Novel synthesis of Z-schemeα-Bi2O_(3)/g-C_(3)N_(4) composite photocatalyst and its enhanced visible light photocatalytic performance:Influence of calcination temperature

摘要

In this study,α-Bi2O_(3)/g-C_(3)N_(4) nanocomposite with direct Z-scheme was successfully prepared through calcination of BiOCOOH/g-C_(3)N_(4) precursor at different temperature.Meanwhile,the effect of calcination temperature on the physicochemical properties ofα-Bi2O_(3)/g-C_(3)N_(4) was studied.All results confirmed that calcination tempe rature greatly influences structural,morphology,surface states,photoelectrochemical property and photocatalytic(PC)perfo rmance ofα-Bi2O_(3)/g-C_(3)N_(4) composite.Furthermore,theα-Bi2O_(3)/gC_(3)N_(4) composite was applied as photocatalyst to degrade amido black 10 B dye under visible light irradiation.It was found that the composite synthesized at 400℃exhibited the highest PC performance due to the intense visible light absorbance and high separation efficiency of electron and hole pairs.Besides,the possible PC mechanism was proposed that the photo-generated charge carrier migration inα-Bi2O_(3)/g-C_(3)N_(4) photocatalyst followed a Z-scheme structure.Finally,the stability test also manifest that theα-Bi2O_(3)/g-C_(3)N_(4) composite photocatalyst has good stability and reusability,which was a promising candidate for wastewater treatment.