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Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 8/2018

13-02-2018

Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B, methylene blue and 4-nitrophenol under visible light irradiation using TiO2/MgZnAl layered double hydroxide

Authors: Guoqing Zhao, Jiao Zou, Caifeng Li, Jingang Yu, Xinyu Jiang, Yijian Zheng, Wenjihao Hu, Feipeng Jiao

Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Issue 8/2018

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Abstract

Series of new TiO2/MgZnAl layered double hydroxide (TiO2/LDH) composites with different molar ratio of metals (Mg:Zn:Al) and a certain amount of recombined TiO2 were successfully prepared by co-precipitation method. The prepared products were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, N2 adsorption–desorption measurements, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Rhodamine B (10 mg/L), methylene blue (10 mg/L) and 4-nitrophenol (4 mg/L) were used as model organic compounds for evaluation of the photocatalytic performance of the as-prepared photocatalysts under visible light irradiation. Results indicated that TiO2/LDH composites (Mg:Zn:Al equals to 1:3:1) showed the highest photocatalytic activity and degraded 93.73, 85.88 and 89.33% of rhodamine B, methylene blue, and 4-nitrophenol in 9.0, 8.0 and 4.0 h, respectively. By comparison, the composites exhibited superior photocatalytic activity compared to P25 catalysts. The enhanced photocatalytic activity of the TiO2/LDH composites mainly attributed to the efficient separation of photoinduced electrons and holes. Superoxide radicals and holes were the major active species. What’s more, the as-prepared photocatalysts exhibited remarkable stability and reusability. Besides, the possible degradation mechanism of rhodamine B, methylene blue and 4-nitrophenol also were proposed in this paper. This work provides an effective way to prepare series of LDH-based photocatalysts.
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Title
Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B, methylene blue and 4-nitrophenol under visible light irradiation using TiO2/MgZnAl layered double hydroxide
Authors
Guoqing Zhao
Jiao Zou
Caifeng Li
Jingang Yu
Xinyu Jiang
Yijian Zheng
Wenjihao Hu
Feipeng Jiao
Publication date
13-02-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Issue 8/2018
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Electronic ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-8687-y

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