Mesoporous V2O5/g-C3N4 Nanocomposites for Promoted Mercury (II) Ions Reduction Under Visible Light

Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials - The present study addresses a successful attempt to promote the photocatalytic reduction of mercury ions (Hg2+) over the synthesized...     

可见光催化剂ZnIn2S4改性研究进展

介绍了包括ZnIn2S4的形貌控制、表面贵金属沉积、金属离子掺杂、复合半导体、碳类似物修饰以及导电聚合物修饰在内的几种ZnIn2S4的改性方法,叙述了各改性技术实例及其作用机理。分析表明,通过对单组份ZnIn2S4的改性,不仅可明显提高电子的传输能力,而且表现出更宽的可见光吸收区间,提升了其光催化性能。认为ZnIn2S4的改性在污染物降解以及光催化产氢效率的提升等方面具有重大意义。提出改善ZnIn2S4长期稳定性及推动其应用过程是今后研究的重点,以期应用于实际技术中。     

Synthesis of Tri-S-Triazine Based g-C3N4 Photocatalyst for Cationic Rhodamine B Degradation under Visible Light

Topics in Catalysis - In this research, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) photocatalysts were synthesized through a simple calcination process at various temperatures, which were 400, 500, 550, and...     

g-C_3N_4-SnO_2复合材料的制备及可见光催化性能研究

文章中,采用两步法合成了g-C_3N_4-SnO_2复合物。首先,通过热缩聚三聚氰胺来合成g-C_3N_4,再利用水热法合成不同质量比的g-C_3N_4-SnO_2复合光催化剂。利用X射线衍射(XRD),红外光谱(FT-IR),场发射扫描电子显微镜(FE-SEM)和紫外可见漫反射(UV-Vis-DRS)等手段对复合光催化剂进行表征。通过在可见光下检测降解亚甲基蓝(MB)水溶液来评估复合光催化剂的光催化活性。结果表明:复合光催化剂由SnO_2和g-C_3N_4组成,其在可见光区的吸收比纯SnO_2和g-C_3N_4有所提高。随着g-C_3N_4在复合物中含量的增多,光催化活性先增加后降低。其中g-C_3N_4含量为71.5%的复合物光催化活性最佳。其对MB的降解可达到34.4%。分别是纯g-C_3N_4和SnO_2的7.0和10.4倍。并且,通过对目标污染物亚甲基蓝的考察,研究了其光催化作用的机理。     

g-C_3N_4–CeO_2/ATP复合材料的制备及可见光催化性能

微波辅助液相法制备了g-C3N4–Ce O2/凹凸棒石(ATP)复合光催化材料。采用X射线衍射仪、Fourier变换红外光谱仪、紫外-可见漫反射光谱仪、透射电子显微镜等对样品微观结构进行表征,以亚甲基蓝(MB)为目标降解物考察g-C3N4–Ce O2/ATP复合材料在可见光辐射下的催化活性,研究Ce O2/g-C3N4质量比对光催化剂活性的影响。结果表明:ATP与Ce O2和g-C3N4形成三维网络结构,能有效地增加复合光催化剂的表面积,在空间上形成多渠道的电子传递通道,促进光生载流子的分离。当Ce O2/g-C3N4质量比为3/10时,g-C3N4–Ce O2/ATP复合材料对MB的降解率可达92%。     

Preparation of g-C3N4/MoS2 Composite Material and Its Visible Light Catalytic Performance

The g-C₃N₄ nanosheet was prepared by calcination method, the MoS₂ nanosheet was prepared by hydrothermal method. The g-C₃N₄/MoS₂ composites were prepared by ultrasonic composite in anhydrous ethanol. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, and photoluminescence techniques were used to characterize the materials. The photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (Rh B) by g-C₃N₄/MoS₂ composites with different mass ratios was investigated under visible light. The results show that a small amount of MoS₂ combined with g-C₃N₄ can significantly improve photocatalytic activity. The g-C₃N₄/MoS₂ composite with a mass ratio of 1:8 has the highest photocatalytic activity, and the degradation rate of Rh B increases from 50 to 99.6%. The main reason is that MoS₂ and g-C₃N₄ have a matching band structure. The separation rate of photogenerated electron–hole pairs is enhanced. So the g-C₃N₄/MoS₂ composite can improve the photocatalytic activity. Through the active material capture experiment, it is found that the main active material in the photocatalytic reaction process is holes, followed by superoxide radicals.

