Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 205, Issue -, Pages 587-596Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.10.067
Keywords
GQD/m-BiVa(4)/t-BiVO4; Simulated solar-light; Photocatalysis; Carbamazepine; Mechanisms
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41573096, 21671129, 21571124, 51472241]
- Shanghai Sailing Program [16YF1404400]
- Major State Basic Research Development Program of China [2011CB933402]
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University [IRT13078]
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Herein, solar-driven GQDs loaded BiVO4 heterostructure catalysts were fabricated and employed to degradate carbamazepine (CBZ) under simulated solar light. The as-prepared ternary catalysts (GQD/m-BiVO4/t-BiVO4) were thoroughly characterized by TEM, HRTEM, XRD, XPS, UV-vis, Raman and PL. The characterization results demonstrated that GQDs are well-dispersed on binary BiVO4 support, and the optical properties of the composites are improved with GQDs loaded. The photocatalytic activities of the novel composite catalysts were significantly increased by incorporation of GQDs on original BiVO4 semiconductor. In particular, the 1.0 wt% GQD loaded catalysts exhibited the highest photocatalytic activity for CBZ, and the mineralization degree of CBZ with the catalysts could achieve more than 95%. In addition, the transformation products (TPs) of CBZ during the catalysis processes were tentatively identified, and hydroxyl radicals were regarded as the predominant active species. From the results of density functional theory (DFT) calculations and evolution of TPs, hydroxylation and cleavage of amide group on the heterocycle may be the main initial photocatalytic degradation channels for CBZ under the catalysis of GQD/BiVO4. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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