TiO2光催化剂可见光化研究进展

TiO2在光催化和光电转换方面应用前景十分广阔,而阻碍其应用的是它的大禁带宽度(E_g=3.2_eV),不能有效地利用太阳能,因此研究开发可见光响应的TiO₂就成为当前光催化剂研究的关键课题.目前TiO₂可见光化的研究取得了一定进展,金属离子掺杂、非金属离子掺杂、离子注入以及染料光敏化等方法都不同程度地实现了TiO₂可见光化.本文综述了目前的研究现状,并对今后的研究提出了展望.     

Cr掺杂Sm2InNbO7的制备及其可见光分解水制氢活性

采用固相法制备了Cr掺杂的光催化剂Sm2InNbO7,通过XRD、BET、UV-Vis DRS等测试手段对催化剂的晶体结构、比表面积以及漫反射光谱进行了表征;基于密度泛函理论,采用Castep软件,计算了Cr掺杂Sm2InNbO7前后的能带结构和态密度;以甲醇为电子给体,在可见光照射下研究了Cr掺杂Sm2InNbO7光催化分解水的析氢活性。结果表明,Cr对Sm2InNbO7的适量掺杂不会改变原晶体的结构,Cr的掺杂拓展了Sm2InNbO7的可见光响应范围,可有助于改善其可见光分解水的析氢活性;Cr的掺杂量存在一个最佳值为:nCr/(nIn+nCr)=2%,此时Cr掺杂的光催化剂Sm2InNbO7的催化活性最高。     

溶胶-凝胶法低温制备N掺杂TiO2可见光光催化剂

为了满足低温制备可见光光催化材料的需要,采用溶胶-凝胶法制备TiO₂纳米晶溶胶,再与聚乙烯基吡咯烷酮(PVP)直接反应制备N掺杂TiO₂可见光光催化剂。通过XPS分析,说明N取代了部分晶格中的O,UV-Vis漫反射吸收光谱显示,光催化剂具有明显的可见光响应,这是由于N原子的2p轨道位于O原子的2p轨道之上,从而使得价带和导带间的能量带隙变窄,引起吸收带红移,产生明显的可见光吸收。依靠亚甲基兰(MB)的可见光降解实验证明,N掺杂光催化剂具有良好的可见光光催化活性,16 h MB降解率接近25％。     

Zr离子掺杂TiO2可见光催化剂光催化活性的研究

本文采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了Zr离子掺杂TiO₂光催化剂。光催化降解对氯苯酚实验表明,Zr离子掺杂浓度为10%时活性最高,其紫外光、可见光催化活性分别是纯TiO₂的1.5倍和4倍。利用XRD、Raman、XPS、UV-Vis DRS、PL等技术对样品进行了表征,结果表明：Zr离子以取代式掺杂方式进入TiO₂晶格,在TiO₂导带下方形成掺杂能级,增强了可见光响应,促进了光生载流子的分离,此外Zr离子掺杂在催化剂表面引入大量表面缺陷,增加了表面羟基物种,从而使得Zr离子掺杂TiO₂光催化剂的紫外、可见光催化活性显著提高。     

氮掺杂TiO2光催化剂的制备及可见光催化性能研究

在溶胶-凝胶法基础之上,以尿素为氮源,通过较温和的反应条件来制备氮掺杂TiO₂光催化剂。以亚甲基蓝为模型化合物、日光色镝灯为光源,探索了其可见光光催化性能;并用XRD、低温氮气吸附-脱附技术、UV-Vis等表征了其结构特征;同时以对苯二甲酸为探针分子,结合化学荧光技术研究了光催化体系中·OH自由基的变化规律,进一步验证了其光催化活性规律。结果表明：氮掺杂能引起TiO₂光催化剂的激发吸收光谱明显红移并具较好的可见光响应性;在不同煅烧温度和尿素/钛酸丁酯物质的量的比     

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利用太阳能光解水制氢和降解有机污染物对解决能源和环境问题具有重要意义，而可见光响应催化剂的研制是实现太阳光高效利用的关键。本文从可见光响应光催化剂的设计思路出发，从电子能带结构、固溶体结构和微观复合结构三方面介绍了目前光催化剂的研究进展和发展方向。     