     

Comprehensive Review on g-C3N4-Based Photocatalysts for the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production under Visible Light

Currently, the synthesis of active photocatalysts for the evolution of hydrogen, including photocatalysts based on graphite-like carbon nitride, is an acute issue. In this review, a comprehensive analysis of the state-of-the-art studies of graphic carbon nitride as a photocatalyst for hydrogen production under visible light is presented. In this review, various approaches to the synthesis of photocatalysts based on g-C₃N₄ reported in the literature were considered, including various methods for modifying and improving the structural and photocatalytic properties of this material. A thorough analysis of the literature has shown that the most commonly used methods for improving g-C₃N₄ properties are alterations of textural characteristics by introducing templates, pore formers or pre-treatment method, doping with heteroatoms, modification with metals, and the creation of composite photocatalysts. Next, the authors considered their own detailed study on the synthesis of graphitic carbon nitride with different pre-treatments and respective photocatalysts that demonstrate high efficiency and stability in photocatalytic production of hydrogen. Particular attention was paid to describing the effect of the state of the platinum cocatalyst on the activity of the resulting photocatalyst. The decisive factors leading to the creation of active materials were discussed.     

Mn2+掺杂ZnIn2S4多孔光催化剂催化产氢性能研究

以溴代十六烷基吡啶(CPBr)为模板剂,采用水热法制备出系列Mn2+掺杂的ZnIn2S4多孔光催化剂.通过XHD、FESEM、UV-Vis、XPS等分析手段对催化剂进行了表征,考察了掺杂Mn2+浓度对多孔ZnIn2S4光催剂的形貌结构和可见光催化产氢性能的影响.实验结果表明,Mn2+掺杂影响催化剂的晶体结构及其微观形貌...     

Construction of Highly Active Zn3In2S6 (110)/g-C3N4 System by Low Temperature Solvothermal for Efficient Degradation of Tetracycline under Visible Light

Herein, Zn₃In₂S₆ photocatalyst with (110) exposed facet was prepared by low temperature solvothermal method. On this basis, a highly efficient binary Zn₃In₂S₆/g-C₃N₄ was obtained by low temperature solvothermal method and applied to the degradation of tetracycline (TC). The samples of the preparation were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, UV–vis diffuse reflection spectroscopy, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Furthermore, the degradation performance of photocatalysts on TC was investigated under different experimental conditions. Finally, the mechanism of Zn₃In₂S₆/g-C₃N₄ composite material degrading TC is discussed. The results show that Zn₃In₂S₆ and Zn₃In₂S₆/g-C₃N₄ photocatalysts with excellent performance could be successfully prepared at lower temperature. The Zn₃In₂S₆/g-C₃N₄ heterojunction photocatalyst could significantly improve the photocatalytic activity compared with g-C₃N₄. After 150 min of illumination, the efficiency of 80%Zn₃In₂S₆/g-C₃N₄ to degrade TC was 1.35 times that of g-C₃N₄. The improvement of photocatalytic activity was due to the formation of Zn₃In₂S₆/g-C₃N₄ heterojunction, which promoted the transfer of photogenerated electron–holes. The cycle experiment test confirmed that Zn₃In₂S₆/g-C₃N₄ composite material had excellent stability. The free radical capture experiment showed that ·O₂⁻ was the primary active material. This study provides a new strategy for the preparation of photocatalysts with excellent performance at low temperature.     

Rational design of MoS2/g-C3N4/ZnIn2S4 hierarchical heterostructures with efficient charge transfer for significantly enhanced photocatalytic H2 production

The rational design of hierarchical heterojunction photocatalysts with efficient spatial charge separation remains an intense challenge in hydrogen generation from photocatalytic water splitting. Herein, a noble-metal-free MoS₂/g-C₃N₄/ZnIn₂S₄ ternary heterostructure with a hierarchical flower-like architecture was developed by in situ growth of 3D flower-like ZnIn₂S₄ nanospheres on 2D MoS₂ and 2D g-C₃N₄ nanosheets. Benefiting from the favorable 2D-2D-3D hierarchical heterojunction structure, the resultant MoS₂/g-C₃N₄/ZnIn₂S₄ nanocomposite loaded with 3 wt% g-C₃N₄ and 1.5 wt% MoS₂ displayed the optimal hydrogen evolution activity (6291 μmol g^?1 h^?1), which was a 6.96-fold and 2.54-fold enhancement compared to bare ZnIn₂S₄ and binary g-C₃N₄/ZnIn₂S₄, respectively. Structural characterizations reveal that the significantly boosted photoactivity is closely associated with the multichannel charge transfer among ZnIn₂S₄, MoS₂, and g-C₃N₄ components with suitable band-edge alignments in the composites, where the photogenerated electrons migrate from g-C₃N₄ to ZnIn₂S₄ and MoS₂ through the intimate heterojunction interfaces, thus enabling efficient electron-hole separation and high photoactivity for hydrogen evolution. In addition, the introduction of MoS₂ nanosheets highly benefits the improved light-harvesting capacity and the reduced H₂-evolution overpotential, further promoting the photocatalytic H₂-evolution performance. Moreover, the MoS₂/g-C₃N₄/ZnIn₂S₄ ternary heterostructure possesses prominent stability during the photoreaction process owing to the migration of photoinduced holes from ZnIn₂S₄ to g-C₃N₄, which is deemed to be central to practical applications in solar hydrogen production.     

