染料敏化TiO_2可见光光催化降解罗丹明B

苝二酰亚胺(PTCDI)是一种n型半导体材料,在可见光区有很强的吸收,广泛用于有机光伏器件领域的研究.以PTCDI为光敏剂制备TiO2可见光光催化剂用以降解环境污染物的研究还鲜有报道.本文采用水热法制备苝二酰亚胺(PTCDI)和四磺酸酞菁铜(CuPcTs)敏化的TiO2复合样品.利用XRD、TEM、UV-Vis和荧光光谱对复合样品进行表面形貌和结构表征,以可见光光催化降解罗丹明B为模型反应.研究结果表明,染料敏化能够有效地拓宽样品的吸收光谱范围,提高可见光光催化活性;电子收集型的共敏化复合样品体现出了优于单一染料敏化样品的光催化活性.应用能带结构理论,阐明了单一染料敏化和共敏化样品的光生电子转移机制.

Photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B by dye-sensitized TiO_2 under visible-light irradiation

Perylene tetracarboxylic diimide（PTCDI）,widely used in organic photovoltaic devices,is an n-type semiconductor with strong absorption in the visible-light spectrum.There has been almost no study of the PTCDI-sensitized TiO2 composite used to photocatalytically degrade pollutants.In this study,PTCDI-and copper phthalocyanine tetrasulfonic acid（CuPcTs）-sensitized TiO2 composites were prepared using a hydrothermal method.The morphologies and structures of the two composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction,transmission electron microscope,ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy,and fluorescence spectroscopy.The visible-light photocatalytic activities of the composites were evaluated using the degradation of rhodamine B as a model reaction.Results showed that dye-sensitized TiO2 samples had a wider absorption spectrum range and higher visible-light photocatalytic activity compared to TiO2 samples.The double dye-sensitized（or co-sensitized） TiO2 composite with efficient electron collection exhibited higher photocatalytic activity than did the single dye-sensitized TiO2 composite.The electron transfer processes of single and double dye-sensitized TiO2 composites were illustrated according to band theory.