Given their unique structure-dependent properties,strategically designing semiconductor-based photocatalysts,which expose highly reactive crystalline facets,is widely used to tune their performance.Herein,AgBr/Ag/TiO_...Given their unique structure-dependent properties,strategically designing semiconductor-based photocatalysts,which expose highly reactive crystalline facets,is widely used to tune their performance.Herein,AgBr/Ag/TiO_(2){100}nanorods Z-scheme heterojunction composites were prepared via hydrothermal and in situ facet-induced reduction.Transmission electron microscopy,X-ray diffraction,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy,and density functional theory calculations reveal that the selective exposure of TiO_(2){100}facets with abundant oxygen vacancies(OV)promotes the formation of metallic silver on the interfaces between AgBr and TiO_(2){100}.Metallic silver can mediate interfacial charge transfer by facilitating the photogenerated carrier recombination of the conduction band of TiO_(2){100}and the valence band of AgBr.As a result,a Z-scheme heterojunction is formed in AgBr/Ag/TiO_(2){100}.The AgBr/Ag/TiO_(2){100}exhibits faster degradation of tetracycline in aqueous solution compared to pristine AgBr,TiO_(2){101},TiO_(2){100}and AgBr/TiO_(2){101}p-n heterojunctions.This is attributed to the effect of the Z-scheme heterojunction on prolonging the lifetime of photogenerated carriers,which is confirmed by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy.The photocatalytic mechanism and degradation pathways are discussed along with a toxicity assessment of the intermediates.Overall,this work develops a new approach for designing Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts via selective facet control of anatase TiO_(2).展开更多
文摘Given their unique structure-dependent properties,strategically designing semiconductor-based photocatalysts,which expose highly reactive crystalline facets,is widely used to tune their performance.Herein,AgBr/Ag/TiO_(2){100}nanorods Z-scheme heterojunction composites were prepared via hydrothermal and in situ facet-induced reduction.Transmission electron microscopy,X-ray diffraction,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy,and density functional theory calculations reveal that the selective exposure of TiO_(2){100}facets with abundant oxygen vacancies(OV)promotes the formation of metallic silver on the interfaces between AgBr and TiO_(2){100}.Metallic silver can mediate interfacial charge transfer by facilitating the photogenerated carrier recombination of the conduction band of TiO_(2){100}and the valence band of AgBr.As a result,a Z-scheme heterojunction is formed in AgBr/Ag/TiO_(2){100}.The AgBr/Ag/TiO_(2){100}exhibits faster degradation of tetracycline in aqueous solution compared to pristine AgBr,TiO_(2){101},TiO_(2){100}and AgBr/TiO_(2){101}p-n heterojunctions.This is attributed to the effect of the Z-scheme heterojunction on prolonging the lifetime of photogenerated carriers,which is confirmed by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy.The photocatalytic mechanism and degradation pathways are discussed along with a toxicity assessment of the intermediates.Overall,this work develops a new approach for designing Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts via selective facet control of anatase TiO_(2).
