Study on photocatalytic performance of cephalotaxus shell biochar/g-C3N4 activated persulfate
ZHANG Ting-ting1, XU He1, CAI Dong-qing1, CHEN Shi-yan2, WANG Hua-ping2
1. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China; 2. State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
Abstract:g-C3N4/biochar composite photocatalysts with high catalytic activity were prepared by a simple one-pot thermal polymerization method using cephalotaxus shell and melamine as raw materials, which was applied to activate peroxynitrite(PS) for the degradation of acetaminophen(AAP) wastewater under visible light. The optical properties of the composite catalyst were investigated by UV-vis diffuse reflectance absorption spectroscopy(UV-vis DRS) and photoluminescence spectroscopy(PL), which showed that the visible light absorption boundary of g-C3N4 was enhanced from 483 nm to 553 nm and improved the separation efficiency of photogenerated electron-hole pairs due to the introduction of biochar. The results of scanning electron microscopy(SEM), X-ray diffraction spectroscopy(XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS) showed that the microstructure of g-C3N4 was improved by the introduction of biochar. The removal efficiency of AAP was enhanced by the introduction of persulfate into the reaction system. The results show that the degradation rate for AAP under visible light irradiation was 8.9 times higher than that without PS addition, indicating that the catalytic system can effectively activate PS to produce more highly reactive oxidants. The radical capture experiments showed the presence of ·O2-, h+, ·OH and ·SO4-reactive substances in the catalytic system. The improvement of composite material performance was attributed to the effective inhibition of electron-hole recombination by biochar as an electron acceptor.
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