Abstract
Herein, we harmonized the energy band of defective molybdenum disulfide (MoSx) and reduced graphene oxide (RGO) through manipulating the concentration of S vacancies for efficient U(VI) reduction. The analysis of band structure revealed that the EF and conduction band of MoSx downward shifted with the increase of S vacancies, which lowered the schottky barrier but simultaneous decreased the reducibility of photogenerated electrons. Accordingly, the removal rate of U(VI) under the irradiation of simulated sunlight exhibited a volcanic relationship with the concentration of S vacancies in MoSx/RGO. Specifically, the maximum removal rate reached 91.6% with nearly 83.4% of tetrahydrated uranium (U(IV)) species over MoSx/RGO heterojunction. In addition, the extraction efficiency of MoSx/RGO heterojunction kept steady in 5-cycle test and exhibited less than 4.5% decrease in the presence of non-redox-active competing metal cations.
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