Synthesis and visible light photocatalytic properties of Bi2MoO6/WO3 composite photocatalysts
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摘要: 采用水热法成功制备了不同Bi2MoO6含量的Bi2MoO6/WO3复合光催化剂,利用XRD、SEM、UV-Vis、EIS和PL对样品进行了微观结构、形貌、光吸收特性、光谱响应和光电流的测试与表征,并考察了Bi2MoO6/WO3复合材料光催化分解水制氧的活性。结果表明,Bi2MoO6/WO3复合样品的光催化活性明显高于纯WO3和Bi2MoO6样品。在模拟太阳光照射下,15%Bi2MoO6/WO3复合催化剂的光催化产氧效率是纯WO3的产氧效率的2.3倍,以Fe(NO3)3·9H2O为牺牲剂时,复合催化剂的产氧效率可达到107 μmol/(g·h),且具有良好的循环稳定性。分析发现Bi2MoO6/WO3复合样品中Bi2MoO6颗粒与WO3纳米棒的异质结结构提高了光生载流子传输和转移效率,减少了光生电子-空穴对的复合几率,因此有助于增强光催化活性。Abstract: Bi2MoO6/WO3 composite photocatalysts with various Bi2MoO6 amounts were successfully synthesized by hydrothermal method. The microstructure, morphologies, optical absorption properties and spectral response of Bi2MoO6/WO3 composites were measured and characterized by XRD, SEM, UV-Vis, EIS and PL. Moreover, the photocatalytic activities of the samples were further investigated. The results show that the photocatalytic activity of the 15%Bi2MoO6/WO3 composite is obviously higher than that of the pure WO3 and Bi2MoO6: the photocatalytic oxygen production efficiency of the Bi2MoO6/WO3 is 2.3 times that of the pure WO3. The oxygen production efficiency of composite catalyst obtained 107 μmol/(g·h) after introducing Fe(NO3)3·9H2O assacrificial agent and exhibited good cycling stability. It is inferred that the Bi2MoO6 nanoparticle-WO3 nanorod heterojunction structure improves the transport and transfer efficiency of photo-generated carriers, reduces the recombination probability of electron-hole pairs, which is helpful to enhance the photocatalytic activity.
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Key words:
- Bi2MoO6 /
- WO3 /
- nanorods /
- composite photocatalyst /
- photocatalytic oxygen production
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图 4 模拟太阳光照射下WO3、Bi2MoO6及不同复合比例Bi2MoO6/WO3样品的光催化产氧性能 (a) 和牺牲剂对15%Bi2MoO6/WO3样品产氧性能的影响 (b)
Figure 4. Performance of photocatalytic oxygen production for WO3, Bi2MoO6 and Bi2MoO6/WO3 composites with different contents of Bi2MoO6 (a) and effect of sacrificial agents on the oxygen production performance of 15%Bi2MoO6/WO3 (b)
表 1 Bi2MoO6/WO3的命名
Table 1. Naming of Bi2MoO6/WO3
Sample Mass ratio of Bi2MoO6:WO3/% 5%Bi2MoO6/WO3 5 10%Bi2MoO6/WO3 10 15%Bi2MoO6/WO3 15 20%Bi2MoO6/WO3 20 表 2 WO3和Bi2MoO6的能带位置计算结果
Table 2. Calculated band position values of Bi2MoO6 and WO3
Sample X/eV Ee/eV ECB /eV EVB/eV Eg/eV WO3 6.57 4.5 +0.88 +3.46 2.78 Bi2MoO6 5.55 4.5 −0.25 +2.35 2.60 Notes: X—Electronegativity of the semiconductor; Ee—Energy of free electrons on the hydrogen scale; ECB—Conduct band edge potential; EVB—Valence band-edge potential; Eg—Band gap energy. -
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