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Efficiently enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity by in situ deposition of Ag@AgBr on g-C3N4/Fe3O4 magnetic heterogeneous materials

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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
Volume 254, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117596

Keywords

Graphitic carbon nitride; Fe3O4; Ag@AgBr; Heterojunction; Charge transfer

Funding

  1. National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFB0602500]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21607074]
  3. Major Natural Science Research Projects of Universities in Jiangsu, China [16KJA610002]

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In this study, a modified graphitic carbon nitride was used as an efficient photocatalyst for high removal efficiency of dye contaminants in water. The Ag@AgBr/CN/Fe3O4 photocatalyst showed a 96% removal rate for RhB within 150 min, with high stability and enhanced photocatalytic activity compared to CN and CN/Fe3O4.
In this study, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) (CN) was conveniently and environmentally modified into a stable and easily recyclable photocatalyst for the high removal efficiency of dye contaminants in water. Magnetic carrier (CN/Fe3O4) and heterojunction photocatalysts (Ag@AgBr/CN/Fe3O4) were prepared by ultrasonic and in situ deposition of Fe3O4 and Ag@AgBr nanoparticles on the CN, respectively, and characterized by the surface structure, optical, and electrochemical properties. The effects of different catalysts, silver loading, catalyst dosage, and different aeration conditions on the photocatalytic degradation of RhB were investigated. Results exhibited that the removal rate of RhB by Ag@AgBr/CN/Fe3O4 reached 96% within 150 min when the Ag loading was 5%, the catalyst dosage was 0.4 g/L, and the aeration was air. Furthermore, the degradation rate constant was 17.3 x 10(-3) min(-1), which was 4.3 and 3.4 times higher than that of CN and CN/Fe3O4, respectively. The stability study demonstrated that Ag@AgBr/CN/Fe3O4 had almost no risk of Ag and Fe leakage and showed high stability. Mechanism study indicated that the construction of Z-scheme heterojunction between Ag@AgBr and CN and trapping electron by Fe3+ promoted charge transfer and electron-hole pair separation, thus enhancing photocatalytic activity.

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