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Photocatalytic Characteristics of ZnO/Ag2CrO4 Composite and Its Photocatalytic Mechanism with Z-scheme of Electron Transport |
YU Fucheng1, NAN Dongmei1, SONG Tianyun1, WANG Bolong1, XU Boyu1, HE Ling1, WANG Shu1, DUAN Hongyan2
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1 School of Material Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China; 2 School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China |
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Abstract The La-doped ZnO nanorods composited with Ag2CrO4 nanosheets (ZnO/Ag2CrO4) were prepared by a hydrothermal method followed by a photo-deposition process. And the photocatalytic properties of the ZnO/Ag2CrO4 composite were examined by a degradation of methyl orange (MO) solution at room temperature. In the investigation of absorption properties of the ZnO/Ag2CrO4 composite, an obvious red-shift of the intrinsic absorption edge of ZnO was observed, which was induced by the composited Ag2CrO4 nano-sheets. Therefore, compared with pure ZnO, the utilization rate of solar light was improved effectively by the composite, which was beneficial to the elevation of the photocatalytic efficiency. Furthermore, the photocatalytic efficiency of the composite increased with the increasing of the content of the Ag2CrO4 nano-sheets in the composite, and the optimum photocatalytic efficiency appeared in the sample prepared with the Ag+ concentration being 6% of Zn source concentration during photo-deposition process. When the Ag+ concentration was further increased, the excess Ag2CrO4 was produced, which led to degradation of photocatalytic efficiency. Based on the measurements of UV-Vis and PL spectra, a Z-type scheme electron transport mechanism was deduced in the ZnO/Ag2CrO4 composite during photocatalytic process, by which the recombination of electron-hole pairs was inhibited, thus the lifetime of excitons was prolonged. Therefore, the photocatalytic efficiency of the composite was dramatically improved.
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Published: 25 April 2020
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Fund:This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51665028), the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Pro-vince, China (1506RJZA107),Enterprises and the Institutions Entrust Scientific and Technological Projects (LZSN-KJ-002, 2018040-G, ky2019047). |
About author:: Fucheng Yu, as an associate professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, graduated from Chungnam National University in Korea for the Ph.D. degree in July 2008. The current research field is the preparation and application of functional nano-film and nano-structural materials of semiconductor. Published 30 papers on SCI and EI papers. |
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