Photocatalysts with the photocatalytic"memory"effect could resolve the intrinsic activity loss of traditional photocatalysts when the light illumination is turned off.Due to the dual requirements of light ab...Photocatalysts with the photocatalytic"memory"effect could resolve the intrinsic activity loss of traditional photocatalysts when the light illumination is turned off.Due to the dual requirements of light absorption and energy storage/release functions,most previously reported photocatalysts with the photocatalytic"memory"effect were composite photocatalysts of two phase components,which may lose their performance due to gradually deteriorated interface conditions during their applications.In this work,a simple solvothermal process was developed to synthesize Bi2WO6 microspheres constructed by aggregated nanoflakes.The pure phase Bi_(2)WO_(6) was found to possess the photocatalytic"memory"effect through the trapping and release of photogenerated electrons by the reversible chemical state change of W component in the(WO_(4))^(2–)layers.When the illumination was switched off,Bi_(2)WO_(6) microspheres continuously produced H_(2)O_(2) in the dark as those trapped photogenerated electrons were gradually released to react with O_(2) through the two-electron O_(2) reduction process,resulting in the continuous disinfection of Escherichia coli bacteria in the dark through the photocatalytic"memory"effect.No deterioration of their cycling H2O2 production performance in the dark was observed,which verified their stable photocatalytic"memory"effect.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51672283,51602316,and 51902271)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant Nos.A1920502051907-15,2682020CX07,and 2682020CX08)+3 种基金Sichuan Science and Technology Program(Grant Nos.2020YJ0259 and 2020YJ0072)Joint Fund between Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Nonferrous Metals(Grant No.18LHPY009)Liaoning Baiqianwan Talents Program,Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province of China(Grant No.20180510042)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,China(Grant No.ZR2017MEM017)。
文摘Photocatalysts with the photocatalytic"memory"effect could resolve the intrinsic activity loss of traditional photocatalysts when the light illumination is turned off.Due to the dual requirements of light absorption and energy storage/release functions,most previously reported photocatalysts with the photocatalytic"memory"effect were composite photocatalysts of two phase components,which may lose their performance due to gradually deteriorated interface conditions during their applications.In this work,a simple solvothermal process was developed to synthesize Bi2WO6 microspheres constructed by aggregated nanoflakes.The pure phase Bi_(2)WO_(6) was found to possess the photocatalytic"memory"effect through the trapping and release of photogenerated electrons by the reversible chemical state change of W component in the(WO_(4))^(2–)layers.When the illumination was switched off,Bi_(2)WO_(6) microspheres continuously produced H_(2)O_(2) in the dark as those trapped photogenerated electrons were gradually released to react with O_(2) through the two-electron O_(2) reduction process,resulting in the continuous disinfection of Escherichia coli bacteria in the dark through the photocatalytic"memory"effect.No deterioration of their cycling H2O2 production performance in the dark was observed,which verified their stable photocatalytic"memory"effect.
