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Efficient removal of cationic dyes from water by a combined adsorption-photocatalysis process using platinum-doped titanate nanomaterials
摘要： In this study, two types of titanate nanomaterials (TNMs) including titanate nanosheets (TNS) and titanate nanotubes (TNT) were hydrothermally prepared by controlling reaction times, and then the platinum (Pt)-doped TNMs were fabricated. The photocatalytic performance of as-prepared materials was compared with that of the commercially available TiO2 P25. It was revealed that changing the morphology of TiO2 particles could enhance their adsorption ability and photocatalytic activity for the removal of cationic dyes from water. In particular, all prepared materials displayed greater removal of methylene blue than of P25 through the synergy of adsorption and photocatalysis; however, such an effect was not so pronounced for anionic dyes. For cationic dyes (methylene blue and rhodamine B) and anionic dyes (methyl orange and naphthol blue–black), TNT presented higher photocatalytic activity than TNS. The TNMs, after Pt doping, significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity compared to the pristine ones. Remarkably, 0.5% by weight Pt-doped TNS achieved 100% removal of methylene blue and rhodamine B after 120 min and 140 min of UV irradiation, respectively, outperforming P25, although Pt-doped TNMs showed lower photocatalytic performance than P25 for anionic dyes.
关键词： Photocatalysis,Cationic dyes,Titanate nanomaterials,Adsorption,Platinum doping
更新于2025-11-14 15:13:28
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Cadmium sulfide nanostructures: Influence of morphology on the photocatalytic degradation of erioglaucine and hydrogen generation
摘要： Size and shape of inorganic materials are known to have great effects on their physical and chemical properties. Here, for the first time we report the visible light driven photocatalytic degradation of erioglaucine – a stable organic dye molecule in the presence of chemically synthesized nanoscale CdS with 1D (nanorods), 2D (nanosheets) and 3D (hierarchical) morphology. Visible light driven photocatalytic degradation efficiency of both 1D and 3D CdS in the removal of erioglaucine are identical. Surprisingly, with 5 min of sonication, the highly crystalline 3D CdS stacked with many thin nanowires containing numerous active surface sites exhibited four-fold enhanced photodegradation efficiency in comparison to 1D and 2D CdS. Scavenger studies revealed that electrons and superoxide radicals are primary reactive species involved in the photodegradation of erioglaucine, while cyclic photodegradation studies revealed the good stability of 3D CdS against photocorrosion. Further, the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution studies also revealed the excellent activity of 3D CdS in comparison to 1D and 2D CdS. Thus, we find that the morphology indeed influences the photocatalytic activity. These results reveal that 3D CdS nanostructures investigated in the present work are efficient photocatalysts that could be fine-tuned for both environmental remediation and hydrogen generation applications.
关键词： erioglaucine,nanostructures,photocatalysis,hydrogen evolution,Cadmium sulfide
更新于2025-11-14 14:48:53
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Efficient visible light driven degradation of sulfamethazine and tetracycline by salicylic acid modified polymeric carbon nitride via charge transfer
摘要： Photocatalysis has been widely studied as a promising technique for removal of organic pollutants in wastewater. A modified carbon nitride has been designed for this purpose. In this study, a facile method to synthesize distorted carbon nitride by simply copolymerizing urea and salicylic acid (SA) has been explored. The incorporation of SA induced the structure change from planar structure to distorted curls structure. Compared to pristine CN, the CN-SA shows wide light absorption, which is attributed to the n → π* transition at the nitrogen atoms with lone pair electrons of heptazine units. The photoelectrode of CN-SA exhibited higher photocurrent and lower charge resistance than that of pristine CN electrode, indicating that the photogenerated charge carriers of CN-SA are more efficiently separated. As a result, the optimal CN-SA shows 2-fold enhancement in degradation of tetracycline (TC) as compared to pristine CN. Furthermore, we found that the degradation rate of sulfamethazine (SMZ) was 0.0823 min?1 using the CN-SA photocatalyst, which is three times higher than that of pristine CN (0.0293 min?1). In addition, the CN-SA shows good stability without structural change or loss of photocatalytic performance after four cycles. According to the radical species trapping experiments and electron spin resonance analyses, ?O2? and h+ were the main active species involved in the degradation of organic pollutants. The developed strategy provides a novel approach to design the tunable band structure of organic semiconductor materials for various applications.
