TY - JOUR

T1 - Simultaneous S-scheme promoted Ag@AgVO3/g-C3N4/CeVO4 heterojunction with enhanced charge separation and photo redox ability towards solar photocatalysis

AU - Mishra, Nirmalendu S.

AU - Kuila, Aneek

AU - Saravanan, Pichiah

AU - Bahnemann, Detlef

AU - Jang, Min

AU - Routu, Santosh

N1 - Funding Information: Dr. P. Saravanan is thankful to the Science and Engineering Research Board , Department of Science and Technology ( DST-SERB ) for the financial support received under IMPRINT with grant code IMP/2019/000286 .

PY - 2023/6

Y1 - 2023/6

N2 - Photocatalytic removal of toxic contaminants is one of the emerging techniques for water remediation, but it suffers from low redox ability, charge recombination and poor light harvesting efficiency. The present work reports a simultaneous S-scheme promoted by CeVO4/g-C3N4/Ag@AgVO3. The formation of the S-scheme mechanism enhanced the generation of photogenerated carriers and also improved the redox ability of the electrons and holes in the reduction and oxidation photocatalysts. The ternary demonstrated remarkable photo switching properties along with efficient charge separation which was achieved through dual interfacial interaction within the ternary (Ag@AgVO3/g-C3N4 and CeVO4/g-C3N4). The heterojunction formation was verified through the shift in binding energy spectra in the X-ray Photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy analysis (HR-TEM). The ternary demonstrated reduced PL intensity, width of space charge region and an upsurge in photogenerated current density in the order of 93 μA/cm2 (∼6X higher than all the pristine). This resulted in efficient removal of methyl orange, methylene blue and endocrine disruptive bisphenol-A with a removal rate of 0.02 min−1, 0.03 min−1 and 0.0087 min−1 and an apparent quantum yield of 4.6 × 10−9 (Methylene Orange), 6.89 × 10−9 (Methylene Blue) and 2 × 10−9 (Bisphenol A/H2O2).

AB - Photocatalytic removal of toxic contaminants is one of the emerging techniques for water remediation, but it suffers from low redox ability, charge recombination and poor light harvesting efficiency. The present work reports a simultaneous S-scheme promoted by CeVO4/g-C3N4/Ag@AgVO3. The formation of the S-scheme mechanism enhanced the generation of photogenerated carriers and also improved the redox ability of the electrons and holes in the reduction and oxidation photocatalysts. The ternary demonstrated remarkable photo switching properties along with efficient charge separation which was achieved through dual interfacial interaction within the ternary (Ag@AgVO3/g-C3N4 and CeVO4/g-C3N4). The heterojunction formation was verified through the shift in binding energy spectra in the X-ray Photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy analysis (HR-TEM). The ternary demonstrated reduced PL intensity, width of space charge region and an upsurge in photogenerated current density in the order of 93 μA/cm2 (∼6X higher than all the pristine). This resulted in efficient removal of methyl orange, methylene blue and endocrine disruptive bisphenol-A with a removal rate of 0.02 min−1, 0.03 min−1 and 0.0087 min−1 and an apparent quantum yield of 4.6 × 10−9 (Methylene Orange), 6.89 × 10−9 (Methylene Blue) and 2 × 10−9 (Bisphenol A/H2O2).

KW - BPA

KW - DFT

KW - S-scheme

KW - Solar photocatalysis

KW - Ternary heterojunction (Ag@AgVO/g-CN/CeVO)

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U2 - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138496

DO - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138496

M3 - Article

C2 - 36965528

AN - SCOPUS:85150927785

VL - 326

JO - CHEMOSPHERE

JF - CHEMOSPHERE

SN - 0045-6535

M1 - 138496

ER -