Photocatalytic properties of BiOCl-TiO2 composites for phenol photodegradation

"BiOCl-TiO2 composites were synthesized by sol-gel method; using two commercial BiOCl (P2600 and SB) with different BiOCl-TiO2 weight ratios. They were characterized by different techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron microscopy (SEM, HRTEM and TEM), Fourier transform infrared (FT...

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Autores: DALIA VERONICA SANCHEZ RODRIGUEZ, María Guadalupe Méndez Medrano, Hynd Remita, VLADIMIR ALONSO ESCOBAR BARRIOS
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:México
Institución:Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional del IPICYT
OAI Identifier:oai:ipicyt.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1010/2133
Acceso en línea:http://ipicyt.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1010/2133
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/BiOCl
info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/TiO2
info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Photocatalysis
info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Phenol
info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Visible light
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/7
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Sumario:"BiOCl-TiO2 composites were synthesized by sol-gel method; using two commercial BiOCl (P2600 and SB) with different BiOCl-TiO2 weight ratios. They were characterized by different techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron microscopy (SEM, HRTEM and TEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), time resolved micro-wave conductivity (TRMC) and UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-DRS). In addition, these composites (BiOCl-TiO2) were evaluated for the photodegradation of phenol (50?mgL?1) under visible irradiation (??>?450?nm). The results showed effective phenol degradation with the PTi-75 composite, which has 75% by weight of TiO2, obtaining up to 40% of degradation during 6?h of reaction. The SEM analysis showed that micro-sheets of BiOCl are irregularly embedded on agglomerates of TiO2 nanoparticles. A mechanism was proposed, which considers the excitation by the overlap of the BiOCl-TiO2 bands; where the TiO2 has a conduction band more electronegative than that of BiOCl, allowing that TiO2 electron of the conduction band can be transferred to conduction band of BiOCl; while the holes present in the valence band of BiOCl can be moved to TiO2 valence band preventing the electron-holes recombination."