首页|Investigation of heterojunction between α-Fe2O3/V2O5 and g-C3N4 ternary nanocomposites for upgraded photo-degradation performance of mixed pollutants: Efficient dual Z-scheme mechanism

Investigation of heterojunction between α-Fe2O3/V2O5 and g-C3N4 ternary nanocomposites for upgraded photo-degradation performance of mixed pollutants: Efficient dual Z-scheme mechanism

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In this present work, a g-C3N4 decorated dual Z-scheme α-Fe2O3 and V2O5 heterojunction of magnetically recoverable GFV (g-C3N4/α-Fe2O3/V2O5) composite was rationally synthesized using facile calcination and hydrothermal approach. The crystal structure, surface morphology, chemical composition and optical properties of the as-obtained composite photocatalysts (PCs) were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HR-SEM, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurement, UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra (DRS) and photoluminescence (PL) analyses respectively. Benefiting from these structural and compositional features, the optimum GFV heterostructured PCs sample revealed that the superior photo-degradation performance of methyl yellow (MY) and methylene blue (MB) mixed dye under visible-light, while the degradation rates were 93.4% for MY and 87.5% for MB dye at 90 min, respectively. Moreover, the enhanced photo-degradation performance of GFV composite PCs displayed an extended visible-light fascination due to lower bandgap, reduced recombination rates, high charge separation and good charge transfer capacity with the efficient dual Z-scheme heterojunction. Meanwhile, high photo-degradation stability is continued after five successive reusability tests. A possible photo-degradation mechanism of dual Z-scheme charge transfer paths was also been proposed. This study is also capable of emerging visible-light active facile heterojunction photocatalysts for various organic pollutants removal with great efficiency.

g-C3N4/α-Fe2O3/V2O5Magnetic separableMixed dyeNanocompositesVisible-lightZ-Scheme

Vignesh S.、Srinivasan M.、Suganthi S.、Tamilmani A.、Sundar J.K.、Gedi S.、Palanivel B.、Ubaidullah M.、Raza M.K.、Shaikh S.F.

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SSN Research Centre Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering

Advanced Materials Science Laboratory Department of Chemistry Periyar University

Materials Science Research Laboratory Department of Physics Periyar University

School of Chemical Engineering Yeungnam University

Department of Physics Kings Engineering College

Department of Chemistry College of Science King Saud University

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering California Institute of Technology

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2022

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

EISCI
ISSN:0925-8388
年,卷(期):2022.902
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