关键词： Salicylic acid,Photocatalysis degradation,Carbon nitride,Charge separation,Antibiotics
更新于2025-11-14 14:48:53
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Oxygen-vacancies-engaged efficient carrier utilization for the photocatalytic coupling reaction
摘要： Defects can greatly optimize the solar light harvesting capability and electronic structure of oxide materials. However, it remains challenging to achieve a defect engineering strategy under mild conditions. Meanwhile, the simultaneous exploitation of photogenerated holes (h+) and electrons (e?) to promote both photooxidation and photoreduction in a coupled system has rarely been reported. For the first time, we reveal an oxygen-vacancies-mediated photocatalytic strategy in which the electrons and holes are fully utilized for nitrobenzene reduction coupled with benzyl alcohol oxidation. The oxygen vacancies (OVs) generated in situ on the surface of TiO2 greatly extend light absorption into the visible region and promote the photogenerated electron transport for efficient photocatalysis. The experimental and theoretical results together indicate that chemisorption on the TiO2 surface decreases the oxidation potential of benzyl alcohol and causes an upward shift in its HOMO, which facilitates the oxidation reaction of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde. The in situ generated surface OVs also act as a bridge to enable the trapping and transferring of the photoinduced electrons to the nitrobenzene. This work provides a new perspective of utilizing the chemisorption between the reactant and catalyst to achieve a defect engineering strategy for synergetic photocatalysis.
关键词： Photocatalysis,Photoreduction,Surface complexation,Oxygen vacancies,Photooxidation
更新于2025-11-14 14:48:53
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Visible Light Assisted Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance of ZnO/NiO Nanocomposites Prepared by Chemical Co-Precipitation Method
摘要： A series of Ni1?xZnxO (x = 0.1 to 0.4) nanocomposites is synthesized by facile chemical co-precipitation method. The structural analysis is carried out using X-ray diffraction (XRD) graph which reveals both cubic (NiO) and hexagonal (ZnO) phases. Chemical bonding, morphology, elemental composition and optical properties of prepared nanocomposites are investigated by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX), and UV-Vis spectroscopy respectively. FESEM micrographs show the formation of nanorods at higher concentration of zinc content. Introducing higher amount of Zn, optical band gap of composites is considerably reduced. Furthermore, solutions of Rose Bengal (RB) and Methylene Blue (MB) dyes are used to investigate the photocatalytic ability of synthesized samples in the presence of sunlight. It was found that the percentage degradation of dye concentration increases with irradiation time and also with the increase in concentration of zinc in prepared samples.
关键词： Photocatalysis,Co-Precipitation,FESEM
更新于2025-11-14 14:48:53
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Unravelling the effect of charge dynamics at the plasmonic metal/semiconductor interface for CO2 photoreduction
摘要： Sunlight plays a critical role in the development of emerging sustainable energy conversion and storage technologies. Light-induced CO2 reduction by artificial photosynthesis is one of the cornerstones to produce renewable fuels and environmentally friendly chemicals. Interface interactions between plasmonic metal nanoparticles and semiconductors exhibit improved photoactivities under a wide range of the solar spectrum. However, the photo-induced charge transfer processes and their influence on photocatalysis with these materials are still under debate, mainly due to the complexity of the involved routes occurring at different timescales. Here, we use a combination of advanced in situ and time-resolved spectroscopies covering different timescales, combined with theoretical calculations, to unravel the overall mechanism of photocatalytic CO2 reduction by Ag/TiO2 catalysts. Our findings provide evidence of the key factors determining the enhancement of photoactivity under ultraviolet and visible irradiation, which have important implications for the design of solar energy conversion materials.
关键词： Ag/TiO2 catalysts,photocatalysis,plasmonic metal nanoparticles,sustainable energy,solar energy conversion,artificial photosynthesis
更新于2025-10-22 19:40:53
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Photodegradation of methylene blue by mechanosynthesized BiFeO <sub/>3</sub> submicron particles
摘要： In this paper, the photocatalytic activity of bismuth ferrite particles synthesized by high-energy ball milling is evaluated by considering the degradation of methylene blue solutions. Once chemical routes are extensively used to produce these kind of photocatalytic reactors, this mechanochemical route has the advantage of large-scale and low-cost production. The structural, microstructural and optical properties of bismuth ferrite powders are investigated and the photocatalytic efficiency is experimentally proved. The results show a degradation of 95% of the methylene blue dye, which became complete after the addition of the H2O2 oxidizing agent and 15 min of illumination.
