Research advances on quantum dots/TiO2 composite photocatalytic materials
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摘要: 近年,光催化技术已被广泛应用于污水处理、CO2还原、制氢等多个领域。在光催化材料中,TiO2由于具有化学稳定性高、来源广泛、价格低廉等优点,应用最广泛。但较宽的带隙及较高的电子及空穴复合效率使TiO2的光催化性能受到极大限制。量子点(QDs)作为一种受量子约束效应影响的纳米尺度粒子,具有载流子易调控和表面位点丰富等优势。因此,研究人员采用不同方法将TiO2与QDs复合,以增强TiO2的光催化性能,获得了系列具有优异光催化性能的QDs/TiO2复合光催化材料。本文主要综述了QDs/TiO2复合光催化材料的研究进展。首先,阐述了QDs/TiO2复合光催化材料的制备方法,并就QDs对TiO2光催化性能的增强机制进行了剖析;然后,总结了QDs/TiO2复合光催化材料在有机污染物降解、制氢及CO2还原方面的应用研究进展;最后,围绕QDs/TiO2复合光催化材料现阶段研究中的关键问题及未来的研究前景进行了展望。Abstract: In recent years, photocatalytic technology has been widely used in sewage treatment, CO2 reduction, hydrogen production and other fields. Among photocatalytic materials, TiO2 is widely used due to its advantages of high chemical stability, wide sources and low price. However, wide band gap and high electron and hole compound efficiency greatly limit the photocatalytic performance of TiO2. Quantum dots (QDs), a kind of nano-scale particles affected by quantum constraint effect, show the advantages of easy carrier regulation and abundant surface sites. Therefore, different methods have been used by researchers to compound TiO2 with QDs for the enhancement of photocatalytic performance of TiO2, and then a series of QDs/TiO2 composite photocatalytic materials with excellent photocatalytic performance are obtained. This review mainly introduces the research progress of QDs/TiO2 composite photocatalytic materials. Firstly, the preparation methods of QDs/TiO2 composite photocatalytic materials were described, and the enhancement mechanism of TiO2 photocatalytic performance by QDs was analyzed. Then, The application of QDs/TiO2 composite photocatalytic materials in the degradation of organic pollutants, hydrogen production and CO2 reduction were summarized. Finally, the major issues in the current research of QDs/TiO2 composite photocatalytic materials and the future research prospects were discussed.
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Key words:
- TiO2 /
- quantum dots /
- photocatalysis /
- nanocomposite /
- photocatalytic mechanism
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表 1 QDs/TiO2复合光催化材料的制备方法比较
Table 1. Comparison of method for preparation of QDs/TiO2 composite photocatalytic materials
Preparation method Advantage Disadvantage Reference Physical blending method Simple operation, no complicated equipment, and easy to be industrialization Components in composite are difficult to be dispersed evenly, and QDs tends to agglomerate [34-35] Water/solvent thermal method The insoluble or difficultly soluble precursors can be dissolved and recrystallized, and the obtained nanoparticles couldbe growthed more completely, smaller particle size and more uniform distribution, and the ideal crystal morphology can be easily obtained The equipment and growth conditions are demanding, the growth term is long, and the entire reaction is in a closed system, which is not intuitive and cannot be observed in real time [36-37] Ion layer depositionmethod It is convenient to adjust the amount and size of QDs in the composite material by changing the number of cycles When the amount of metal salt solution is too much, QDs formed in the internal voids or surface of the TiO2 material and easy to agglomerate [38] Electrochemical deposition method The equipment is simple, can be carried out at a lower temperature, and particle size of the composite material is adjustable Vulnerable to seasonal differences in the indoor environment, air humidity, and the concentration of coexisting interfering substances [20] Sol-gel method The process is simple, the equipment is inexpensive, and the obtained particle distribution is uniform The preparation takes a long time, and the hydrolysis speed of precursor is difficult to control [21] 表 2 QDs/TiO2复合光催化材料的性能及应用领域
Table 2. Performance and application of QDs/TiO2 composite photocatalytic materials
Material Photocatalytic performance Application Reference CdS QDs/QCDs/H-TiO2 93% of phenol, 95% of RhB and 97% of MB can be degraded
within 30 minDegradation of organic pollutants [50] CDs/TiO2 98% of MB can be degraded within 1 h [51,62-63] GQDs/TiO2 42.5% of MB can be degraded within 4 h [52,64-65] CdTe QDs/TiO2 99.14% of MO and 99.92% of MB can be degraded within 150 min [53] MoS2 QDs/TiO2 92% of MB can be degraded within 40 min [54] CDs/TiO2 The hydrogen production rate under UV light irradiation is
1841 μmol/(g·h)Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution [55] MoS2 QDs/TiO2 The hydrogen production rates under UV, visible, and near-infrared
light is 31.36, 5.29, and 1.67 mol/(cm2·h), respectively[56,66] NiO QDs/TiO2 The hydrogen production rate under UV light irradiation is
67.8 μmol/h[57] GQDs/TiO2 The hydrogen production rate under ultraviolet light irradiation
is 206 μmol/(g·h)[58] CDs/TiO2 The output of CO and CH4 reached 1.838 μmol and 1.195 μmol
within 6 hPhotocatalytic CO2 Reduction [59] PbS QDs/TiO2 The output of CO and CH4 reached 0.82 μmol/(g·h) and 0.58 μmol/(g·h) [60] CsPbBr3 QDs/TiO2 The output of CO and CH4 reached 11.71 μmol/g and 20.15 μmol/g [61] -
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