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Photocatalytic oxidative degradation of methyl orange by a novel g-C3N4@ZnO based on graphene oxide composites with ternary heterojunction construction

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Photocatalyst composites of g-C3N4/ZnO/GO (graphene oxide) were successfully prepared by sol–gel method combined with thermal polycondensation. The composites were characterized by SEM, XRD, TGA, FT-IR, UV–vis and physical adsorption. The electrical properties of g-C3N4/ZnO/GO composites were characterized by open circuit potential method and AC impedance method. The degradation of methyl orange by composites was studied. The results demonstrate that composites have better photocatalytic efficiency for the degradation of methyl orange than g-C3N4. The most efficient photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange stimulated wastewater adopt that 1 g/L of composites solution, 120 min and degradation time at 35 °C with adding 120 mL/L of H2O2.

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We gratefully acknowledge the supports from the Special fund of Shaanxi Provincial Education Department (16JK1612), the Open Project of Zhenjiang Key Laboratory of Marine Functional Thin Film Materials High Technology Research (ZHZ2019008), Key Research and Development Project of Shaanxi Province (2017GY-180) and Provincial College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (S202010705115).

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    Chunling Lin, JinCang Su, Qinlong Gong, Yaokang Qu, Jiangdong Fei & Xiang Ye

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, 212003, Jiangsu, China

    Zhengyang Chen & Jiaoxia Zhang

  3. School of Materials Science & Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, Shandong, China

    SiYu Zhang

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Lin, C., Su, J., Chen, Z. et al. Photocatalytic oxidative degradation of methyl orange by a novel g-C3N4@ZnO based on graphene oxide composites with ternary heterojunction construction. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 135, 1651–1664 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-022-02200-2

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