Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

1D-2D Ag nanowire/g-C3N4 hybrid obtained via a post-mechanical-mixing route for photocatalytic Rhodamine B degradation

  • Published:
Research on Chemical Intermediates Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (Rh B) wastewater using Ag/g-C3N4 composites has aroused great interests. To date, the composite is dominated by Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs) on the g-C3N4 surface. Only a few studies have concentrated on 1D Ag nanowires (AgNWs) wrapped with g-C3N4 which could bring some new aspects. The wrapped structures can provide large interface, which promotes the exciton dissociation. Moreover, AgNWs with high conductivity can facilitate a fast charge transfer from g-C3N4 and therefore suppress the charge recombination. Herein, a facile approach via a post-mechanical-mixing route has been used to fabricate 1D-2D AgNWs/g-C3N4 composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity for Rh B degradation. AgNWs staggered arrangement can form a conductive network for fast charge transfer. The light absorption of the hybrid in the visible-light region is increased due to the light-scattering from 1D AgNWs. Moreover, conformal contact between AgNWs and g-C3N4 promotes the separation of photo-induced electron-hole pairs. The AgNWs/g-C3N4 hybrid for 2 wt% achieves the best photocatalytic activity for Rh B dye degradation. This work reports an idea using 1D–2D metal-organic hybrid materials as photocatalysts and proposes a facile post-mechanical-mixing method for fabricating hybrids toward various applications.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. W.J. Ong, L.L. Tan, Y.H. Ng, S.T. Yong, S.P. Chai, Chem. Rev. 116, 12 (2016)

    Google Scholar 

  2. J. Qiu, M. Li, J. Xu, X.-F. Zhang, J. Yao, J. Hazard. Mater. 389, 121858 (2020)

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Q. Su, S. Yang, Y. He, Z. Qin, X. Cui, J. Hazard. Mater. 389, 121919 (2020)

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. C. Wang, H.Q. Fan, X.H. Ren, Y. Wen, W.J. Wang, Appl. Surf. Sci. 462, 423 (2018)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. G. Mamba, A.K. Mishra, Appl. Catal. B 198, 347 (2016)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. G. Liao, Y. Gong, L. Zhang, H. Gao, G.-J. Yang, B. Fang, Energy Environ. Sci. 12, 7 (2019)

    Google Scholar 

  7. T. Wang, S. Liu, W. Mao, Y. Bai, K. Chiang, K. Shah, J. Paz-Ferreiro, J. Hazard. Mater. 389, 121827 (2020)

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. E. Yu, J. Li, J. Chen, J. Chen, Z. Hong, H. Jia, J. Hazard. Mater. 388, 121800 (2020)

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. T. Xu, H. Zheng, P. Zhang, J. Hazard. Mater. 388, 121746 (2020)

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. J.W. Fang, H.Q. Fan, Z.Y. Zhu, L.B. Kong, L.T. Ma, J. Catal. 339, 93 (2016)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. G. Sharma, M. Naushad, D. Pathania, A. Kumar, Desalination Water Treat. 57, 41 (2015)

    Google Scholar 

  12. S. Zhang, P. Gu, R. Ma, C. Luo, T. Wen, G. Zhao, W. Cheng, X. Wang, Catal. Today 335, 65 (2019)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. S.W. Cao, J.X. Low, J.G. Yu, M. Jaroniec, Adv. Mater. 27, 13 (2015)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. D.N. Liu, D.Y. Chen, N.J. Li, Q.F. Xu, H. Li, J.H. He, J.M. Lu, Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 59, 11 (2020)

    Google Scholar 

  15. Y. Wang, X.C. Wang, M. Antonietti, Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 51, 1 (2012)

    Google Scholar 

  16. Y. Lee, M. Suh, D. Kim, D. Lee, H. Chang, H.S. Lee, Y.W. Kim, T. Kim, K.S. Suh, D.Y. Jeon, Adv. Funct. Mater. 24, 41 (2014)

    Google Scholar 

  17. C.H. Kim, S.H. Cha, S.C. Kim, M. Song, J. Lee, W.S. Shin, S.J. Moon, J.H. Bahng, N.A. Kotov, S.H. Jin, ACS Nano 5, 4 (2011)

    Google Scholar 

  18. C.H. Chang, T.K. Huang, Y.T. Lin, Y.Y. Lin, C.W. Chen, T.H. Chu, W.F. Su, J. Mater. Chem. 18, 19 (2008)

    Google Scholar 

  19. W.L. Zhang, Y.G. Sun, Z.Y. Xiao, W.Y. Li, B. Li, X.J. Huang, X.J. Liu, J.Q. Hu, J. Mater. Chem. A 3, 14 (2015)

    Google Scholar 

  20. P.D. Cozzoli, A. Kornowski, H. Weller, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 47 (2003)

    Google Scholar 

  21. W.H. Sheng, Y. Song, M.L. Dou, J. Ji, F. Wang, Appl. Surf. Sci. 436, 613 (2018)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. T. Kim, S. Kang, J. Heo, S. Cho, J.W. Kim, A. Choe, B. Walker, R. Shanker, H. Ko, J.Y. Kim, Adv. Mater. 30, 28 (2018)

