CoNi bimetallic co-catalyst decorated graphitic-phase carbon nitride preparation and photocatalytic properties

SUN You-wei; WANG Xi; ZHOU Feng; MA Hui-xia; YUAN Xing-zhou; HU Shao-zheng; ZHANG Jian

doi:10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2022031

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SUN You-wei, WANG Xi, ZHOU Feng, MA Hui-xia, YUAN Xing-zhou, HU Shao-zheng, ZHANG Jian. CoNi bimetallic co-catalyst decorated graphitic-phase carbon nitride preparation and photocatalytic properties[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(11): 1449-1457. doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2022031

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SUN You-wei, WANG Xi, ZHOU Feng, MA Hui-xia, YUAN Xing-zhou, HU Shao-zheng, ZHANG Jian. CoNi bimetallic co-catalyst decorated graphitic-phase carbon nitride preparation and photocatalytic properties[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(11): 1449-1457. doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2022031

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SUN You-wei, WANG Xi, ZHOU Feng, MA Hui-xia, YUAN Xing-zhou, HU Shao-zheng, ZHANG Jian. CoNi bimetallic co-catalyst decorated graphitic-phase carbon nitride preparation and photocatalytic properties[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(11): 1449-1457. doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2022031

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CoNi bimetallic co-catalyst decorated graphitic-phase carbon nitride preparation and photocatalytic properties

doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2022031

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School of Petrochemical Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, China
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Dalian Research Institute of Petroleum and Petrochemicals, SINOPEC, Dalian 116000, China

Funds: The project was supported by the General Program of Department of Science and Technology of Liaoning Province (2021-MS-308) and the project of Education Department of Liaoning Province (L2020016)

Received Date: 2022-03-16
Accepted Date: 2022-04-11
Rev Recd Date: 2022-04-05

Available Online: 2022-04-28

Publish Date: 2022-11-30

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Abstract

In this study, a small-sized CoNi bimetallic co-catalyst was synthesized in situ on g-C₃N₄ nanosheets using a simple chemical reduction method. The physicochemical properties of the prepared CoNi/g-C₃N₄ were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-vis DRS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), photoluminescence (PL) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The photocatalytic degradation of RhB showed that the CoNi bimetallic co-catalyst could effectively improve the separation efficiency of photogenerated carriers in g-C₃N₄, thus enhancing the photocatalytic activity. The highest catalytic activity of CoNi/g-C₃N₄ was achieved when the molar ratio of CoNi was 1∶1, with a degradation rate of 0.01633 min⁻¹, which was 3.9 times higher than that of normal g-C₃N₄ under visible light irradiation. The photocatalyst maintained good photocatalytic activity after five cycles. The main active species of the reaction is the superoxide radical ($\cdot {\rm{O}}^-_2 $).
- carbon nitride,
- bimetallic co-catalyst,
- photocatalysis

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