g-C_3N_4/AC的制备及其可见光催化活性研究

以尿素为前躯体,于管式炉中进行高温煅烧,借助X射线衍射、电镜扫描手段对产物进行表征,以罗丹明B为污染物,对所得产物的可见光催化性能进行评价,同时考察不同负载量、不同煅烧温度和煅烧时间对光催化活性的影响。结果表明,500~600℃煅烧3 h所得负载量为60%的g-C_3N_4/AC可见光催化活性最强。     

Facile Synthesis of Zn Doped g-C3N4 for Enhanced Visible Light Driven Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

Topics in Catalysis - The present work reports a facile strategy to develop L-arginine mediated Zn doped graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) and its enhanced photocatalytic activity. The...     

A Facile One Step Synthesis of MoS2/g-C3N4 Photocatalyst with Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

Catalysis Letters - Noble metal-free MoS2/g-C3N4 photocatalysts have been synthetized by one step thermal treatment of thiourea and sodium molybdate, which has intimate contact interfaces between...     

g-C3N4/ZnO复合光催化剂的制备及其可见光光催化性能的研究

采用缩聚法合成了类石墨氮化碳(g-C3N4),并与商品ZnO复合得到新型复合光催化剂g-C3N4/ZnO。采用XRD、SEM和UV-vis DRS对催化剂进行了表征。以300 W的卤钨灯为光源(λ>420 nm),以罗丹明B(RhB)为目标降解物进行了光催化实验。结果表明,与单纯的ZnO和g-C3N4相比,g-C3N4/ZnO复合催化剂的光催化性能有所提高,其中g-C3N4含量为7.0 wt%时光催化性能最好。     

S-scheme bimetallic sulfide ZnCo2S4/g-C3N4 heterojunction for photocatalytic H2 evolution

Transition bimetallic sulfides have attracted widespread attention because of their superior electrochemical characteristics compared to their parent materials. Herein, ternary ZnCo₂S₄ was deposited on g-C₃N₄ (CN) to enhance the photocatalytic water splitting reactivity of CN. The hydrogen (H₂) evolution rate of 25 wt%-ZnCo₂S₄/CN reached 6619 μmol h⁻¹ g⁻¹, which was 55.2 times higher than that of CN alone. Under the same conditions, ZnS/CN and Co₃S₄/CN were also synthesized, and their H₂ evolution rates were both inferior to that of ZnCo₂S₄/CN. Investigations showed that the presence of both zinc and cobalt ions in ZnCo₂S₄ lowered the H₂ evolution overpotential and charge recombination rate, leading to excellent H₂ release activity. In addition, the composite maintained its activity even after reacting for 20 h, and the charge transfer mechanism between ZnCo₂S₄ and CN was subject to the S-scheme charge transfer route according to trapping experiments for active species. This work revealed a promising and efficient bimetallic sulfide heterojunction to enhance H₂ evolution during water splitting and thus achieved improved conversion efficiency for solar energy applications.     

Soft Template-Assisted Controllable Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Orthorhombic YFeO3 Decorated Porous g-C3N4 with Enhanced Hg(II) reduction

Mesoporous single-crystalline perovskite YFeO₃ nanoparticles was synthesized through a soft template-assisted approach. Mesoporous YFeO₃ NPs were decorated porous g-C₃N₄ nanosheets with variation YFeO₃ NPs percentages, and the newly synthesized photocatalysts were assessed towards Hg(II) reduction and HCOOH oxidation in aqueous solution upon visible light exposure. XRD and HR-TEM revealed the formation of single-crystalline orthorhombic YFeO₃ with uniformly dispersed and the average particle size of 10?±?5 nm_, thereby constructing a mesoporous YFeO₃/g-C₃N₄ heterojunctions for the promotion of the photocatalytic performances compared to bare YFeO₃ NPs and g-C₃N₄. 3% YFeO₃/g-C₃N₄ heterostructure revealed the highest and optimum Hg(II) reduction (100%) within 60 min, which determined 3.7 and 5 times larger than of bare YFeO₃ NPs and g-C₃N₄ obeyed by pseudo-first-order kinetics. The YFeO₃/g-C₃N₄ photocatalyst could be recycled five continuous cycles and kept remarkable photostability for long time illumination. The superior Hg(II) reduction over mesoporous YFeO₃/g-C₃N₄ heterojunction is referred to as lower recombination of carriers, the unique electronic structure, higher visible light utilization and high surface area. This work focused on constructing the YFeO₃/g-C₃N₄ heterojunction, indicating outstanding photocatalytic performances in a facile route.

