• 文献标题:   Effective oxygenated boron groups of boron-doped photoreduced graphene oxide for photocatalytic removal of volatile organic compounds
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   TAI XH, LAI CW, YANG TCK, CHEN CY, ABDULLAH AH, LEE KM, JUAN JC
  • 作者关键词:   photocatalysi, b doping, graphene oxide, air remediation, photoreduction
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
  • ISSN:   2213-2929 EI 2213-3437
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  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.jece.2022.108047 EA JUN 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

The adverse health effects from indoor air pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) has intrigued much attention. Photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) is a promising technique to degrade VOCs under ambient conditions. A metal-free photocatalyst, namely boron-doped photoreduced graphene oxide (BPRGO) was synthesized via a facile, scalable, and cost-effective UV irradiation method. The BPRGO photocatalyst managed to remove 80% of the VOCs (100 mg/m3 of methanol) within 6 h (0.283 h-1) under UV-A irradiation. Moreover, up to 91% of the VOCs were successfully mineralised into harmless CO2. The high photoactivity of BPRGO-1.0 was due to the high amount of oxygenated boron groups (OBGs) namely BC2O and BCO2 groups. The suitable amount of B dopants led to a higher hole carrier density and p-type conductivity. This had retarded the charge carrier recombination which improved the photocatalytic removal of VOCs. This work provides new insights of metalfree BPRGO photocatalyst for VOCs removal.