Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 35, Issue 11, 1255(2020)

BiOBr-BN Photocatalysts for Promoting Photocatalytic NO Oxidation and Inhibiting Toxic By-products

Qian ZHENG1...2, Yuehan CAO2, Nanjian HUANG2, Fan DONG, and Ying ZHOU12,* |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
  • 2The Center of New Energy Materials and Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China. 3. Research Center for Environmental Science & Technology, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China;
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    Figures & Tables(22)
    Photocatalytic activities of BN, BiOBr and BiOBr-BN nanocomposites for NO oxidation (a) and NO2 generation (b) under visible light irradiation
    XRD patterns of pure BiOBr, BiOBr-BN composites (a), and pure BN (b)
    SEM images of (a) pure BiOBr and (b) 5%BiOBr-BN, and (c) TEM, (d) HRTEM images and SAED (insert) pattern of 5%BiOBr-BN
    FT-IR spectra of BiOBr and 5%BiOBr-BN
    XPS spectra of BiOBr and 5% BiOBr-BN composite
    Charge density difference of BiOBr-BN green implies “lose electrons”, yellow implies “get electrons”
    (a) PL spectra of BiOBr and BiOBr-BN nanocomposites excited at 360 nm; (b) Transient photocurrent response for pure BiOBr and 5%BiOBr-BN
    Nitrogen absorption-desorption isotherms of (a) BiOBr and (b) 5%BiOBr-BN
    Optimized structure of (a) O2 and (b) NO on BiOBr; optimized structure of (c) O2 and (d) NO adsorbed on BN
    DMPO spin-trapping ESR spectra recorded with 5%BiOBr-BN in methanol dispersion for DMPO-•O2-
    Schematic illustration of the formation process of BiOBr-BN composites
    Structure schematic of the as-prepared BiOBr-BN nanocomposites
    Experimental setup for photocatalytic oxidation of NO
    Long time test of (a) NO oxidation and (b) NO2 generation over 5%BiOBr-BN under visible light irradation
    SEM image of BN
    TEM-EDS element mappings of the as-prepared 5%BiOBr-BN
    XPS spectra of the BiOBr and 5%BiOBr-BN composite
    Model structure of BiOBr-BN (a) BN; (b) BiOBr; (c) BiOBr-BN
    UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra of BiOBr, BN and BiOBr-BN nanocomposites
    • Table 1. Contents of BiOBr-BN composites

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      Table 1. Contents of BiOBr-BN composites

      5%BiOBr-BN7.5%BiOBr-BN10%BiOBr-BN12.5%BiOBr-BN
      BiOBr/mol0.0050.0050.0050.005
      BiOBr/g1.52441.52441.52441.5244
      BN/mol0.10.0670.050.04
      BN/g2.4821.65471.2410.9928
      Mass percentage61.41%82.11%122.82%153.53%
    • Table 2. Oxidation selectivity of BiOBr-BN samples

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      Table 2. Oxidation selectivity of BiOBr-BN samples

      SampleGeneration rate of NO2/%Nitrate
      selectivity/%
      SampleGeneration rate of NO2/%Nitrate selectivity/%
      5%BiOBr-BN6.681.512.5%BiOBr-BN14.864.7
      7.5%BiOBr-BN9.979.8BiOBr16.436.6
      10%BiOBr-BN12.282.8BN00
    • Table 3. Surface chemical composition of 5%BiOBr-BN composite

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      Table 3. Surface chemical composition of 5%BiOBr-BN composite

      ElementBNOBrBi
      at%31.6822.7322.0712.5710.95
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    Qian ZHENG, Yuehan CAO, Nanjian HUANG, Fan DONG, Ying ZHOU. BiOBr-BN Photocatalysts for Promoting Photocatalytic NO Oxidation and Inhibiting Toxic By-products[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(11): 1255

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    Paper Information

    Category: RESEARCH PAPER

    Received: Jan. 13, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 10, 2021

    The Author Email: ZHOU Ying (yzhou@swpu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20200024

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