Photocatalytic Enhancement and Recyclability in Visible-Light-Responsive 2D/2D g-C3N4/BiOI p-n Heterojunctions via a Z-Scheme Charge Transfer Mechanism

Shuo Yang, Tianna Wu, Kaiyue Li, Ping Huang, Wenhui Li, Yuquan Zhuo, Keyan Liu, Ziwen Yang, Donglai Han, Chongjun Zhao · 2024

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Shuo Yang and co-authors present a 2024 study of a paired sheet material that uses sunlight to break down dye waste in water. Two thin semiconductors are stacked so their charges split well instead of cancelling. The pair was made by simple precipitation and baking steps.

Under fake sunlight the pair destroyed nearly all of a test dye in an hour. That beat each single material by wide margins. A Z-scheme charge path, confirmed by band measures, explains the gain. The material kept working over five reuse cycles with barely any loss. Radical tests name the active species. The authors pitch it for cleaning industrial waste water.

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CREATORShuo Yang, Tianna Wu, Kaiyue Li, Ping Huang, Wenhui Li, Yuquan Zhuo, Keyan Liu, Ziwen Yang, Donglai Han, Chongjun Zhao
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE37 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11597039

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