BiOI-SnO 2 Heterojunction Design to Boost Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic NO Purification

Han Chen, Yutao Hu, Zanyun Ying, Yinfeng Xia, Jiexu Ye (), Jingkai Zhao and Shihan Zhang
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Han Chen: Key Laboratory for Technology in Rural Water Management of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Hangzhou 310018, China
Yutao Hu: Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology for Industrial Pollution Control of Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
Zanyun Ying: College of Science & Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315212, China
Yinfeng Xia: Key Laboratory for Technology in Rural Water Management of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Hangzhou 310018, China
Jiexu Ye: Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology for Industrial Pollution Control of Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
Jingkai Zhao: Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology for Industrial Pollution Control of Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
Shihan Zhang: Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology for Industrial Pollution Control of Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 5, 1-13

Abstract: The efficient, stable, and selective photocatalytic conversion of nitric oxide (NO) into harmless products such as nitrate (NO 3 − ) is greatly desired but remains an enormous challenge. In this work, a series of BiOI/SnO 2 heterojunctions (denoted as X %B-S, where X % is the mass portion of BiOI compared with the mass of SnO 2 ) were synthesized for the efficient transformation of NO into harmless NO 3 − . The best performance was achieved by the 30%B-S catalyst, whose NO removal efficiency was 96.3% and 47.2% higher than that of 15%B-S and 75%B-S, respectively. Moreover, 30%B-S also exhibited good stability and recyclability. This enhanced performance was mainly caused by the heterojunction structure, which facilitated charge transport and electron-hole separation. Under visible light irradiation, the electrons gathered in SnO 2 transformed O 2 to ·O 2 − and ·OH, while the holes generated in BiOI oxidized H 2 O to produce ·OH. The abundantly generated ·OH, ·O 2 − , and 1 O 2 species effectively converted NO to NO − and NO 2 − , thus promoting the oxidation of NO to NO 3 − . Overall, the heterojunction formation between p-type BiOI and n-type SnO 2 significantly reduced the recombination of photo-induced electron-hole pairs and promoted the photocatalytic activity. This work reveals the critical role of heterojunctions during photocatalytic degradation and provides some insight into NO removal.

Keywords: NO removal; photocatalysis; BiOI/SnO 2; heterojunction; enhanced mechanism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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