Tetracycline Removal Under Solar Illumination Over Ag3VO4/mpg-C3N4 Heterojunction Photocatalysts
Tetracycline Removal Under Solar Illumination Over Ag3VO4/mpg-C3N4 Heterojunction Photocatalysts
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Ag3VO4/mpg-C3N4 异质结光催化剂在太阳光照射下去除四环素
DOI:
10.1111/php.12992
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Wang Xiaojing
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作者:
Le Shukun;Li Wenjing;Li Yue;Borjigin Burenbayaer;Li Guangshe;Wang Xiaojing
Ag3VO4/mpg‐C3N4(mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride) heterojunction photocatalysts were prepared by anchoring tiny Ag3VO4particles on the nanosheet of mpg‐C3N4. The prepared Ag3VO4/mpg‐C3N4heterojunctions were used to remove tetracycline (TC), a kind of antibiotics widely released into the aquatic environment under solar irradiation. Compared with pure mpg‐C3N4and Ag3VO4, Ag3VO4/mpg‐C3N4displayed much higher photocatalytic activity (83.2% removal rate within 90 min under visible‐light irradiation). Importantly, no apparent deactivation was observed for Ag3VO4/mpg‐C3N4‐40 after five cycles, inferring a good reusability. As confirmed by photocurrent measurement and photoluminescence spectra, the excellent photocatalytic property of Ag3VO4/mpg‐C3N4was credit to the electron–hole separation enhancement at the formed heterojunction of two semiconductors. In addition, a possible mechanism and intermediate products for the Ag3VO4/mpg‐C3N4photocatalysts toward the photodegradation of TC in aqueous solution under artificial sunlight radiation were proposed based on the scavengers trapping test, ESR spectra and a high‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with mass spectrometer (MS) analysis. This investigation provides a low cost, green and easily practical approach to remove the antibiotics in the aquatic environment.