• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 35, Issue 11, 1247 (2020)
Zhifeng LI1, Jie TAN1, Xiaofei YANG1, Zuhong LIN1, Zhenglai HUAN1, and Tingting ZHANG1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
  • 2Beijing Centre for Resource and Environmental Research, Beijing 100029, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20190629 Cite this Article
    Zhifeng LI, Jie TAN, Xiaofei YANG, Zuhong LIN, Zhenglai HUAN, Tingting ZHANG. Preparation and Visible Light Photocatalytic Performance of BiOBr/Ti3C2 Composite Photocatalyst with Highly Exposed (001) Facets[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(11): 1247 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    BiOBr/Ti3C2 composite photocatalyst with highly exposed (001) facets was synthesized by hydrolysis method. Different instruments were employed to characterize the samples. The visible light photocatalytic performance of different samples were evaluated by using Rhodamine B as the target pollutant. The results show that the degradation efficiency of Rhodamine B reaches 97.1% within 60 min over BiOBr/Ti3C2 (20.0wt% Ti3C2 addidion) composite photocatalyst, which is 34.7% higher than that of BiOBr. With the introduction of layered Ti3C2, the interface between BiOBr and Ti3C2 forms the Schottky junction energy barrier, which produces effective electron traps to inhibit the combination of photogenic electron-hole pairs, and greatly improves the visible light photocatalytic activity of BiOBr. After 5 cycles, the degradation efficiency of BiOBr/Ti3C2 composite photocatalyst remains 91.0%, showing reliable stability. The active species capture experiment shows that superoxide radical (·O2-) is the main active species in the photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B, and a possible photocatalytic mechanism is proposed accordingly.
    Zhifeng LI, Jie TAN, Xiaofei YANG, Zuhong LIN, Zhenglai HUAN, Tingting ZHANG. Preparation and Visible Light Photocatalytic Performance of BiOBr/Ti3C2 Composite Photocatalyst with Highly Exposed (001) Facets[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(11): 1247
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