Ln掺杂BiVO4(Ln=Eu、Gd、Er)光催化剂的制备和活性研究

采用水热合成法, 制备出Eu、Gd和Er掺杂的BiVO₄复合光催化剂,并采用X射线衍射、X射线光电子谱、扫描电子显微镜和紫外-可见漫反射光谱技术对其进行分析表征。通过可见光下降解水溶液中甲基橙分子来考察其光催化性能,结果显示掺杂的复合光催化剂活性都强于纯的BiVO₄,对掺杂复合光催化剂的催化活性增强机理进行了讨论和描述。     

铋系半导体光催化材料

近年来,铋系半导体材料因其在可见光辐照下对难降解有机物具有良好的催化作用而成为新型光催化材料的研究热点之一。本文综述了国内外铋系光催化剂的研究动态和主要成果。铋系光催化剂在可见光范围内有明显的吸收,具有较好的光催化活性。此外,大多数铋系光催化剂在反应过程中具有较高的稳定性。通过改进制备方法、掺杂负载、构建异质结等技术,可以有效提高铋系半导体材料的可见光吸收性能或抑制光生电子和空穴的复合,从而进一步提高其光催化性能。尽管铋系光催化剂由于其导带位置比氢的氧化还原电位低,但是通过设计合成新的能带结构可使其满足氧化和还原水的能带要求,从而实现铋系光催化剂在光解水制氢中的应用。最后,对铋系光催化剂未来的发展趋势进行了展望,并强调针对特殊用途和结合量化计算方法对开发新型铋系光催化剂的重要性。     

钯氮共掺杂TiO2的制备与表征及其可见光催化活性

在空气气氛和N₂中热处理表面均匀分散有尿素和氯化钯的纳米管钛酸,制备了两个系列Pd/N共掺杂的TiO₂光催化剂,并对所得样品进行了X射线衍射、透射电镜、X射线光电子能谱、紫外-可见漫反射光谱、荧光光谱和电子自旋共振等表征.结果表明,焙烧气氛对样品的形貌、晶体结构、光谱吸收、生成的氧空位浓度和可见光光催化性能的影响很大,其中在空气气氛中制备的样品光催化性能优于在N₂中制备的样品.在可见光(λ≥420nm)照射下,以丙烯为模型污染物考察了样品的光催化活性,发现在空气中400℃下焙烧的样品具有最佳的可见光催化活性.另外,讨论了Pd/N共掺杂TiO₂光催化剂具有可见光响应的机理,认为掺杂的Pd/N元素和制备过程中生成的氧空位是影响可见光催化性能的重要因素.     

硼掺杂SiC的制备、表征及其可见光分解水产氢性能

采用原位碳热还原法制备了硼掺杂的β-SiC (B_xSiC)光催化剂,并考察了其可见光下光催化分解水制氢的性能. 利用X射线衍射仪、X射线光电子能谱、扫描电镜及紫外-可见吸收光谱等测试方法对所制备催化剂的晶型、形貌、表面性质及能带结构进行了表征. 分析结果表明,硼原子掺杂进入SiC 晶格并取代了Si 位点,在价带上方形成了浅受主能级,从而导致了带隙宽变窄. 浅受主能级作为空穴的捕获中心可抑制光生电子和空穴的复合. 因此,与SiC相比,硼掺杂SiC光催化剂在可见光下催化分解水产氢的活性大大提高. 当B/Si 的摩尔比为0.05时,硼掺杂SiC表现出最高的光催化产氢活性.     

可见光铋系光催化剂的研究进展

当前工业发展导致了严重的能源和环境危机,光催化为这一难题提供了有效的解决方案.然而在实际应用中,传统氧化物光催化剂宽的带隙限制了它的可见光吸收,于是窄带隙光催化剂成为了研究的热点.其中铋系光催化剂以其高的可见光光催化活性引起了人们的广泛关注.因此本文介绍了铋系光催化剂的种类、制备、形貌、复合、性能等方面的研究现状,并展望了含铋可见光催化剂发展前景.     

