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Meng Z, Ma Y, Chen B, Li Y, Ma H, Zhu B, Dong F. One-step in-situ construction engineering of ZnO-Zn 2SnO 4 heterojunction for deeply photocatalytic oxidation of nitric oxide. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 664:433-443. [PMID: 38484512 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.02.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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The generation of hazardous intermediates during the process of photocatalytic nitric oxide (NO) oxidation presents a tough issue. Herein, a one-step microwave strategy was employed to introduce oxygen vacancies (OVs) into zinc oxide-zinc stannate (ZnO-Zn2SnO4) heterojunction, resulting in an improvement in the photocatalytic efficiency for NO removal. The construction ZnO-Zn2SnO4 heterojunction with the OVs (ZSO-3) owns a significant contribution towards highly efficient electron transfer efficiency (99.7%), which renders ZSO-3 to exert a deep oxidation of NO-to-nitrate (NO3-) rather than NO-to-nitrite (NO2-) or NO-to-nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Based on the solid supports of experimental and simulated calculations, it can be found that OVs play an irreplaceable role in activating small molecules such as NO and O2. Moreover, the enhanced adsorption capacity of small molecules, which guarantees the high yield of active radical due to the formation of S-scheme heterojunction. This work illuminates a novel viewpoint on one-step in-situ route to prepare Zn2SnO4-based heterojunction photocatalyst with deep oxidation ability of NO-to-NO3-.
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- Zeyong Meng
- Engineering Research Center for Waste Oil Recovery Technology and Equipment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Catalysis and New Environmental Materials, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China
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- Engineering Research Center for Waste Oil Recovery Technology and Equipment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Catalysis and New Environmental Materials, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China
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- Engineering Research Center for Waste Oil Recovery Technology and Equipment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Catalysis and New Environmental Materials, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China
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- Engineering Research Center for Waste Oil Recovery Technology and Equipment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Catalysis and New Environmental Materials, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China; South China University of Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangzhou, 510641, China.
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- Engineering Research Center for Waste Oil Recovery Technology and Equipment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Catalysis and New Environmental Materials, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China.
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- Laboratory of Solar Fuel, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, 68 Jincheng Street, Wuhan, 430078, China.
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- Engineering Research Center for Waste Oil Recovery Technology and Equipment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Catalysis and New Environmental Materials, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China
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Li Y, Chen B, Liu L, Zhu B, Zhang D. Water-Resistance-Based S-Scheme Heterojunction for Deep Mineralization of Toluene. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202319432. [PMID: 38233346 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202319432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Deep mineralization of low concentration toluene (C7 H8 ) is one of the most significant but challenging reactions in photocatalysis. It is generally assumed that hydroxyl radicals (⋅OH) as the main reactive species contribute to the enhanced photoactivity, however, it remains ambiguous at this stage. Herein, a S-scheme ZnSn(OH)6 -based heterojunction with AlOOH as water resistant surface layer is in situ designed for tuning the free radical species and achieving deep mineralization of C7 H8 . By employing a combination of in situ DRIFTS and materials characterization techniques, we discover that the dominant intermediates such as benzaldehyde and benzoic acid instead of toxic phenols are formed under the action of holes (h+ ) and superoxide radicals (⋅O2 - ). These dominant intermediates turn out to greatly decrease the ring-opening reaction barrier. This study offers new possibilities for rationally tailoring the active species and thus directionally producing dominant intermediates via designing water resistant surface layer.
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- Yuhan Li
- Engineering Research Center for Waste Oil Recovery Technology and Equipment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Catalysis and New Environmental Materials, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, 400067, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center for Waste Oil Recovery Technology and Equipment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Catalysis and New Environmental Materials, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, 400067, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center for Waste Oil Recovery Technology and Equipment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Catalysis and New Environmental Materials, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, 400067, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Solar Fuel, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430078, P. R. China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China
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Zhou J, Zhang Y, Ding J, Fang J, Yang J, Xie Y, Xu X. A More Efficient Method for Preparing a MIP-CQDs/ZnO 1-x Photodegradant with Highly Selective Adsorption and Photocatalytic Properties. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:2365-2377. [PMID: 38169325 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c16135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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The application of semiconductor photocatalysts in wastewater treatment always has a drawback, which is the lack of selectivity for pollutants, but molecular imprinting technology (MIT) is a remarkable method for preparing highly selective adsorbents for low concentration target pollutants. Up to now, the research of molecular imprinting materials has mainly focused on organic polymers, and there has been little research on inorganic molecular imprinting materials. In the present work, we introduced carbon quantum dots (CQDs) into the flower-like hierarchical ZnO to prepare photocatalysts CQDs/ZnO. Further, with ciprofloxacin (CIP) as the template molecule, a molecular imprinting material MIP-CQDs/ZnO1-x was prepared by introducing both oxygen vacancies and imprinted cavities into CQDs/ZnO by the hydrothermal calcination method. It can not only increase the concentration of oxygen vacancies and broaden the light absorption range of zinc oxide without changing the crystal form of ZnO but also make it have the characteristics of preferential adsorption and degradation of CIP during the degradation process. Under the synergistic effect of CQDs, oxygen vacancies, and molecularly imprinted cavities, the molecularly imprinted material exhibits excellent photocatalytic and selective adsorption performance.
