Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL
Volume 401, Issue -, Pages 41-47Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcata.2015.02.019
Keywords
Photocatalyst; Zn3V2O7(OH)(2)(H2O)(2); g-C3N4; Sonocheniical
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Funding
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [21276036]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [3132014323, 3132015085]
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Ultrasound can be used for synthesis of nanomaterials and provides an unusual route to preparing materials without bulk high temperatures, high pressures, or long reaction time. In this study, Zn3V2O7(OH)(2)(H2O)(2) and g-C3N4/Zn3V2O7(OH)(2)(H2O)(2) photocatalysts were synthesized by ultrasound method. The sample were evidently investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), field emission on scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electrochemical experiments. After modified by g-C3N4, the absorption edge of g-C3N4/Zn3V2O7(OH)(2)(H2O)(2) had red shift reaching 450 nm with band gap (E-g) calculated to be 2.76 eV. The g-C3N4/Zn3V2O7(OH)(2)(H2O)(2) presented a significantly enhanced photocatalytic performance in degrading methylene blue (MB), which increase to about 5.6 times as pure Zn3V2O7(OH)(2)(H2O)(2). In conclusion, heterojunction structure of g-C3N4/Zn3V2O7(OH)(2)(H2O)(2) was formed during the ultrasound process. It is the special structure which increased the separation efficiency of photogenerated electron-hole pairs resulted in the enhancement of photocatalytic performances. This work is of great value for preparation or modification of photocatalysts by sonochemical method. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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