• 文献标题:   Molecular-Level Understanding of Selectively Photocatalytic Degradation of Ammonia via Copper Ferrite/N-Doped Graphene Catalyst under Visible Near-Infrared Irradiation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG H, ZHOU Y, LIU SQ, GU QQ, MENG ZD, LUO L
  • 作者关键词:   molecular recognition, selective photocatalysi, ndoped graphene, copper ferrite, zscheme configuration, ammonia
  • 出版物名称:   CATALYSTS
  • ISSN:   2073-4344
  • 通讯作者地址:   Suzhou Univ Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.3390/catal8100405
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Developing photocatalysts with molecular recognition function is very interesting and desired for specific applications in the environmental field. Copper ferrite/N-doped graphene (CuFe2O4/NG) hybrid catalyst was synthesized and characterized by surface photovoltage spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, UV-Vis near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The CuFe2O4/NG catalyst can recognize ammonia from rhodamine B (RhB) in ammonia-RhB mixed solution and selectively degrade ammonia under visible near-infrared irradiation. The degradation ratio for ammonia reached 92.6% at 6 h while the degradation ratio for RhB was only 39.3% in a mixed solution containing 100.0 mg/L NH3-N and 50 mg/L RhB. Raman spectra and X-ray photoelectron spectra indicated ammonia adsorbed on CuFe2O4 while RhB was adsorbed on NG. The products of oxidized ammonia were detected by gas chromatography, and results showed that N-2 was formed during photocatalytic oxidization. Mechanism studies showed that photo-generated electrons flow to N-doped graphene following the Z-scheme configuration to reduce O-2 dissolved in solution, while photo-generated holes oxidize directly ammonia to nitrogen gas.