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- Juan Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P R China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P R China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P R China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P R China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P R China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P R China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P R China
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Chang F, Zhao S, Lei Y, Wang X, Dong F, Zhu G, Kong Y. Jointly augmented photocatalytic NO removal by S-scheme Bi 12SiO 20/Ag 2MoO 4 heterojunctions with surface oxygen vacancies. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 649:713-723. [PMID: 37385036 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.06.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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The deep oxidation of NO molecules to NO3- species with the avoidance of toxic NO2 generation is a big and challengeable concern, which can be solved by the rational design and construction of catalytic systems with satisfactory structural and optical features. For such, in this investigation binary composites Bi12SiO20/Ag2MoO4 (BSO-XAM) were fabricated through a facile mechanical ball-milling route. From microstructural and morphological analyses, heterojunction structures with surface oxygen vacancies (OVs) were simultaneously created, contributing to the enhanced visible-light absorption, reinforced migration and separation of charge carries, and further boosted generation of reactive species such as superoxide radicals and singlet oxygen. Based on the density-functional theory (DFT) calculations, surface OVs induced the strengthened adsorption and activation of O2, H2O, and NO molecules and oxidation of NO to NO2, while heterojunction structures were beneficial for the continuous oxidation of NO2 to NO3- species. Thus, the heterojunction structures with surface OVs synergistically guaranteed the augmented photocatalytic NO removal and constrained NO2 generation of BSO-XAM through a typical S-scheme model. This study may provide scientific guidances for the photocatalytic control and removal of NO at ppb level by Bi12SiO20-based composites through the mechanical ball-milling protocol.
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- Fei Chang
- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, PR China
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- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, PR China
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- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, PR China
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- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, PR China
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- Research Center for Environmental Science & Technology, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, PR China
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- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi' an 710062, PR China.
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale & Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience and Department of Chemical Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China.
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Wu C, Tang Q, Zhang S, Lv K, Fuku X, Wang J. Surface Modification of TiO 2 by Hyper-Cross-Linked Polymers for Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic NO Oxidation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023. [PMID: 37307316 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c03156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Solar-driven photocatalysis offers an environmentally friendly and sustainable approach for the removal of air pollutants such as nitric oxides without chemical addition. However, the low specific surface area and adsorption capacity of common photocatalysts restrict the surface reactions with NO at the ppb-level. In this study, imidazolium-based hyper-cross-linked polymer (IHP) was introduced to modify the surface of TiO2 to construct a porous TiO2/IHP composite photocatalyst. The as-prepared composite with hierarchical porous structure achieves a larger specific surface area as 309 m2/g than that of TiO2 (119 m2/g). Meanwhile, the wide light absorption range of the polymer has brought about the strong visible-light absorption of the TiO2/IHP composite. In consequence, the composite photocatalyst exhibits excellent performance toward NO oxidation at a low concentration of 600 ppb under visible-light irradiation, reaching a removal efficiency of 51.7%, while the generation of the toxic NO2 intermediate was suppressed to less than 1 ppb. The enhanced NO adsorption and the suppressed NO2 generation on the TiO2/IHP surface were confirmed by in situ monitoring technology. This work demonstrates that the construction of a porous structure is an effective approach for efficient NO adsorption and photocatalytic oxidation.
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- Can Wu
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resources Conversion and Pollution Control of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, College of Resources and Environment, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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- College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Pretoria 1710, South Africa
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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Zhao W, Wang H, Wang H, Zhang D, Wang Q, Zhong Q, Shang D. Construction of a TiO 2/BiOCl heterojunction for enhanced solar photocatalytic oxidation of nitric oxide. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:4862-4872. [PMID: 36942463 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt00082f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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TiO2/BiOCl heterojunction photocatalysts with different molar ratios (Ti : Bi) were synthesized by a simple solvothermal method. Various spectroscopic techniques including X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), nitrogen adsorption-desorption, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), photoluminescence (PL) and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-vis DRS) were used to characterize the prepared photocatalysts. The photocatalytic activity of the catalysts was investigated by removing low concentrations of nitrogen oxides. The characterization results show that the TiO2/BiOCl composite photocatalyst exhibits superior visible light response performance than pure BiOCl and TiO2. The optimized TiO2/BiOCl heterojunction with a Ti : Bi molar ratio of 4 : 1 has the best photocatalytic performance. The removal rate of nitrogen oxides of the composite photocatalyst can reach 75%, which is 2.34 times higher than that of pure BiOCl. The observed photocatalytic degradation activity of nitrogen oxides outperforms current state-of-the-art functional photocatalysts. The TiO2/BiOCl composite photocatalyst has a larger specific surface area, stronger visible light absorption and higher charge separation efficiency compared to other control samples, which contribute to the enhanced photocatalytic activity. The experimental results indicate that the combination of TiO2 with BiOCl is a promising technique to design visible light-responsive photocatalysts.
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- Wei Zhao
- School of Energy & Power Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P.R. China.
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- School of Energy & Power Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P.R. China.
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- School of Energy & Power Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P.R. China.
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- School of Energy & Power Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P.R. China.
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- School of Energy & Power Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P.R. China.
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- Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P.R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, 212013, PR China
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