Journal
CATALYSTS
Volume 8, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/catal8060251
Keywords
Ag@TiO2; Cr(VI) reduction; in-situ photoreduction; ultrasonic impregnation; ultra-trace silver
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41772264]
- Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection [SKLGP2018Z006]
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For the purpose of establishing a simple route to prepare a metal-semiconductor hybrid catalyst efficiently and reduce its cost through precise doping noble metals. In this study, ultra-trace silver doped TiO2 photocatalysts were fabricated via a green ultrasonic impregnation-assisted photoreduction strategy in an ethanol system, and its photocatalytic performance was systematically investigated by utilizing Cr(VI) as the model contaminant. A schottky energy barrier was constructed in Ag@TiO2, which served as a recombination center and possessed superior photocatalytic activity for Cr(VI) reduction. The obtained catalysts exhibited a significant e(-)/h(+) separation efficiency which directly led to an obvious photocatalytic property enhancement. Then, the resultant Ag@TiO2 (0.06 wt %, 30 min irradiation) showed about 2.5 times the activity as that of commercial P25 NPs for Cr(VI) degradation. Moreover, after five cycles, it still maintained considerably high catalytic ability (62%). This work provides a deep insight into preparation techniques of metal-semiconductor photocatalyst and broadens their application prospect.
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