Enhanced photocatalytic activity,mechanism and potential application of Idoped-Bi4Ti3O12 photocatalysts |
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Authors: | T. Cheng Q. Ma H. Gao S. Meng Z. Lu S. Wang Z. Yi X. Wu G. Liu X. Wang H. Yang |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Science, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China;2. School of Physics, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China;3. School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Chongqing Three Gorges University, Chongqing, Wanzhou 404000, China;4. Joint Laboratory for Extreme Conditions Matter Properties, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China;5. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, China |
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Abstract: | In this study, we have introduced iodine into Bi4Ti3O12 (BTO) crystals with the aim of improving their photocatalytic activities in decomposing organic pollutants. The as-prepared Idoped-BTO photocatalysts were systematically analyzed by various techniques (e.g. X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, ultraviolet–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy), as well as density functional theory calculation. It is confirmed that I element is successfully doped, as an I? oxidation state, in the BTO crystals by substituting the O in the perovskite-like (Bi2Ti3O10)2? blocks. The photocatalytic activities between the Ix-BTO (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8) samples were compared by the photodegradation of methylene blue (MB) under simulated-sunlight irradiation, revealing that I0.4-BTO is the optimal photocatalyst having a photocatalytic activity about 3.0 times higher than that of parent BTO. Based on the experimental data and density functional theory calculation, the enhanced photocatalytic mechanism for the Idoped-BTO photocatalysts was proposed and discussed. To promote the potential application of the optimal I0.4-BTO photocatalyst, its photocatalytic performances were further investigated by the photodegradation of ciprofloxacin, tetrabromobisphenol A, tetracycline hydrochloride and methyl orange/rhodamine B (RhB)/MB mixture dyes; moreover, the effect of inorganic anions and pH values on the MB photodegradation was also investigated. |
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Keywords: | Enhanced photocatalytic performance Photocatalytic mechanism Photodegradation application |
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