Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2022, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (9): 157-162.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2021-0776

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Facile synthesis of bismuth oxychloride and its photocatalytic degradation performance of p-nitrophenol

TONG Haijuan(),LI Siqi,FAN Fangfang,ZUO Weiyuan(),SHI Bingfang   

  1. Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Regional Ecological Environment Analysis and Pollution Control of West Guangxi;College of Chemistry Environment Engineering,Baise University,Baise 533000,China
  • Received:2021-12-24 Online:2022-09-10 Published:2022-09-22
  • Contact: ZUO Weiyuan E-mail:373946527@qq.com;57056515@qq.com

Abstract:

Photocatalytic degradation is an effective method for treating environmental pollutants.Bismuth oxychloride(BiOCl) has emerged as a potential alternative to traditional photocatalysts and has shown excellent performance.BiOCl catalyst was synthesized by a simple mechanical agitation method,and its morphology,composition,structure,specific surface area and optical properties were characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM),transmission electron microscopy(TEM),infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR),X-ray diffraction(XRD),X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS),N2 adsorption?desorption and UV-Vis-diffuse reflectance(UV-VIS-DRS).The results showed that the as?obtained BiOCl exhibited a two?dimensional nanosheet morphology with a band gap of 3.3 eV.The photocatalytic degradation of p-nitrophenol(PNP) was employed as a model reaction to evaluate the photocatalytic activity of BiOCl.Bene?ting from the high exposed(110) facet,degradation of PNP could be 99.7% by BiOCl with catalyst concentration of 0.4 g/L in 80 min. Kinetic studies showed that the degradation process was following the first order kinetic model with the kinetic constant of 0.043 min-1. Radical capture experiment demonstrated that ·O2- and ·OH played the main roles in the degradation process.Besides,the photocatalytic degradation mechanism of p-nitrophenol by BiOCl was also proposed. The results offered valuable information and reference for the treatment of wastewater through photocatalytic processes.

Key words: photocatalysis, degradation, BiOCl, radicals

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