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JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY
卷 443, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.114812
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Carbon foam; Bismuth oxychloride; Nanocomposite; Methylene blue; Photocatalytic activity
Multicomponent nanocomposites of bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl) with porous carbon foam (CF) derived from waste polyurethane (PU) elastomers were prepared by a simple hydrothermal method and their photocatalytic performance was investigated. The composites exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity for the degradation of methylene blue (MB) under UV-A irradiation, with a high overall removal efficiency of 99.0% in 100 min of irradiation. The enhanced activity of the composites was attributed to the well-connected heterojunction interface, improved hydrophilicity, more reactive sites, and effective separation of photogenerated charges.
Multicomponent materials containing nanoscale structures, the so-called nanocomposites are one of the fastestgrowing areas of photocatalytic research. In this study, the nanocomposites of bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl) with porous carbon foam (CF) derived from waste polyurethane (PU) elastomers were developed by a simple hydrothermal method, and the photocatalytic performance of the as-prepared materials was investigated. The structure, morphology and optical properties of the composites were characterized in detail. The photocatalytic activity of the samples was evaluated by studying the degradation of methylene blue (MB) under UV-A irradiation. Even at a high MB concentration (0.5 mmol/L), excellent photocatalytic activity was observed, with an overall removal efficiency of 99.0% in 100 min of irradiation. Kinetic studies were also carried out for the degradation of MB by pristine BiOCl and CF-BiOCl. The photodegradation rate constants were evaluated by fitting the kinetic data with a pseudo-first-order model, and the rate constants of CF-BiOCl composites were higher than that of pristine BiOCl. The enhanced activity of the composites was due to the well-connected heterojunction interface, improved hydrophilicity, more reactive sites, and effective separation of photogenerated charges. Thus, our work combines the valuable waste PU-derived CFs with BiOCl, which provides a strategy to achieve circular economy and environmental remediation objectives.
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