关键词： photodegradation,bismuth ferrite,Photocatalysis
更新于2025-10-22 19:40:53
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Engineering Charge Transfer Characteristics in Hierarchical Cu2S QDs @ ZnO Nanoneedles with p–n Heterojunctions: Towards Highly Efficient and Recyclable Photocatalysts
摘要： Equipped with staggered gap p-n heterojunctions, a new paradigm of photocatalysts based on hierarchically structured nano-match-shaped heterojunctions (NMSHs) Cu2S quantum dots (QDs)@ZnO nanoneedles (NNs) are successfully developed via engineering the successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR). Under UV and visible light illumination, the photocatalytic characteristics of Cu2S@ZnO heterojunctions with different loading amounts of Cu2S QDs are evaluated by the corresponding photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) aqueous solution. The results elaborate that the optimized samples (S3 serial specimens with six cycles of SILAR reaction) by means of tailored the band diagram exhibit appreciable improvement of photocatalytic activities among all synthesized samples, attributing to the sensitization of a proper amount of Cu2S QDs. Such developed architecture not only could form p–n junctions with ZnO nanoneedles to facilitate the separation of photo-generated carries but also interact with the surface defects of ZnO NNs to reduce the electron and hole recombination probability. Moreover, the existence of Cu2S QDs could also extend the light absorption to improve the utilization rate of sunlight. Importantly, under UV light S3 samples demonstrate the remarkably enhanced RhB degradation efficiency, which is clearly testified upon the charge transfer mechanism discussions and evaluations in the present work. Further supplementary investigations illustrate that the developed nanoscale Cu2S@ZnO heterostructures also possess an excellent photo-stability during our extensive recycling photocatalytic experiments, promising for a wide range of highly efficient and sustainably recyclable photocatalysts applications.
关键词： Photocatalysis,QDs,ZnO@Cu2S hierarchical structure,Photostability,p-n heterojunctions
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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A Full-Spectrum Metal-Free Porphyrin Supramolecular Photocatalyst for Dual Functions of Highly Efficient Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution
摘要： A full-spectrum (300–700 nm) responsive porphyrin supramolecular photocatalyst with a theoretical solar spectrum efficiency of 44.4% is successfully constructed. For the first time, hydrogen and oxygen evolution (40.8 and 36.1 μmol g?1 h?1) is demonstrated by a porphyrin photocatalyst without the addition of any cocatalysts. The strong oxidizing performance also presents an efficient photodegradation activity that is more than ten times higher than that of g-C3N4 for the photodegradation of phenol. The high photocatalytic reduction and oxidation activity arises from a strong built-in electric field due to molecular dipoles of electron-trapping groups and the nanocrystalline structure of the supramolecular photocatalyst. The appropriate band structure of the supramolecular photocatalyst adjusted via the highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy levels of the porphyrin gives rise to thermodynamic driving potential for H2 and O2 evolution under visible light irradiation. Controlling the energy band structure of photocatalysts via the ordered assembly of structure-designed organic molecules could provide a novel approach for the design of organic photocatalysts in energy and environmental applications.
关键词： supramolecular photocatalysts,photocatalysis,full spectrum,dual functions,dipoles
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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The role of the reactive oxygen species and the influence of KBiO3 synthesis method in the photodegradation of methylene blue and ciprofloxacin
摘要： KBiO3 was synthesized by three methods: chemical substitution, hydrothermal and sonochemical. All reaction products were analyzed by X-ray powder diffraction and reveal that KBiO3 presents a cubic structure. The morphology of each sample was analyzed with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the micrographs show particles with cube-like (chemical substitution), spheres-like (sonochemical) and flakes-like (hydrothermal) shape. HR-TEM technique was used to confirm the crystal structure and to determine the particle size of the samples, also it was used to corroborate the morphology. The photocatalytic activity of KBiO3 was evaluated on the reactions of the degradation of methylene blue (MB) and Ciprofloxacin (CPFX). An almost 100% discoloration of MB was reached at 120 min with KBiO3 obtained by the sonochemical method and a 67% degradation of CPFX was obtained by KBiO3 synthesized by the hydrothermal method. These results were associated with the catalyst morphology and organic adsorption on the surface of the catalyst. With the aim for a further understanding of the photocatalytic degradation of MB and CPFX, scavengers such as benzoquinone, isopropanol, and catalase were added to the photocatalytic reaction in order to identify the reactive oxygen species (ROS) involved. It has been found that hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was the primary oxidizing species for the degradation of MB; meanwhile in the case of the oxidation of CPFX occurred by the presence of the superoxide radical (O2?·).
关键词： Photocatalysis,Organic pollutants,Reactive oxygen species,Scavengers,KBiO3
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52