Composites of W18O49Nanowires with g-C3N4/RGO Nanosheets for Broadband Light-Driven Photocatalytic Wastewater Purification

Autor: Dou, Yanting, Gao, Yu, Gu, Deng, Zheng, Jiqi, Zhang, Bo, Li, XiuXin, He, Meijia, Zou, Qinglong, Liao, Tiaoli, Ding, Fu, Sun, Yaguang, Xu, Zhenhe
Zdroj: Langmuir; 20230101, Issue: Preprints
Abstrakt: Developing a photocatalyst that can effectively utilize the full solar spectrum remains a high-priority objective in the ongoing pursuit of efficient light-to-chemical energy conversion. Herein, the ternary nanocomposite g-C3N4/RGO/W18O49(CN/RGO/WO) was constructed and characterized by a variety of techniques. Remarkably, under the excitation of photon energies ranging from the ultraviolet (UV) to the near-infrared (NIR) region, the photocatalytic performance of the CN/RGO/WO nanocomposite exhibited a significant enhancement compared with single component g-C3N4or W18O49nanosheets for the degradation of methyl orange (MO). The MO photodegradation rate of the optimal CN/1.0 wt% RGO/45.0 wt% WO catalyst reached 0.816 and 0.027 min–1under UV and visible light excitation, respectively. Even under low-energy NIR light, which is not sufficient to excite g-C3N4, the MO degradation rate can still reach 0.0367 h–1, exhibiting a significant enhancement than pure W18O49. The outstanding MO removal rate and stability were demonstrated by CN/RGO/WO nanocomposites, which arise from the synergistic effect of localized surface plasmon resonance effect induced by W18O49under vis–NIR excitation and the Z-scheme nanoheterojunction of W18O49and g-C3N4. In this work, we have exploited the great potential of integrating nonmetallic plasmonic nanomaterials and good conductor RGO to construct high-performance g-C3N4-based full-solar spectral broadband photocatalysts.
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