Construction of Wide-spectrum-driven Cu2(OH)2CO3/g-C3N4 Heterojunction and Its Improved Photocatalysis Towards Tetracycline Degradation: Degradation Pathways and Mechanism
LIANG Hongyu1,*, XU Jiazhi1, LI Zheng1, LU Guang2, WANG Bin3, LI Tongyu1, LIU Yujia1
1 School of Environmental and Safety Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, Liaoning, China 2 School of Civil Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, Liaoning, China 3 Lanpec Technologies Limited, Shanghai 201518, China
Abstract: Awide-spectrum-driven Cu2(OH)2CO3/g-C3N4(Cu/g-C3N4) heterojunction catalyst was designed and the photocatalytic tetracycline degradation was investigated in the present work. The morphologies, crystal phases, optical property and so on of the as-prepared photocatalysts were characterized by means of TEM, SEM, XRD, UV-visible light spectroscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, etc. Experimental results indicated that the component Cu2(OH)2CO3 gave heterojunction a broad spectrum response to simulated sunlight due to its absorption of visible and near infrared light, and the consist of Z-scheme heterojunction with g-C3N4 enhanced photochemical energy conversion efficiency. Particularly, Cu/g-C3N4 (1∶4) heterojunction showed the best photocatalytic activity towards TC degradation, including an one order reaction rate constant of 0.017 6 min-1, which was 3 and 2.1 times higher than that of neat Cu2(OH)2CO3 and g-C3N4, as well as perfect photocatalytic stability. Moreover, this work hypothesized three possible photocatalytic degradation pathways of TC over Cu/g-C3N4 (1∶4) heterojunction.
梁红玉, 许佳智, 李政, 陆光, 王斌, 李桐宇, 刘玉佳. 广谱响应Cu2(OH)2CO3/g-C3N4异质结的构建及其光催化四环素的降解:降解途径及反应机理[J]. 材料导报, 2025, 39(19): 24080035-6.
LIANG Hongyu, XU Jiazhi, LI Zheng, LU Guang, WANG Bin, LI Tongyu, LIU Yujia. Construction of Wide-spectrum-driven Cu2(OH)2CO3/g-C3N4 Heterojunction and Its Improved Photocatalysis Towards Tetracycline Degradation: Degradation Pathways and Mechanism. Materials Reports, 2025, 39(19): 24080035-6.
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