Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 205, Issue -, Pages 34-41Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.12.015
Keywords
p-AgI/n-Bi2O2CO3; Close contact; Visible light; Photocatalysis; 2-Chlorophenol
Funding
- National Key Research and Development Plan [2016YFA0203204]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51538013, 21407165]
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A close-connected p-AgI/n-Bi2O2CO3 heterojunction was synthesized by a one-step co-crystallization method. The visible-light-driven photoactivity of AgI was exceptionally enhanced by nearly 5 times through in-situ close contact with Bi2O2CO3. After seven cycling measurements, the photodegradation rate of 2-chlorophenol could be maintained at 88% and no Ag+ and Bi3+ could be detected in the reaction solution, indicating high photostability of the heterojunction photocatalyst. On the basis of the characterization of morphology, X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectra and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, AgI nanoparticles were selectively anchored on active {001} facets of layered Bi2O2CO3 sheets, and a strong interfacial interaction between p-AgI and n-Bi2O2CO3 was observed, which enhanced effective separation and transfer of the photo-generated electron-hole pair from AgI, resulting in the high photoactivity and photostability of AgI for the degradation and mineralization of 2-chlorophenol under visible light. By the studies of electron spin resonance and other experiments, the charge transfer process at the interface cif p-AgI/n-Bi2O2CO3 was verified that the photoexcited electrons of the conduction band of AgI transferred to the conduction band of Bi2O2CO3 to react with surface adsorbed oxygen into O-2(center dot-), while the photoexcited holes of the valence band of AgI could oxidize organic pollutants in water. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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