Structural Design of Near-Infrared Light-Active Cu/TiO2/NaYF4:Yb,Er Nanocomposite Photocatalysts
Autor: | Vu Phi Tuyen, Nguyen Van Duc, Dang Thi Thanh Nhan, Nguyen Duc Cuong, Duong Van Hau, Tran Thai Hoa, Thanh-Dinh Nguyen |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
010302 applied physics
chemistry.chemical_classification Materials science Nanocomposite business.industry Dispersity Environmental pollution 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics Photochemistry 01 natural sciences Organic compound Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials Electron transfer Semiconductor chemistry 0103 physical sciences Materials Chemistry Photocatalysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0210 nano-technology business Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) |
Zdroj: | Journal of Electronic Materials. 48:329-336 |
ISSN: | 1543-186X 0361-5235 |
Popis: | Photocatalysis under low energy light is of great importance for study of environmental pollution impact. There is an increasing demand for preparing integrated photocatalysts to show their potential in persistent organic compound degradation under visible and near-infrared light. In this work, we have reported the structural combination of three functional components of NaYF4:Yb,Er, TiO2, Cu into photocatalytic nanocomposites for near-infrared light (NIR) photocatalysis. Uniform and monodisperse NaYF4:Yb,Er nanocubes prepared by hydrothermolysis were used as a photon converter and they were combined with TiO2 semiconductor and Cu co-catalysts by sequential deposition to fabricate NIR-active photocatalysts. The Cu/TiO2/NaYF4:Yb,Er nanocomposites were investigated for the organic degradation under NIR light. The Cu/TiO2/NaYF4:Yb,Er photocatalysts were photoactive with NIR light and full decomposition of methylene blue was reached for 90 min. These nanocomposites exhibit the NIR photocatalytic response caused by the NIR light absorption and photon electron transfer over NaYF4:Yb,Er, TiO2, and Cu components. |
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