Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2022, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (4): 175-180.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2021-0398

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Degradation of berberine by visible light over Ag3PO4 /g-C3N4 heterojunction catalyst

JI Chang(),WANG Guosheng()   

  1. College of Chemical Engineering,Shenyang University of Chemical Technology,Shenyang 110142,China
  • Received:2021-07-05 Online:2022-04-10 Published:2022-04-18
  • Contact: WANG Guosheng E-mail:1023179554@qq.com;Wgsh-lyc@163.com

Abstract:

Ag3PO4/g-C3N4 heterojunction catalyst was synthetized by in-situ growth method,and under visible light emission,the degradation of medicine macromolecular berberine in wastewater was catalyzed oxidation.The composition and structure of the catalyst were analyzed by X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscopy(SEM),X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS) and ultraviolet visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy(UV-vis DRS).The photocatalytic activity of Ag3PO4/g-C3N4 for the degradation of berberine was tested.The results showed that when the doping amount of g-C3N4 was 0.7 g,the photocatalytic degradation activity of Ag3PO4/g-C3N4 for berberine was the best under visible light irradiation.The degradation rate reached 100% after 15 min of visible light reaction.After four repeated experiments,the degradation rate was decreased to 73.2%,which had good light stability.Free radical capture experiments showed that h+ and ·O2 - played major role in the degradation of berberine wastewater.Combined with UV-vis DRS analysis,Ag3PO4/g-C3N4 followed the Z-type heterojunction mechanism.

Key words: in situ growth method, Ag3PO4/g-C3N4, visible light, berberine, photodegradation

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