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Novel Ternary Heterogeneous Reduction Graphene Oxide (RGO)/BiOCl/TiO2 Nanocomposites for Enhanced Adsorption and Visible-Light Induced Photocatalytic Activity toward Organic Contaminants

College of Chemistry and Environment, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
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Materials 2020, 13(11), 2529; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13112529
Received: 23 April 2020 / Revised: 29 May 2020 / Accepted: 30 May 2020 / Published: 2 June 2020
Herein, we describe a simple and cost-effective design for the fabrication of a novel ternary RGO/BiOCl/TiO2 nanocomposites through a simple hydrothermal process. The prepared nanocomposites were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV–vis DRS) and N2 adsorption–desorption analysis. Organic contaminants—such as methylene blue (MB), methyl orange (MO), rhodamine B (RhB) and amido black-10B (AB-10B)—were employed as the target pollutants to evaluate the adsorption capacity and photocatalytic activity of RGO/BiOCl/TiO2 nanocomposites. From experimental data, it was also found that the amount of TiO2 impressed the photocatalytic performance, and the nanocomposites with 10% of TiO2 showed the best photocatalytic activity. The improved photocatalytic performance may be mainly due to the narrow band gap, and the charge separation and migration of RGO. Moreover, good recyclability was obtained from RGO/BiOCl/TiO2 nanocomposites, and scavenger tests indicated that photogenerated holes were the main active species in the reaction system. Therefore, the prepared RGO/BiOCl/TiO2 nanocomposites have broad applications foreground in pollutants purification. View Full-Text
Keywords: RGO/BiOCl/TiO2; nanocomposites; photocatalyst; visible light RGO/BiOCl/TiO2; nanocomposites; photocatalyst; visible light
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Jing, Z.; Dai, X.; Xian, X.; Zhang, Q.; Zhong, H.; Li, Y. Novel Ternary Heterogeneous Reduction Graphene Oxide (RGO)/BiOCl/TiO2 Nanocomposites for Enhanced Adsorption and Visible-Light Induced Photocatalytic Activity toward Organic Contaminants. Materials 2020, 13, 2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13112529

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Jing Z, Dai X, Xian X, Zhang Q, Zhong H, Li Y. Novel Ternary Heterogeneous Reduction Graphene Oxide (RGO)/BiOCl/TiO2 Nanocomposites for Enhanced Adsorption and Visible-Light Induced Photocatalytic Activity toward Organic Contaminants. Materials. 2020; 13(11):2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13112529

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Jing, Zhanxin, Xiangyi Dai, Xueying Xian, Qiongshan Zhang, Huojiao Zhong, and Yong Li. 2020. "Novel Ternary Heterogeneous Reduction Graphene Oxide (RGO)/BiOCl/TiO2 Nanocomposites for Enhanced Adsorption and Visible-Light Induced Photocatalytic Activity toward Organic Contaminants" Materials 13, no. 11: 2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13112529

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