Abstract
Exploring an efficient and photostable heterostructured photocatalyst is a pivotal scientific topic for worldwide energy and environmental concerns. Herein, we reported that Pt decorated g-C3N4/Bi2MoO6 heterostructured composites with enhanced photocatalytic performance under visible light were simply synthesized by one-step hydrothermal method for methylene blue (MB) dye degradation. Results revealed that the synthetic Pt decorated g-C3N4/Bi2MoO6 composites with Bi2MoO6 contents of 20 wt.% (Pt@CN/20%BMO) presented the highest photocatalytic activity, exhibiting 7 and 18 times higher reactivity than the pure g-C3N4 and Bi2MoO6, respectively. Structural analyses showed that Bi2MoO6 microplates were anchored on the wrinkled flower-like g-C3N4 matrix with Pt decoration, leading to a large expansion of specific surface area from 10.79 m2/g for pure Bi2MoO6 to 46.09 m2/g for Pt@CN/20%BMO. In addition, the Pt@CN/20%BMO composites exhibited an improved absorption ability in the visible light region, presenting a promoted photocatalytic MB degradation. Quenching experiments were also conducted to provide solid evidences for the production of hydroxyl radicals (•OH), electrons (e−), holes (h+) and superoxide radicals (•O2−) during dye degradation. The findings in this critical work provide insights into the synthesis of heterostructured photocatalysts with the optimization of band gaps, light response and photocatalytic performance in wastewater remediation.
Highlights
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) with their superior purification efficiency of toxic organic compounds have been recently attracted large attentions in industrial wastewater treatment[1,2,3,4,5,6]
There are few attempts to investigate the noble metals being anchored on the heterojunctions, in which the optical structure is regulated by the synthesis of two semiconductors with a similar band gap and the electron-hole recombination efficiency is effectively suppressed by the noble metals doping
Pt decorated g-C3N4/Bi2MoO6 heterostructured semiconductors are synthesized by one-step hydrothermal method to investigate their photocatalytic activity of methylene blue (MB) degradation under visible light
Summary
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) with their superior purification efficiency of toxic organic compounds have been recently attracted large attentions in industrial wastewater treatment[1,2,3,4,5,6]. PO4 ionic group doped Bi2WO6 nanoplates demonstrated a significant regulation of their band structure, charge carrier separation efficiency and light absorbance for improving photocatalytic activity[20]. Synthesis of heterojunction structure[23] and decoration of noble metals[24] in photocatalysts with enhanced visible light response and easy separation of electron-hole pairs have induced extensive interests in recent years. The formation of heterojunction structure on TiO225, ZnO26 and some carbon matrix such as g-C3N427, r-GO28 and carbon nanotubes[29] presents an efficient separation of electrons and holes to facilitate photocatalytic activity. There are few attempts to investigate the noble metals being anchored on the heterojunctions, in which the optical structure is regulated by the synthesis of two semiconductors with a similar band gap and the electron-hole recombination efficiency is effectively suppressed by the noble metals doping. Quenching experiments by adding radical scavengers are conducted to study the photocatalytic mechanisms
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