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Enhancement of photocatalysis performance of CdIn2S4/g-C3N4 heterojunction by H2O2 synergism

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A highly efficient binary CdIn2S4/g-C3N4 heterojunction photocatalyst was synthesized by a simple wet impregnation method. Photocatalytic system based on the synergistic action of binary CdIn2S4/g-C3N4 heterojunction and H2O2 was proposed to improve the degradation effect of dyes. The photocatalytic activity was evaluated by the degradation of methyl orange(MO) under visible light irradiation. The results demonstrated that contrasted to pure g-C3N4, the synthesized heterojunction can significantly improve the photocatalytic activity. After 120 min of irradiation by visible light, the photocatalytic efficiency of MO degradation of 7CIS/CN was 3.13 times higher than that of g-C3N4. When 60 mM H2O2 was added on this basis, the photocatalytic efficiency increased from 93.81 to 99.40%. The improvement of photocatalytic activity is attributed to the formation of binary CdIn2S4/g-C3N4 heterojunction to promote the transfer of photogenerated electron-hole pairs, and an appropriate amount of H2O2 as an electron trap further reduced the recombination rate of photogenerated electron-hole pairs. Active species capture experiments showed that ·O2− are the main active substances. Subsequently, the mechanism of photocatalytic degradation was proposed. This work provided a new efficient strategy for the degradation of industrial dye wastewater.

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This work was supported by, the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi (201901D111068), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21676028) and Key Research and Development (R&D) Projects of Shanxi Province (201803D31152).

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  1. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, 79 Yingze Street, Wanbailin District, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Yuzhen Li, Haohao Huo, Xiaojin Wang & Lizhen Gao

  2. China Institute for Radiation Protection, 102 Xuefu Street, Xiaodian District, Taiyuan, 030006, China

    Yuzhen Li & Aiming Zhang

  3. Department of Chemistry, Bohai University, Jinzhou, 121013, China

    Yunsheng Xia

  4. School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia

    Lizhen Gao

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Li, Y., Huo, H., Wang, X. et al. Enhancement of photocatalysis performance of CdIn2S4/g-C3N4 heterojunction by H2O2 synergism. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 14218–14234 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-05981-9

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