GaN:ZnO solid solution as a photocatalyst for visible-light-driven overall water splitting

Photocatalytic overall water splitting has been studied extensively from the viewpoint of solar energy conversion. Despite numerous attempts, none have yielded satisfactory results for the development of photocatalysts, which work under visible light irradiation to efficiently utilize solar energy. We report here the first example of visible-light-driven overall water splitting on a novel oxynitride photocatalyst, a solid solution of GaN and ZnO with a band gap of 2.58-2.76 eV, modified with RuO2 nanoparticles. In contrast to the conventional non-oxide photocatalysts, such as CdS, the solid solution is stable during the overall water splitting reaction. This is the first example of achieving overall water splitting by a photocatalyst with a band gap in the visible light region, which opens the possibility of new non-oxide-type photocatalysts for energy conversion.     

Sensitization of wide band gap photocatalysts to visible light by molten CuCl treatment

Cu(i)-substituted metal oxide photocatalysts were prepared using molten CuCl treatment of wide band gap photocatalysts. The Cu(i)-substituted metal oxide photocatalysts possessed a new absorption band in the visible light region and showed photocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution from an aqueous solution containing sulfur sacrificial reagents under visible light irradiation. Notably, the Cu(i)–K₂La₂Ti₃O₁₀ and Cu(i)–NaTaO₃ photocatalysts showed relatively high activities for hydrogen evolution and gave apparent quantum yields of 0.18% at 420 nm. These photocatalysts responded up to 620 nm. Thus, Cu(i)-substitution using a molten CuCl treatment was an effective strategy for sensitizing a metal oxide photocatalyst with a wide band gap to visible light.     

Mechanistic studies of the photocatalytic oxidation of trichloroethylene with visible-light-driven N-doped TiO2 photocatalysts

Visible-light-driven TiO2 photocatalysts doped with nitrogen have been prepared as powders and thin films in a cylindrical tubular furnace under a stream of ammonia gas. The photocatalysts thus obtained were found to have a band-gap energy of 2.95 eV. Electron spin resonance (ESR) under irradiation with visible light (lambda > or = 430 nm) afforded the increase in intensity in the visible-light region. The concentration of trapped holes was about fourfold higher than that of trapped electrons. Nitrogen-doped TiO2 has been used to investigate mechanistically the photocatalytic oxidation of trichloroethylene (TCE) under irradiation with visible light (lambda > or = 420 nm). Cl and O radicals, which contribute significantly to the generation of dichloroacetyl chloride (DCAC) in the photocatalytic oxidation of TCE under UV irradiation, were found to be deactivated under irradiation with visible light. As the main by-product, only phosgene was detected in the photocatalytic oxidation of TCE under irradiation with visible light. Thus, the reaction mechanism of TCE photooxidation under irradiation with visible light clearly differs markedly from that under UV irradiation. Based on the results of the present study, we propose a new reaction mechanism and adsorbed species for the photocatalytic oxidation of TCE under irradiation with visible light. The energy band for TiO2 by doping with nitrogen may involve an isolated band above the valence band.     

Realizing high hydrogen evolution activity under visible light using narrow band gap organic photocatalysts

The design and synthesis of conjugated semiconducting polymers for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution have engendered intense recent interest. However, most reported organic polymer photocatalysts show a relatively broad band gap with weak light absorption ability in the visible light region, which commonly leads to a low photocatalytic activity under visible light. Herein, we synthesize three novel dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]thiophene-S,S-dioxide (DTDO) containing conjugated polymer photocatalysts by a facile C–H arylation coupling polymerization reaction. The resulting polymers show a broad visible light absorption range up to 700 nm and a narrow band gap down to 1.81 eV due to the introduction of the DTDO unit. Benefiting from the donor–acceptor polymer structure and the high content of the DTDO unit, the three-dimensional polymer PyDTDO-3 without the addition of a Pt co-catalyst shows an attractive photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate of 16.32 mmol h⁻¹ g⁻¹ under visible light irradiation, which is much higher than that of most reported organic polymer photocatalysts under visible light.

Narrow band gap conjugated polymer photocatalysts containing dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]thiophene-S,S-dioxide show an attractive photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate of 16.32 mmol h⁻¹ g⁻¹ under visible light irradiation.     

