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Construction of β-Bi2O3/Bi2O2CO3 heterojunction photocatalyst for deep understanding the importance of separation efficiency and valence band position

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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 401, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123262

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Photocatalysis; Separation efficiency; beta-Bi2O3/Bi2O2CO3; Energy band position; Heterojunction

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21776059, 21376061]
  2. Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Hebei Province [B2015208010]
  3. Foundation for Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars of Hebei Province [CL201609]

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This study investigated the photocatalytic performance of f3-Bi203/Bi2O2CO3 composites, finding that the heterojunctions exhibited higher degradation efficiency and better separation efficiency under visible light irradiation. However, lower performance was observed under simulated sunlight, mainly due to the up-shift of the valence band position of Bi2O2CO3, leading to a decrease in oxidative ability of photo-induced holes.
Constructing heterojunctions would result in the change of valence band position, which is an important factor determining the oxidative ability of photo-induced holes, has received scant attention. In this paper, f3-Bi203/ Bi2O2CO3 composites with different ratios were obtained via ionic-liquid-assisted solvothermal and in-situ calcination processes. UV vis DRS, Mott-Schottky test, and Kelvin probe measurement showed the change of band gaps of beta-Bi2O3 and Bi2O2CO3 before and after heterojunction formation. SPV, ESR, photocurrent, and scavenger experiments identified the separation efficiency of photo-generated electrons and holes, as well as the active species generated in the photocatalytic process. The photocatalytic mechanism was investigated by the degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) upon visible-light and simulated sunlight, respectively. The results demonstrated that beta-Bi2O3/Bi2O2CO3 heterojunctions possessed enhanced separation efficiency and higher degradation ability than the individuals under visible-light irradiation due to effective electron transfer. However, lower performance under simulated sunlight was observed, although their separation efficiency remained high. The decisive reason for this was that the up-shift of valence band of Bi2O2CO3 induced by hybridization and the transition of holes from VB of Bi2O2CO3 to that of beta-Bi2O3 with more negative potential decreased the oxidative ability of holes, which surpassed the positive influence of enhanced separation efficiency.

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