and synthesized noble metal-free TiO2 photocatalysts by introducing bismuth nanoparticles as modifiers of a TiO2 single crystal (Bi-SCTiO2). The Bi-SCTiO2 can make full use of the synergistic effect of a small band overlap and low charge carrier density (Bi) with a high conductivity (single crystal), significantly boosting the separation and migration of the photogenerated charge pairs. Therefore, the Bi-SCTiO2 photocatalyst exhibits a significantly enhanced degradation rate (12 times faster) of 4-nitrophenol than a TiO2 single crystal under simulated sunlight irradiation. Notably, the complete removal of phenolic contaminants is achieved in various water matrices, which not only successfully overcomes the incomplete degradation in many reported photocatalytic systems, but also manifests a significant practical potential for sewage disposal. Therefore, this work presents a new insight in designing and constructing noble metal-free decorated semiconductor single-crystal photocatalysts with excellent activity and cyclability. (C) 2021, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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