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Title of Paper:Promoted photocatalytic performances over Ti3+-B co-doped TiO2/BN with high carrier transfer and absorption capabilities driven by SWCNT addition

Journal:Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing

Place of Publication:Elsevier

Key Words:SWCNTs，TiO2，Photocatalysis，H2 production，Nitrogen fixation， MO degradation

Summary:Recently, carbon nanotubes have been widely used as supporting materials for semiconductor photocatalysts due to their excellent electron and mass transportation. Herein, we prepared a novel SWCNT-decorated Ti3+-B co-doped TiO2/BN (STBN) photocatalyst with the presence of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) during the hybridization of BN and TiB2. The effects of SWCNTs on the structural and photocatalytic properties were investigated. Adding SWCNTs enables excellent multifunctional photocatalytic performances (N2 fixation, H2 production, and MO degradation) compared with the TBN synthesized in the previous study. Introducing SWCNTs reduces the transfer resistance and makes the photogenerated carriers transfer more efficiently, thereby improving photocatalytic activity. More defect sites provide extra adsorption sites for reactants and photogenerated electrons, significantly improving the system's photocatalytic activity. The enhanced photocatalytic mechanism of SWCNT-decorated hybrid catalysts was proposed at last.

First Author:Lihui Xiao,Huizhen Cui,Shijie Zhang

Correspondence Author:Jingcai Chang,Yibing Feng,Zuoli He

All the Authors:Shuguang Wang

Indexed by:Journal paper

Document Code:108364

Discipline:Engineering

First-Level Discipline:Environmental Science and Engineering

Document Type:J

Volume:177

Page Number:108364

Impact Factor:4.2

DOI Number:10.1016/j.mssp.2024.108364

Number of Words:5000

Translation or Not:No

Date of Publication:2024-03

Included Journals:SCI

Links to Published Journals:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2024.108364

Release Time:2024-03-21