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Boosting the visible-light activity of ZrO2/g-C3N4 by controlling the crystal structure of ZrO2

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ZrO2/g-C3N4 semiconductor photocatalytic materials were prepared by ultrasonic method. The effect of zirconia with different crystal structure on visible light photocatalytic activity of ZrO2/g-C3N4 composite was investigated. Loading monoclinic and tetragonal mixed crystals ZrO2 can improve the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of g-C3N4. The optimum composite with 15 wt% ZrO2/g-C3N4 showed the superior photocatalytic activity for degradation of RhB and PNP under visible-light irradiation, which are 2.5 and 2.8 times higher than pure g-C3N4 under same conditions. The main active species affecting photocatalytic degradation are holes (hVB+) and ·O2− by photocatalytic active species capture experiment, ·OH is also partially involved in the photocatalytic degradation. The 15 wt% ZrO2/g-C3N4 has excellent catalytic performance and good stability in photocatalytic repeated experiments, and has a broad application prospect.

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This work was financially supported by Science and Technology Development Plan of Jilin Province (Grant No. 20180520081JH) and Thirteen Five-Year Program for Science and Technology of Education Department of Jilin Province (Grant Nos. JJKH20200803KJ, JJKH20200804KJ).

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    Rong Wang, Yisheng Hu, Jiahuan Du & Lei Xu

  2. Shandong Peninsula Engineering Research Center of Comprehensive Brine Utilization College of Chemistry and Environment, Weifang University of Science and Technology, Shouguang, 262700, People’s Republic of China

    Yaomei Fu

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Wang, R., Hu, Y., Du, J. et al. Boosting the visible-light activity of ZrO2/g-C3N4 by controlling the crystal structure of ZrO2. Journal of Materials Research 36, 3086–3095 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-021-00309-z

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