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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 529, Issue -, Pages 11-22Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.05.109
Keywords
BiVO4; N-CQDs; Ag3PO4; Tetracycline; Visible light photocatalysis
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51521006, 51739004, 21776066]
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A novel nitrogen doped carbon quantum dots (N-CQDs) mediated Ag3PO4/BiVO4 Z-scheme photocatalyst was synthesized through a solvothermal-precipitation method. The as-prepared photocatalysts were comprehensive characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron micrograph, UV-vis diffuse reflection spectroscopy, vis photoluminescence and electron spin resonance analysis. The photocatalytic performances of as-prepared photocatalysts were used for degradation of tetracycline (TC) under visible-light illumination. Results exhibited the increased photocatalytic efficiency of BiVO4/N-CQDs/Ag3PO4-10 (Ag3PO4 with the mass ratio of BiVO4/NCQDs/Ag3PO4 = 10%) to photodegrade TC is up to 88.9% in 30 min and 59.8% mineralization in 90 min. The degradation reaction coefficient (k) is about 6.00, 2.78 and 1.80 times higher than that of BiVO4, N-CQDs/BiVO4 and Ag3PO4/BiVO4, respectively. The excellent photocatalytic performance of the Z-scheme BiVO4/N-CQDs/Ag3PO4 was attributed to the construction of Z-scheme system, increased light harvesting capacity and improved molecular oxygen activation ability. Moreover, the photocatalytic activity of BiVO4/NCQDs/Ag3PO4 remained 79.9% after five cycling runs, indicating the high stability and reusability of the as-prepared photocatalyst. Additionally, a possible photocatalytic mechanism of the novel Z-scheme BiVO4/N-CQDs/Ag3PO4 was proposed. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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