Preparation and Visible Light Photocatalytic Performance of BiOBr/Ti3C2 Composite Photocatalyst with Highly Exposed (001) Facets

Zhifeng LI; Jie TAN; Xiaofei YANG; Zuhong LIN; Zhenglai HUAN; Tingting ZHANG

doi:10.15541/jim20190629

[1] H LU, P CHEN A, L SUN X et al. Synthesis of graphene/ Ni/TiO₂/CNTs composites and photocatalytic activities. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 29, 1062-1066(2014).

[2] V ETACHERI, C DI VALENTIN, J SCHNEIDER et al. Visible- light activation of TiO₂ photocatalysts: advances in theory and experiments. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, 25, 1-29(2015).

[3] B CHEN X, L LIU, Q HUANG F. Black titanium dioxide (TiO₂) nanomaterials. Chemical Society Reviews, 44, 1861-1885(2015).

[4] J LI, Y YU, Z ZHANG L. Bismuth oxyhalide nanomaterials: layered structures meet photocatalysis. Nanoscale, 6, 8473-8488(2014).

[5] L ZHANG K, M LIU C, Q HUANG F et al. Study of the electronic structure and photocatalytic activity of the BiOCl photocatalyst. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 68, 125-129(2006).

[6] L HUANG W, S ZHU Q. Electronic structures of relaxed BiOX (X = F, Cl, Br, I) photocatalysts. Computational Materials Science, 43, 1101-1108(2008).

[7] W GUO, Q QIN, L GENG et al. Morphology-controlled preparation and plasmon-enhanced photocatalytic activity of Pt-BiOBr heterostructures. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 308, 374-385(2016).

[8] X XIONG, L DING, Q WANG et al. Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of BiOBr nanosheets with tunable exposed {010} facets. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 188, 283-291(2016).

[9] H ZHANG, Y YANG, Z ZHOU et al. Enhanced photocatalytic properties in BiOBr nanosheets with dominantly exposed {102} facets. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118, 14662-14669(2014).

[10] F CHENG H, B HUANG B, P WANG et al. In situion exchange synthesis of the novel Ag/AgBr/BiOBr hybrid with highly efficient decontamination of pollutants. Chemical Communication, 47, 7054-7056(2011).

[11] Z AI, W HO, S LEE. Efficient visible light photocatalytic removal of NO with BiOBr-graphene nanocomposites. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115, 25330-25337(2011).

[12] S KAJIYAMA, L SZABOVA, K SODEYAMA et al. Sodium-ion intercalation mechanism in MXene nanosheets. ACS Nano, 10, 3334-3341(2016).

[13] Z ZHUANG, Y LI, F LI et al. MoB/g-C₃N₄ interface materials as a schottky catalyst to boost hydrogen evolution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57, 496-500(2018).

[14] C PENG, F YANG X, H LI Y et al. Hybrids of two-dimensional Ti₃C₂ and TiO₂ exposing {001} facets toward enhanced photocatalytic activity. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8, 6051-6060(2016).

[15] T CAI, L WANG L, T LIU Y et al. Ag₃PO₄/Ti₃C₂ MXene interface materials as a schottky catalyst with enhanced photocatalytic activities and anti-photocorrosion performance. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 239, 545-554(2018).

[16] C LIU, X XU Q, F ZHANG Q et al. Layered BiOBr/Ti₃C₂ MXene composite with improved visible-light photocatalytic activity. Journal of Materials Science, 54, 2458-2471(2019).

[17] S HUANG Q, T LIU Y, T CAI et al. Simultaneous removal of heavy metal ions and organic pollutant by BiOBr/Ti₃C₂ nanocomposite. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry, 375, 201-208(2019).

[18] Z LI Z, G ZHANG H, L WANG et al. 2D/2D BiOBr/Ti₃C₂ heterojunction with dual applications in both water detoxification and water splitting. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry, 386, 112099(2020).

[19] J LI Y, T DENG X, J TIAN et al. Ti₃C₂ MXene-derived Ti₃C₂/TiO₂ nanoflowers for noble-metal-free photocatalytic overall water splitting. Applied Materials Today, 13, 217-227(2018).

