A β-cyclodextrin Modified Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Au Co-Catalyst for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparation of Photocatalysts
2.1.1. Preparation of g-C3N4
2.1.2. Preparation of β-Cyclodextrin–Carbon Nitride (β-CD-CN) Composite
2.1.3. Preparation of Metal Co-Catalyst/β-CD-CN Nanocomposite
2.2. Material Characterization
2.3. Photocatalytic Reactivity Test and H2O2 Decomposition
2.4. Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Test
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Material Characterization
3.1.1. Surface Morphology Characterization
3.1.2. X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Characterizations
3.1.3. The Optical Absorption, Photoluminescence and Surface Properties
3.2. Photocatalytic Performance
3.2.1. Photocatalytic H2O2 Production Activity
3.2.2. Photocatalytic H2O2 Decomposition Activity
3.3. Plausible Mechanism of Photocatalysis
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Zuo, G.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, S.; Guo, Z.; Zhao, Q.; Saianand, G.; Feng, L.; Li, L.; Li, W.; Zhang, N.; et al. A β-cyclodextrin Modified Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Au Co-Catalyst for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 1969. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10101969
Zuo G, Zhang Y, Liu S, Guo Z, Zhao Q, Saianand G, Feng L, Li L, Li W, Zhang N, et al. A β-cyclodextrin Modified Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Au Co-Catalyst for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(10):1969. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10101969
Chicago/Turabian StyleZuo, Guifu, Yuqian Zhang, Shanshan Liu, Zhaoliang Guo, Qiannan Zhao, Gopalan Saianand, Liwei Feng, Lijuan Li, Wangze Li, Ning Zhang, and et al. 2020. "A β-cyclodextrin Modified Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Au Co-Catalyst for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production" Nanomaterials 10, no. 10: 1969. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10101969