Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 551.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20140694

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In-situ Synthesis of BiOCl/NaBiO3 Composites and Their Photocatalytic Activities

JI Lei*(), YU Ruimin, WANG Haoren, CHEN Liduo, WANG Huaiyuan   

  1. Provincial Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Chemical Technology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China
  • Received:2014-07-24 Online:2015-03-10 Published:2015-02-04
  • Contact: JI Lei E-mail:jileiwipm@163.com

Abstract:

BiOCl/NaBiO3 composite photocatalytic materials were in-situ synthesized through the reaction of NaBiO3 and HCl. The phase structures, surface morphologies and optical properties of the samples were studied by X-ray powder diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscope(SEM) and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra(UV-Vis DRS), respectively. The photocatalytic activities of the samples were evaluated by degradation of rhodamine B(RhB) under visible and ultraviolet light, respectively. Under visible light the 27.4%(molar fraction) BiOCl/NaBiO3 shows higher photocatalytic activity than the pure BiOCl and NaBiO3; under ultraviolet light all the BiOCl/NaBiO3 composites show higher photocatalytic activities than pure BiOCl and NaBiO3. The results indicate that the composition of BiOCl and NaBiO3 can form heterojunction region, and then influence the transfer behavior of photogenerated carriers. The photocatalysis experiments with different trapping agents and terephthalic acid photoluminescence(TA-PL) suggest that ·OH played major role for RhB degradation. A possible mechanism involving charge separation process between BiOCl and NaBiO3 was proposed. The n-p type heterojunction at the interface between p-BiOCl and n-NaBiO3 can efficiently reduce the recombination of photogenerated electron-hole pairs, which accounts for the enhancement of photocatalytic activity. From the analysis of potential, it is theoretically deduced that the photocatalytic degradation of RhB could be attributed to the ·OH and hole rather than ·O2- radicals.

Key words: Photocatalysis, BiOCl, NaBiO3, Composite, Mechanism

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