Liu Shuai, Liang Pingping, Liu Jie, Xin Jiayu, Li Xinghua, Shao Changlu, Li Xiaowei, Liu Yichun
Center for Advanced Optoelectronic Functional Materials Research, and Key Laboratory of UV Light-Emitting Materials and Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun 130024, People's Republic of China; College of Science, Northeast Electric Power University, 169 Changchun Street, Jilin 132012, People's Republic of China.
Center for Advanced Optoelectronic Functional Materials Research, and Key Laboratory of UV Light-Emitting Materials and Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun 130024, People's Republic of China.
J Colloid Interface Sci. 2022 Feb 15;608(Pt 3):3178-3191. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.11.046. Epub 2021 Nov 13.
Constructing floating photocatalysts with highly efficient visible-light utilization is a promising approach for practical photocatalytic wastewater treatment. In this study, we anchored bismuth oxybromo-iodide (BiOBrI (0 ≤ x ≤ 1)) on flexible electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber mats to create BiOBrI@PAN nanofibers with tunable light absorption properties as floating photocatalysts at room temperature. As x increased, the photocatalytic activity of the BiOBrI@PAN nanofibers with similar loading content initially increased, and then decreased, for the degradation of bisphenol A (BPA) and methyl orange (MO) under visible-light irradiation (λ > 420 nm) conditions. The BiOBrI@PAN (0 < x < 1) nanofibers exhibited better photocatalytic performance compared to the BiOBr@PAN and BiOI@PAN nanofibers. Under visible-light irradiation, the BPA degradation rate of the BiOBrI@PAN nanofibers was 1.9 times higher than that of the BiOI@PAN nanofibers, while the BiOBr@PAN nanofibers had no noticeable degradation performance. The MO degradation rate of the BiOBrI@PAN nanofibers was 2.5 and 3.2 times higher than that of the BiOBr@PAN and BiOI@PAN nanofibers, respectively. The enhanced performance possibly originated from a balance between the light absorption and redox capabilities, along with efficient separation of electron-hole pairs in the BiOBrI@PAN nanofibers, as determined by ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectra analysis of the valence bands, and photocurrent response characterization. Compared to the powder structures, the BiOBrI@PAN nanofibers showed enhanced performance due to the excellent dispersion and immobilization of the BiOBrI solid solution, which provided more active sites during photocatalytic degradation. In addition, their flexible self-supporting structures allowed for floating photocatalysis near the water surface. They could be reused directly without separation and maximized the absorption of visible light during the photocatalytic reaction. Therefore, these solid-solution-based floatable nanofiber photocatalysts are good potential candidates for wastewater treatment applications.
构建具有高效可见光利用能力的浮动光催化剂是一种很有前景的实际光催化废水处理方法。在本研究中,我们将溴氧化铋碘化物(BiOBrI (0 ≤ x ≤ 1))锚定在柔性电纺聚丙烯腈(PAN)纳米纤维毡上,在室温下制备出具有可调光吸收特性的BiOBrI@PAN纳米纤维作为浮动光催化剂。随着x的增加,在可见光照射(λ > 420 nm)条件下,具有相似负载量的BiOBrI@PAN纳米纤维对双酚A(BPA)和甲基橙(MO)的光催化活性最初增加,然后降低。与BiOBr@PAN和BiOI@PAN纳米纤维相比,BiOBrI@PAN(0 < x < 1)纳米纤维表现出更好的光催化性能。在可见光照射下,BiOBrI@PAN纳米纤维对BPA的降解率比BiOI@PAN纳米纤维高1.9倍,而BiOBr@PAN纳米纤维没有明显的降解性能。BiOBrI@PAN纳米纤维对MO的降解率分别比BiOBr@PAN和BiOI@PAN纳米纤维高2.5倍和3.2倍。通过紫外可见漫反射光谱、价带的X射线光电子能谱分析和光电流响应表征确定,性能增强可能源于光吸收和氧化还原能力之间的平衡,以及BiOBrI@PAN纳米纤维中电子 - 空穴对的有效分离。与粉末结构相比,BiOBrI@PAN纳米纤维表现出增强的性能,这归因于BiOBrI固溶体的优异分散和固定,在光催化降解过程中提供了更多活性位点。此外,它们灵活的自支撑结构允许在水面附近进行浮动光催化。它们可以直接重复使用而无需分离,并在光催化反应期间最大限度地吸收可见光。因此,这些基于固溶体的可漂浮纳米纤维光催化剂是废水处理应用的良好潜在候选材料。