    Google Scholar 

  23. W. Wei, Y.J. Yao, Q. Zhao, Z.L. Xu, Q.F. Wang, Z.T. Zhang, Y.F. Gao, Nanoscale 11, 12 (2019)

    Google Scholar 

  24. X. Zhang, X. Xiao, W. Hui, J. Zhang, X. Yi, Cheminform 44, 20 (2013)

    Google Scholar 

  25. J. Ran, T.Y. Ma, G. Gao, X.-W. Du, S.Z. Qiao, Energy Environ. Sci. 8, 12 (2015)

    Google Scholar 

  26. C. Wang, H. Fan, X. Ren, J. Ma, J. Fang, W. Wang, Chemsuschem 11, 4 (2018)

    Google Scholar 

  27. L. Ma, H. Fan, J. Wang, Y. Zhao, H. Tian, G. Dong, Appl. Catal. B 190, 93 (2016)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. Z. Cui, Y. Sun, Z. Zhang, M. Xu, B. Xin, Mater. Res. Bull. 100, 345 (2018)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. A. Kumar, G. Sharma, M. Naushad, A.A.H. Al-Muhtaseb, A. Kumar, I. Hira, T. Ahamad, A.A. Ghfar, F.J. Stadler, J. Environ. Manage. 231, 1164 (2019)

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  30. X. Wang, X. Zhou, C. Shao, X. Li, Y. Liu, Appl. Surf. Sci. 455, 952 (2018)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  31. S. Kang, J. Jang, S.H. Ahn, C.S. Lee, Dalton Trans. 48, 6 (2019)

    Google Scholar 

  32. C. Wang, W. Wang, H. Fan, N. Zhao, J. Ma, M. Zhang, A.K. Yadav, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 12, 5 (2020)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  33. J. Zheng, L. Zhang, Chem. Eng. J. 369, 947 (2019)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  34. L. Hu, J. Yan, C. Wang, B. Chai, J. Li, Chin. J. Catal. 40, 3 (2019)

    Google Scholar 

  35. F. Dong, Z. Zhao, T. Xiong, Z. Ni, W.K. Ho, Appl. Mater. Interfaces 5, 21 (2013)

    Google Scholar 

  36. L. Ma, H. Fan, K. Fu, S. Lei, Q. Hu, H. Huang, G. He, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 5, 8 (2017)

    Google Scholar 

  37. J. Wang, J. Cong, H. Xu, J. Wang, H. Liu, M. Liang, J. Gao, Q. Ni, J. Yao, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 5, 11 (2017)

    Google Scholar 

  38. J.A. Hutchison, S.P. Centeno, H. Odaka, H. Fukumura, J. Hofkens, H. Uji-i, Nano Lett. 9, 3 (2009)

    Google Scholar 

  39. S. Kang, T. Kim, S. Cho, Y. Lee, A. Choe, B. Walker, S.J. Ko, J.Y. Kim, H. Ko, Nano Lett. 15, 12 (2015)

    Google Scholar 

  40. J. Chen, C.L. Dong, Y.C. Du, D.M. Zhao, S.H. Shen, Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2, 14 (2015)

    Google Scholar 

  41. S.C. Yan, Z.S. Li, Z.G. Zou, Langmuir 26, 6 (2010)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  42. A. Kumar, A. Kumar, G. Sharma, A.A.H. Al-Muhtaseb, M. Naushad, A.A. Ghfar, F.J. Stadler, Chem. Eng. J. 334, 462 (2018)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  43. A. Kumar, A. Rana, G. Sharma, M. Naushad, A.A.H. Al-Muhtaseb, C.S. Guo, A. Iglesias-Juez, F.J. Stadler, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 10, 47 (2018)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51902259), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of NPU (3102019MS0401), the China Postdoctoral Science foundation (2018M641017), the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (2020JQ-181). We also would like to thank the Analytical & Testing Center of Northwestern Polytechnical University for XRD, XPS and SEM tests.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, China

    Lin Lei, Weijia Wang, Wenjie Yu, Chao Wang & Huiqing Fan

Authors
  1. Lin Lei
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Weijia Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Wenjie Yu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Chao Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Huiqing Fan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Contributions

Author contributions

All authors have contributed to the conceptualization of the work. Data curation and formal analysis was performed by Lin Lei, Weijia Wang, Wenjie Yu, Chao Wang. Funding was acquired by Weijia Wang and Huiqing Fan. All authors have contributed to data discussion and to writing the manuscript.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Weijia Wang.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interests

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Lei, L., Wang, W., Yu, W. et al. 1D-2D Ag nanowire/g-C3N4 hybrid obtained via a post-mechanical-mixing route for photocatalytic Rhodamine B degradation. Res Chem Intermed 46, 4673–4684 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-020-04229-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-020-04229-1

Keywords

Search

Navigation