Enhancement of the photocatalytic synchronous removal of Cr(VI) and RhB over RP-modified flower-like SnS2

Xue Bai; Yanyan Du; Wenhua Xue; Xiaoyun Hu; Jun Fan; Jianli Li; Enzhou Liu

doi:10.1039/D0NA00489H

Enhancement of the photocatalytic synchronous removal of Cr(vi) and RhB over RP-modified flower-like SnS₂†

Xue Bai,‡^ab Yanyan Du,‡^a Wenhua Xue,^a Xiaoyun Hu,

^c Jun Fan,

^a Jianli Li

*^b and Enzhou Liu

*^a

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^a School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, P. R. China
E-mail: liuenzhou@nwu.edu.cn

^b Chemistry and Material Science College, Northwest University, Xi'an, P. R. China
E-mail: lijianli@nwu.edu.cn

^c School of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, P. R. China

Abstract

Although photocatalysis is frequently employed to remove various pollutants in water, it still suffers from low efficiency due to the rapid recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes. In this study, a red phosphorus/tin disulfide (RP/SnS₂) composite photocatalyst is fabricated by loading nano-sized RP on flower-like SnS₂ films with a facile hydrothermal method. It is noteworthy that the 2D heterojunction formed between SnS₂ and RP provided channels for the rapid transfer of photon-generated carriers and their effective separation. Furthermore, the separated electrons can react with absorbed O₂ for the generation of superoxide radicals (˙O₂⁻), thereby impacting the photocatalytic degradation oxidation reaction. The application of photocatalytic synchronous removal of Cr(VI) and RhB over RP/SnS₂ was implemented first. Compared with pristine SnS₂, the photocatalytic degradation activity of Cr(VI) and RhB over the RP/SnS₂ composite was significantly enhanced and the kinetic rate constant reached 8.2, which is 10.8 times that of pristine SnS₂. Moreover, the hybrid photocatalysts exhibited prominent reusability and stability. Therefore, a photocatalytic degradation mechanism and pathway of carriers are proposed in the study. Furthermore, it is considered that the present study is a promising method in the treatment of wastewater by photocatalysis.

This article is part of the themed collection: Photocatalysis and Photoelectrochemistry

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NA00489H
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 15 Jun 2020
Accepted: 28 Jul 2020
First published: 28 Jul 2020
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Nanoscale Adv., 2020,2, 4220-4228

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Enhancement of the photocatalytic synchronous removal of Cr(VI) and RhB over RP-modified flower-like SnS₂

X. Bai, Y. Du, W. Xue, X. Hu, J. Fan, J. Li and E. Liu, Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 4220 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00489H

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