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    微波水热/稀乙酸溶剂热法制备多形貌BiOBr及其光催化机制

    Synthesis of multimorphic BiOBr via microwave hydrothermal/dilute acetic acid solvothermal method and its photocatalytic mechanism

    • 摘要: 针对传统水/溶剂热法制备多形貌BiOBr存在加热时间长、温度高以及需要额外添加修饰剂或模板剂等问题,本研究首次利用微波辅助水/溶剂热法,通过温度调变以及采用廉价易得的超纯水和稀乙酸作为溶剂,在2 h内快速合成了微球状(BiOBrU1)、微花状(BiOBrU2)、厚片状(BiOBrA1)和薄片状(BiOBrA2)4种不同形貌的BiOBr。光学表征表明4种BiOBr均具有可见光吸收能力,光吸收截止边均在440 nm 左右,其中BiOBrU1、BiOBrU2在紫外-可见光波段展现了更强的光吸收能力。采用四环素(TC)和环丙沙星(CIP)抗生素分别评估了4种BiOBr的光催化降解性能,结果表明在可见光120 min照射下,BiOBrU1、BiOBrU2展现了良好的催化降解性能,其中BiOBrU1对20 mg·L–1的TC溶液降解效率达到76%,且在3次循环试验后,降解效率仍能达到51%。进一步,通过表征分析和密度泛函理论(DFT)计算结合,明确了4种BiOBr的能带结构及功函数,其中片状BiOBr的价带位置具有足够正电性,可以产生强氧化性光生空穴(h+),并与–OH产生以羟基自由基(·OH)为主的氧化活性物种;BiOBrU1的价带和导带位置的氧化还原电势最高,既可以通过强还原性光生电子(e)产生超氧自由基(·O2),也可以通过光生h+产生·OH氧化物种。本研究能够为BiOBr光催化剂的设计合成提供理论参考和技术支撑。

       

      Abstract: To address the issues associated with conventional hydrothermal/solvothermal methods for synthesizing multimorphic BiOBr, such as long heating times, high temperatures, and the necessity to add additional modifiers or templating agents. In this work, a microwave-assisted hydro/solvothermal method was first employed to rapidly synthesize four distinct BiOBr morphologies (spherical (BiOBrU1), flower-like (BiOBrU2), thick-sheet (BiOBrA1), and thin-sheet (BiOBrA2)) within 2 hours, using only readily available ultrapure water and dilute acetic acid as solvents and modulating only the reaction temperature. Optical characterization demonstrated visible-light absorption capability for all BiOBr photocatalysts, with absorption edges around 440 nm; BiOBrU1, BiOBrU2 exhibited stronger absorption in the UV-Vis region. The photocatalytic degradation performance was evaluated using tetracycline (TC) and ciprofloxacin (CIP) antibiotics. Under visible light irradiation for 120 minutes, both BiOBrU1 and BiOBrU2 demonstrated favorable catalytic degradation activity. Notably, BiOBrU1 achieved a degradation efficiency of approximately 76% for a 20 mg·L–1 TC solution. Besides, the TC degradation still reached 51% after under through three cycling experiments. Furthermore, the band structures and work functions of the four BiOBr samples were elucidated through combined characterization analysis and DFT calculations. The valence band (VB) position of the sheet-like BiOBr was determined to be sufficiently positive to generate strongly oxidizing photogenerated holes (h+), reacting with –OH to produce primarily ·OH as the oxidizing active species. BiOBrU1 microspheres possessed the highest oxidation and reduction potentials for their VB and conduction band (CB) positions, enabling the generation of both ·O2 via highly reductive photogenerated electrons (e) and ·OH via photogenerated h+. This study provides a theoretical reference and technical support for the design and synthesis of BiOBr photocatalysts.

       

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