[20] C YANG, Y LIU, X SUN et al. In-situ construction of hierarchical accordion-like TiO₂/Ti₃C₂ nanohybrid as anode material for lithium and sodium ion batteries. Electrochimica Acta, 271, 165-172(2018).

[21] Q YE L, H TIAN L, Y PENG T et al. Synthesis of highly symmetrical BiOI single-crystal nanosheets and their {001} facet- dependent photoactivity. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21, 12479-12484(2011).

[22] J LI, Y YU, Z ZHANG L. Bismuth oxyhalide nanomaterials: layered structures meet photocatalysis. Nanoscale, 6, 8473-8488(2014).

[23] L LU, Y ZHOU M, L YIN et al. Tuning the physicochemical property of BiOBr via pH adjustment: towards an efficient photocatalyst for degradation of bisphenol A. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical, 423, 379-385(2016).

[24] P ZHU L, H LIAO G, C BING N et al. Self-assembled 3D BiOCl hierarchitectures: tunable synthesis and characterization. Crystengcomm, 12, 3791-3796(2010).

[25] S BAI, J JIANG, Y ZHANG et al. Steering charge kinetics in photocatalysis: intersection of materials syntheses, characterization techniques and theoretical simulations. Chemical Society Reviews, 44, 2893-2939(2015).

[26] K LI, Z HUANG, X ZENG. Synergetic effect of Ti ³⁺ and oxygen doping on enhancing photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic properties of TiO₂/g-C₃N₄ heterojunctions. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9, 11577-11586(2017).

[27] L ZHANG K, M LIU C, Q HUANG F et al. Study of the electronic structure and photocatalytic activity of the BiOCl photocatalyst. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 68, 125-129(2006).

[28] W LI, C LI, B CHEN et al. Facile synthesis of sheet-like N-TiO₂/g-C₃N₄ heterojunctions with highly enhanced and stable visible-light photocatalytic activities. RSC Advances, 5, 34281-34291(2015).

[29] L GE, C HAN C, J LIU. Novel visible light-induced g-C₃N₄/Bi₂WO₆ composite photocatalysts for efficient degradation of methyl orange. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 108, 100-107(2011).

[30] Z WANG F, J LI W, N GU S et al. Visible-light-driven heterojunction photocatalysts based on g-C₃N₄ decorated La₂Ti₂O₇: effective transportation of photogenerated carriers in this heterostructure. Catalysis Communications, 96, 50-53(2017).

[31] J WANG, L TANG, G ZENG et al. Atomic scale g-C₃N₄/Bi₂WO₆ 2D/2D heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic degradation of ibuprofen under visible light irradiation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 209, 285-294(2017).

[32] C LIU, H ZHU, Y ZHU et al. Ordered layered N-doped KTiNbO₅/g-C₃N₄ heterojunction with enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 228, 54-63(2018).

[33] Z WAN, G ZHANG, X WU et al. Novel visible-light-driven Z-scheme Bi₁₂GeO₂₀/g-C₃N₄ photocatalyst: oxygen-induced pathway of organic pollutants degradation and proton assisted electron transfer mechanism of Cr(VI) reduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 207, 17-26(2017).

[34] Q YE L, Y LIU J, Q GONG C et al. Two different roles of metallic Ag on Ag/AgX/BiOX (X=Cl, Br) visible light photocatalysts: surface plasmon resonance and Z-Scheme bridge. ACS Catalysis, 2, 1677-1683(2012).

[35] F CHEN S, F HU Y, S MENG. Study on the separation mechanisms of photogenerated electrons and holes for composite photocatalysts g-C₃N₄-WO₃. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 150, 564-573(2014).

[36] Z ZHANG, T YATES J. Band bending in semiconductors: chemical and physical consequences at surfaces and interfaces. Chemical Reviews, 112, 5520-5551(2012).

[37] Y YANG, T ZENG Z, M ZENG G et al. Ti₃C₂ Mxene/porous g-C₃N₄ interfacial schottky junction for boosting spatial charge separation in photocatalytic H₂O₂ production. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 258, 117956(2019).