RuO2-loaded beta-Ge3N4 as a non-oxide photocatalyst for overall water splitting

Germanium nitride beta-Ge3N4 dispersed with RuO2 nanoparticles is presented as the first example of a non-oxide photocatalyst for the stoichiometric decomposition of H2O into H2 and O2. All of the successful photocatalysts developed for overall water splitting over the past 30 years have been based on oxides of metals. The discovery of a non-oxide photocatalyst, such as nitrides and oxynitrides, achieving the same function is therefore expected to stimulate research on non-oxide photocatalysts. New opportunities for progress in the development of visible light-driven photocatalysis can thus be expected, as the higher valence band positions of metal nitrides compared to the corresponding metal oxides provide narrower band gaps, which are suitable for visible light activity.     

Photocatalytic Water Splitting Under Visible Light with Particulate Semiconductor Catalysts

Photocatalytic water splitting (PWS) is the most promising technology to produce H₂ energy directly from renewable water and solar light. PWS has made a remarkable progress last decades under ultra-violet (UV) light, but there are many technical challenges remaining for PWS under visible light. Several approaches are taken in search of photocatalysts efficient for PWS under visible light: (i) to find new single phase materials, (ii) to decorate UV-active photocatalysts with a photosensitizer absorbing visible light, (iii) to tune the band gap energy by modifying cations or anions of UV-active photocatalysts with substitutional doping, and (iv) to fabricate multi-component photocatalysts by forming composites or solid solutions. This article discusses the above approaches based on our experimental results as well as data available in the literature. At the moment, the greatest challenge to the progress of visible light PWS is the low efficiency of light utilization. Finding new photocatalytic materials with unique structure and phase is still the key to the success. In addition, the synthesis of these materials with high crystallinity and high surface area is also important, because these properties exert great impact on the activity of the material of the same structure and phase. Finally, smart combination and modification of known materials could also be fruitful.     

Synthesis, characterization, and visible light activity of new nanoparticle photocatalysts based on silver, carbon, and sulfur-doped TiO2

New nanoparticle photocatalysts based on silver, carbon, and sulfur-doped TiO2 having only the homogeneous anatase crystalline phase and high surface area were successfully synthesized by a modified sol-gel route. The catalysts were characterized by EDX, XRD, BET, UV-vis, IR, and Raman spectroscopy. The effects of the experimental parameters on the visible light reactivity of the catalysts were evaluated for the photodegradation of gaseous acetaldehyde as a model indoor pollutant. The activity results show that the silver(I) ion, Ag(+), doping significantly promotes the visible light reactivities of carbon and sulfur-doped TiO2 catalysts without any phase transformation from anatase to rutile. Moreover, Ag/(C, S)-TiO2 photocatalysts degrade acetaldehyde 10 times faster in visible light and 3 times faster in UV light illuminations than the accredited photocatalyst P25-TiO2. The commendable visible photoactivities of Ag/(C, S)-TiO2 new nanoparticle photocatalysts are predominantly attributable to an improvement in anatase crystallinity, high surface area, low band gap and nature of precursor materials used.     

Simultaneous Tuning Band Gaps of Cu2O and TiO2 to Form S-Scheme Hetero-Photocatalyst

Photocatalytic Z or S scheme merits higher redox potentials and faster charge separation. However, heterostructure photocatalysts with band gaps of bulk materials often have a type I band structure leading to poor photocatalytic activity. In view of this, we report simultaneous tuning of band gaps of Cu₂O and TiO₂, where quantum dot Cu₂O nanoparticles were formed on doped TiO₂ with Ti³⁺. The reduced size of Cu₂O made its conduction band more negative, whereas the introduction of Ti³⁺ made the absorption edge red shift to the visible light region. The as-formed heterostructure enabled an S-Scheme mechanism with remarkable activity and stability for visible light photodegradation of 4-chlorophenol (4-CP). The as-obtained photocatalysts’ activity demonstrated ca. 510-fold increase as compared to individual ones and a mechanical blend. The as-obtained photocatalysts maintained over 80 % for 5 cycles and 2 months exposure to O₂ did not decrease the degradation rate. ESR characterization and scavenger experiments proved the S-Scheme mechanism.