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Boron nitride quantum dots loading red phosphorus for efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants

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Constructing new metal-free green materials opens up new research directions for photocatalysis. Red phosphorus (RP) modified by boron nitride quantum dots (BNQDs) was prepared by a simple method. The introduction of BNQDs enabled RP to exhibit excellent photocatalytic performance, including the degradation of various organic pollutants, owing to increasing the separation and transfer efficiency of charge carrier. The photocatalytic activities of the composite materials were evaluated by the degradation of malachite green (MG) and Rhodamine B (RhB) under visible-light irradiation, and BNQDs/RP-3 showed the best activity among the BNQDs/RP composites. Finally, a possible mechanism for the enhanced photocatalytic activity was proposed and discussed. Besides, the degradation of different organic pollutants in this work also shows its application prospects in actual wastewater treatment.

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This work was financially supported by Key Scientific Research Projects of higher education institutions in Henan Province, China (Project No. 21A150054); International Cooperation Project of Henan Province, China (Project No. 172102410041).

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  1. Green Catalysis Center, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, People’s Republic of China

    Wenting Guo, Yuanyuan Yang, Qianwei Jin, Hao Zhao, Yunpu Zhai & Yonggang Liu

  2. College of Ecology and Environment, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, People’s Republic of China

    Ruiqin Zhang & Yonggang Liu

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WG was involved in role/writing-first draft; YY, QJ and HZ performed data curation and supervision. RZ, YZ and YL contributed to paper conceptualization, review and editing.

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Guo, W., Yang, Y., Jin, Q. et al. Boron nitride quantum dots loading red phosphorus for efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 9946–9955 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-05652-9

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