Bio-assisted fabrication of flower-like g-C3N4/Bi2MoO6 microspheres and mechanism of visible-light driven photocatalytic degradation of simulated dye wastewater
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the Natural Science Foundation of Shannxi Province; Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students of Chang'an University

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    Using yeasts as biological templates, flower-like g-C3N4/Bi2MoO6 microspheres were prepared via hydrothermal-template sacrifices method. The crystal phase, microstructure, light absorption and specific surface area of the as-prepared sample was characterized with various techniques including XRD, SEM, TEM, FT-IR, DRS, photocurrent response and nitrogen adsorption-desorption. We also examined the visible-light driven photocatalytic performance of g-C3N4/Bi2MoO6 composite microspheres for methylene blue (MB) simulated dye wastewater. The experimental results showed that g-C3N4/Bi2MoO6 composite was successfully synthesized on the surface of yeast templates through hydrothermal-template sacrifices method, and the as-obtained microspheres with diameter at about 8 microns were of good dispersity. The surface of the g-C3N4/Bi2MoO6 microspheres were composed of flower-like nano-clusters, and the specific surface area of composite sample reached 11.6007 m2/g. The results of photocatalytic experiments verified remarkable visible-light driven photocatalytic performance of flower-like g-C3N4/Bi2MoO6 microspheres for methylene blue simulated dye wastewater. The degradation efficiency for the MB simulated dye wastewater at initial concentration of 15 mg/L was beyond 96%, when the as-prepared photocatalyst was added at dosage of 1 g/L and the mixture was irradiated under visible light for 120 min. Mechanism analysis demonstrated that the formation of Z-type heterojunction between g-C3N4 and Bi2MoO6 on the flower-like surface of bio-templated microspheres reduced the recombination rate of electronic-hole remarkably and enhanced the visible-light driven photocatalytic efficiency for simulated dye wastewater significantly.

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  • Received:October 13,2020
  • Revised:November 30,2020
  • Adopted:December 01,2020
  • Online: April 07,2021
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