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ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
Volume 6, Issue 5, Pages 6941-+Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b00782
Keywords
Carbon-doped carbon nitride; Bi12O17Cl2; Semiconductor composites; Visible -light photocatalysis; Antibiotic degradation
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- Program for the National Natural Science Foundation of China [51579098, 51779090, 51709101, 51278176, 51521006, 51378190, 51408206]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University [NCET-13-0186]
- Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Plan Project [2016RS3026]
- National Program for Support of Top-Notch Young Professionals of China
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University [IRT-13R17]
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Many recent advances based on 2D materials have opened new possibilities in photocatalysis. In this paper, a new 2D semiconductor composite consisting of carbon-doped carbon nitride (denoted as CCN) layers and Bi12O17Cl2 layers was designed via an in situ method. A supramolecular chemistry approach was employed to form CCN by using the hydrogen-bonded melamine-cyanuric acid and barbituric acid, and Bi12O17Cl2 layers were obtained by using a moderate solvothermal method. CCN/Bi12O17Cl2 composite had superior photocatalytic performance for degrading antibiotic tetracycline (TC) under visible-light irradiation. The degradation rate constant of 20%CCN/Bi12O17Cl2 is 0.0409 min(-1), which is approximately 2.9-, 1.5-, and 32.1-fold those of pristine Bi12O17Cl2, CCN, and BiOCl, respectively. Electrochemical measurements showed that CCN/Bi12O17Cl2 composite has high photogenerated charge carrier separation efficiency. According to the trapping and electron spin resonance results, superoxide radicals and holes were the main active radicals in the degradation of TC. The enhanced photocatalytic activity of CCN/Bi12O17Cl2 can be attributed to enhanced charge separation. It is expected that the CCN/Bi12O17Cl2 composite could be utilized as visible-light photocatalyst for other environmental applications.
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