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Experimental and theoretical investigations on the enhanced photocatalytic performance of titanate nanosheets/sulfur-doped g-C3N4 heterojunction: Synergistic effects and mechanistic studies

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DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119482

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Synergistic effects; Modulation of Femi level; Electronic coupling; Step-scheme interfacial charge transport; DFT calculations

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [52070070]
  2. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [B200203101]
  3. Shanxi Province Science Foundation for Youths [201901D211237]

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TNS/SCN exhibited significantly enhanced photocatalytic performance for tetracycline hydrochloride degradation, attributed to the unique 2D/2D heterostructure and synergistic effects of sulfur doping. The study proposed mechanisms for TC-HCl degradation and step-scheme interfacial charge transport.
YY In this study, novel titanate nanosheets/g-C3N4 (TNS/CN) and titanate nanosheets/sulfur-doped g-C3N4 (TNS/ SCN) heterojunctions were successfully fabricated by the in-situ assembly for the efficient removal of tetracycline hydrochloride (TC-HCl). TNS/SCN achieved 1.87, 7.89 and 3.27 times increases in photodegradation performance compared to TNS/CN, TNS and SCN, respectively, due to the collaboration of the unique 2D/2D heteroarchitecture, synergistic effects of different roles of sulfur doping in SCN and TNS/SCN, and step-scheme interfacial charge transport. The unique 2D/2D hetero-architecture provided numerous convenient nano channels for charge transport, while sulfur doping introduced the impurity states and defects in SCN, which contributed to the enhanced visible-light absorption and efficient separation of photo-generated carriers. Besides, sulfur doping induced the distinct difference in Fermi levels and enhanced electronic coupling between TNS and SCN as evidenced by density functional theory calculations and X-ray photoelectron spectra, which facilitated the interfacial charge transport in heterojunction. The accelerated interfacial charge transport in TNS/SCN driven by the enhanced internal electric field promoted the efficient separation of photogenerated carriers. TNS/SCN can achieve excellent stability and reusability after four consecutive cycles, over a wide pH range or under coexisting anion conditions. Mechanisms toward the TC-HCl degradation and step-scheme interfacial charge transport were also proposed. This work provides a new strategy to enhance the catalytic performance of step-scheme heterojunction.

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