Degradation of Methyl Orange under Visible-Light on Ag/AgCl/ZnAl-LDH
Coupling ZnAl-LDH,with Ag/AgCl/to synthesize Ag/AgCl/ZnAl-LDH composite pho-tocatalyst.The samples were characterized by XRD,SEM,TEM,BET and UV-Vis.The characterization results showed that the prepared AgCl loaded with ZnAl-LDH had a typical hydrotalcite structure,on which AgCl particles loaded.The photocatalytic activity test result showed that the methyl orange(MO)degradation percentage of 95.2%under the conditions of 25%AgCl loading,was obtained under visible light irradiation of 180 min at the MO concentration of 25 mg/L and catalyst dosage of 1 g/L.The photo-catalytic mechanism is deduced as following:under irradiation of visible light,Ag clusters are formed on the surface of AgCl,and in turn the electrons and holes are produced on Ag clusters,and then transfer to AgCl particles,forming·O-2 and·Cl active radicals,respectively,and then oxidize MO for decomposition.While ZnAl-LDH provides the substrate for Ag/AgCl particles.In the photocatalytic reaction process,both adsorption and kinetics affect the degradation of MO.