Nitrogen defects/boron dopants engineered tubular carbon nitride for efficient tetracycline hydrochloride photodegradation and hydrogen evolution
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Volume
303
Publisher
Elsevier
School
School of Engineering
RAS ID
45365
Funders
National Science and Technology Major Project, China
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China
Abstract
Polymeric carbon nitride (g-C3N4) exhibits only mediocre catalytic activity in photocatalytic environmental remediation and energy conversion because of its limited light absorption and sluggish charge transfer. Herein, we assembled novel, tubular carbon nitride (D-TCN450) with nitrogen defects/boron dopants via a self-supramolecular reaction and NaBH4 thermal reduction approach. Advanced characterization results suggested that introducing the nitrogen defects/boron dopants can effectively promote light trapping, charge separation, and valance-band downshift. Density functional theory and electron spin resonance results further proved that the fusion of cyano groups (nitrogen defects) into the framework of D-TCN450 can facilitate oxygen adsorption to form superoxide radicals. As a result, D-TCN450 exhibited dramatically improved photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and photodegradation of tetracycline hydrochloride at a 4- and 9-fold enhancement compared to pristine g-C3N4, respectively. This integrated engineering strategy might provide a unique paradigm for the rational design of novel photocatalysts for sustainable remediation and energy innovation.
DOI
10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120932
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Chen, L., Wang, Y., Cheng, S., Zhao, X., Zhang, J., Ao, Z., . . . Sun, H. (2022). Nitrogen defects/boron dopants engineered tubular carbon nitride for efficient tetracycline hydrochloride photodegradation and hydrogen evolution. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 303, article 120932.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120932