Super-high activity of Bi3+ doped Ag3PO4 and enhanced photocatalytic mechanism
Super-high activity of Bi3+ doped Ag3PO4 and enhanced photocatalytic mechanism
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DOI:
10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.01.020
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发表时间:
2014-06
影响因子:
22.1
通讯作者:
Shuna Zhang;Shujuan Zhang;Limin Song
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作者:
Shuna Zhang;Shujuan Zhang;Limin Song
Bi-doped Ag3PO4was synthesized by an ion exchange method, and its structure and properties were characterized systematically. Doping Bi3+ions into the crystal lattice of Ag3PO4changed the properties of particles, reduced the valence band position and widened the band gap of Ag3PO4. The doped Bi3+ions have replaced P5+ions of P–O tetrahedrons according to the XRD and XPS analysis. The testing of methyl orange (MO) photodegradation showed that 2 wt% Bi-doped Ag3PO4had the highest activity, with the degradation rate reaching 90.7% after 6 min (1 g/L catalyst) when pure Ag3PO4degraded only 27.3% of MO. Its degradation rate constant was 4.5 times that of undoped Ag3PO4. Particularly, 2 wt% Bi-doped Ag3PO4managed to photodegrade high-concentration (40 mg/L) MO (1 g/L catalyst), with the degradation rate constant 7.3 times that of undoped Ag3PO4. •OH radicals were the main active species in the oxidation of MO over Bi-doped Ag3PO4. Doping Bi3+substantially reduced OH defects on the surface of Ag3PO4, which significantly increased the degradation efficiency of MO over Ag3PO4. In addition, the density-functional theory calculation revealed that the influence of Bi dopants on the electronic structure may be an important reason for the enhanced photocatalytic performance of Ag3PO4.