C3N4/BiOBr复合可见光催化剂的性能及其作用机制

利用水热合成法制备了C_3N_4/BiOBr复合可见光催化剂,通过XRD、FT-IR、SEM、DRS、PL等手段对催化剂的物相组成和光化学性能进行了系统表征,利用对罗丹明B(RhB)的降解实验评价了催化剂在可见光照下的光催化降解活性和稳定性并通过ESR分析和自由基捕获实验探究了RhB的光催化降解机制.结果表明,水热合成法可成功制备结晶性能良好的C_3N_4/BiOBr复合可见光催化剂;C_3N_4的复合降低了BiOBr光催化剂的电子-空穴的复合,提高了光催化降解活性,其中15%C_3N_4/BiOBr的活性最佳,可见光照18 min后RhB的脱色率达100%,较纯BiOBr提高了1.5倍,且重复使用5次后仍具有较高的光催化降解活性;复合催化剂光催化降解RhB过程中参与降解的主要活性物种为空穴(h~+)和超氧自由基(·O_2~-),其中h~+影响更为显著.

Performance and Mechanism Study of Visible Light-driven C3N4/BiOBr Composite Photocatalyst

Efficient visible light-driven C₃N₄/BiOBr composite photocatalysts were prepared via a facile hydrothermal method and characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared, scanning electron microscopy, UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra and photoluminescence spectra for the phase composition and optical property. Taking rhodamine B (RhB) as the target pollutant, the photocatalytic activity and stability of photocatalysts were studied under visible light irradiation. Furthermore, the mechanism in the process of photocatalytic degradation was discussed by electron spin resonance spectroscopy analysis and the trapping experiment of generated radicals. The results indicated that C₃N₄/BiOBr composite photocatalysts had excellent crystallization performance. Composited by C₃N₄, BiOBr exhibited considerably higher photocatalytic activity by reducing the rate of electron-hole recombination. Among prepared composites with various C₃N₄ contents, 15% C₃N₄/BiOBr exhibited the best efficiency for the degradation of RhB. After irradiation for 18 minutes, the degradation rate of RhB was 100%, which was 1.5 times higher than that using pure BiOBr. The results also suggested that holes and ·O₂^- were the main reactive species in the photocatalytic process for the RhB degradation, and holes played the leading role.