Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 204, Issue -, Pages 602-610Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.10.013
Keywords
Plasmonic; Z-scheme; Ag2O; AgCl; Degradation; Ciprofloxacin
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21276116, 21477050, 21301076, 21303074, 21522603]
- Chinese-German Cooperation Research Project [GZ1091]
- Excellent Youth Foundation of Jiangsu Scientific Committee [BK20140011]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University [NCET-13-0835]
- Henry Fok Education Foundation [141068]
- Six Talents Peak Project in Jiangsu Province [XCL-025]
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Ciprofloxacin (CIP) has caused serious environmental problems because of its high resistance to conventional wastewater treatments methods. To improve the photodegradation efficiency for CIP, a new system of Ag/AgCl/Ag2O is developed by growth of Ag/AgCl on the surface of Ag2O nonoparticles at room temperature. The stable Ag/AgCl nanoshells could efficiently protect inner Ag2O from photocorrosion during the photocatalytic process and enhance the separation and transfer efficiency of photo-induced electron-hole pairs. The optimum photocatalytic efficiency of 50% Ag/AgCl/Ag2O heterostructures for the degradation of CIP under visible light irradiation (lambda >420 nm) was about 2.9 and 3.73 times higher than that of individual Ag2O and Ag/AgCl, respectively. The radical trap experiments showed that the degradation of CIP was driven mainly by the participation of superoxide radical (O2(-center dot)) and the action of holes (h(+)). From the experimental results and the relative band gap position of these semiconductors, a possible Z-scheme photocatalytic mechanism was proposed. The system has greatly overcome the drawbacks of single component Ag2O and realized the strong redox ability and long-term stability. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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