     

g-C3N4的改性策略以及g-C3N4/Ti3C2异质结研究进展

石墨相氮化碳（g-C₃N₄）禁带宽度约为2.7 eV,具有可见光响应能力。由于其良好的热和化学稳定性,且形貌和化学结构可调,在光催化领域应用广泛。但由于其带隙宽,对可见光响应范围窄,且光生载流子的复合率高,导致其光催化效率低,可通过改性来改善。本文综述了对g-C₃N₄形貌调控、掺杂和构建异质结等改性策略,以及g-C₃N₄/Ti₃C₂异质结的作用机理、制备方法和在光催化析氢、有机物降解及合成等领域的应用。     

Research progress on modification strategy of g-C3N4 and g-C3N4/Ti3C2 heterojunction

Graphite phase carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) is a kind of metal-free semiconductor material with a forbidden band width of about 2.7 eV and has visible light response capability. Attributed to its good thermal and chemical stability, adjustable morphology and chemical structure, it is widely used in the field of photocatalysis. However, due to its low specific surface area and wide band gap, its response range to visible light is narrow and the recombination rate of photogenerated carriers is high, resulting in a low photocatalytic efficiency, which can be effectively improved by modification. The two-dimensional material Ti₃C₂ has a narrower band gap compared with other semiconductor materials, and the heterogeneous junction between Ti₃C₂ and g-C₃N₄ is expected to obtain a wider range of visible light absorption and higher photocatalytic efficiency. This article reviews the modification methods of g-C₃N₄ including morphology control, doping and constructing heterojunctions, as well as the action mechanism, preparation methods and applications of g-C₃N₄/Ti₃C₂ heterojunction in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, organics degradation and synthesis, etc.     

Mesoporous BiVO4/2D-g-C3N4 heterostructures for superior visible light-driven photocatalytic reduction of Hg(II) ions

In this contribution, a Z-scheme mesoporous BiVO₄/g-C₃N₄ nanocomposite heterojunction with a considerable surface area and high crystallinity was synthesized by a simple soft and hard template-assisted approach. This material demonstrates superior visible light-driven photocatalysis for the photoreduction of Hg(II) ions. TEM and XRD results show that the mesoporous BiVO₄ NPs, with a monoclinic phase and an ellipsoid-like shape, are highly dispersed onto the porous 2D surfaces of g-C₃N₄ nanosheets with a particle size of 5–10 nm. The obtained BiVO₄/g-C₃N₄ nanocomposites with a p-n heterojunction show significantly enhanced Hg(II) photoreduction efficiency compared to the mesoporous BiVO₄ NPs and pristine g-C₃N₄. Among all synthesized photocatalysts, the 1.2% BiVO₄/g-C₃N₄ nanocomposite indicated the highest photoreduction of Hg(II) performance, reaching ~ 100% within 60 min; this result is 3.9 and 4.5 –fold larger than that of the BiVO₄ NPs and pristine g-C₃N₄. The Hg(II) photoreduction rates highly increase to 208.90, 314.95, 411.23 and 418.68 μmol g⁻¹min⁻¹ for the mesoporous 0.4, 0.8, 1.2 and 1.6% BiVO₄/g-C₃N₄ nanocomposites, respectively. The reduction rate of the mesoporous 1.2% BiVO₄/g-C₃N₄ nanocomposite demonstrated a 5.2 and 3.8 times larger increase than that of the pristine g-C₃N₄ nanosheets and pure BiVO₄ NPs. The superior Hg(II) photoreduction efficiency was ascribed to decreased carrier recombination and the improved utilization of visible light by constructing BiVO₄/g-C₃N₄ nanocomposites with a p-n junction. Transient photocurrent measurement and photoluminescence spectra were employed to confirm the possible Hg(II) photoreduction mechanism over these BiVO₄/g-C₃N₄ photocatalysts. This research provides an accessible route for the nanoengineered design of mesoporous BiVO₄/g-C₃N₄ heterostructures that demonstrated unique photocatalytic performance.