Graphene-plasmonic hybrid platforms have attracted an enormous amount of interest in surface-enhanced Raman scattering(SERS);however,the mechanism of employing graphene is still ambiguous,so clarification about the co...Graphene-plasmonic hybrid platforms have attracted an enormous amount of interest in surface-enhanced Raman scattering(SERS);however,the mechanism of employing graphene is still ambiguous,so clarification about the complex interaction among molecules,graphene,and plasmon processes is urgently needed.We report that the number of graphene layers controlled the plasmon-driven,surface-catalyzed reaction that converts para-aminothiophenol(PATP)-to-p,p'-dimercaptoazobenzene(DMAB)on chemically inert,graphene-coated,silver bowtie nanoantenna arrays.The catalytic reaction was monitored by SERS,which revealed that the catalytic reaction occurred on the chemical inertness monolayer graphene(1G)-coated silver nanostructures.The introduction of 1G enhances the plasmon-driven surface-catalyzed reaction of the conversion of PATP-to-p,p'-DMAB.The chemical reaction is suppressed by bilayer graphene.In the process of the catalytic reaction,the electron transfer from the PATP molecule to 1G-coated silver nanostructures.Subsequently,the transferred electrons on the graphene recombine with the hot-hole produced by the localized surface plasmon resonance of silver nanostructures.Then,a couple of PATP molecules lost electrons are catalyzed into the p,p'-DMAB molecule on the graphene surface.The experimental results were further supported by the finite-difference time-domain method and quantum chemical calculations.展开更多
In this paper,we studied the pH dependent plasmon-driven surface-catalysis(PDSC) reactions of p,p'-dimercaptoazobenzene(DMAB) produced from para-aminothiophenol(PATP) and 4-nitrobenzenethiol(4NBT) both theoretical...In this paper,we studied the pH dependent plasmon-driven surface-catalysis(PDSC) reactions of p,p'-dimercaptoazobenzene(DMAB) produced from para-aminothiophenol(PATP) and 4-nitrobenzenethiol(4NBT) both theoretically and experimentally.The surface enhanced Raman spectrum(SERS) of DMAB produced from PATP and 4NBT on Ag films in solutions with various pH values has been measured.The simulation and experimental results indicated that the pH dependence of PATP appeared in acidic environment and came from the amino group NH2.Furthermore,the ratio of intensity of Raman peak caused by PATP and DMAB indicated that this acidic sensor had higher pH sensitivity when it was excited by photons of higher energy.展开更多
钒酸铋因其独有的廉价、低毒性、热稳定性和高氧化性能等特性而备受瞩目,是利用太阳能降解污染物、水分解等应用方面最优选择的半导体纳米材料之一.选择表面粗糙多孔尺寸均匀的橄榄状钒酸铋有助于吸附更多的电子受体参与到半导体表面的...钒酸铋因其独有的廉价、低毒性、热稳定性和高氧化性能等特性而备受瞩目,是利用太阳能降解污染物、水分解等应用方面最优选择的半导体纳米材料之一.选择表面粗糙多孔尺寸均匀的橄榄状钒酸铋有助于吸附更多的电子受体参与到半导体表面的氧化还原反应当中,从而提高其光催化活性.另外,太阳能谱中紫外光占不到5%,可见光占45%,与传统的半导体TiO_2材料相比,钒酸铋禁带宽度在2.4 eV左右,能较好地吸收太阳光能实现光能转化.但是太阳光中近一半的光能属于近红外,不能被传统的纯相钒酸铋所利用.为了更好地利用太阳能,可将氧空位缺陷引入到钒酸铋晶体中,以实现近红外光能的转化利用.氧空位缺陷在半导体材料中不仅能够吸收近红外光,在低于导带的位置形成电子传输的桥梁,而且能够吸附更多的氧分子转化成活性物种.另一方面,氧空位缺陷态的引入使半导体钒酸铋材料暴露更多的活性位点,参与到溶液的氧化还原反应中.由于钒酸铋光激发的载流子浓度有限,并且光生电子-空穴容易复合,本文采用银纳米粒子负载在钒酸铋表面,利用其等离子共振效应产生的热电子与氧空位缺陷的协同作用,能够提高其载流子传输速率,抑制光生电子-空穴复合,达到更优的光能到化学能转化的目的.基于此,本文采用电子自旋共振光谱(ESR),X射线光电子能谱(XPS)和紫外可见光谱(UV-Vis)等手段研究了氧空位缺陷引入到钒酸铋以及Ag纳米粒子担载于橄榄状半导体材料上对光催化降解罗丹明B染料中太阳能驱动活性的影响.ESR结果证明,在测试过程中橄榄状钒酸铋材料吸收了更多的电子,表明存在很多氧空位缺陷.XPS结果表明出现高浓度的吸收氧峰意味着钒酸铋材料上存在大量氧空位缺陷;银纳米粒子成功负载在具有氧空位缺陷的钒酸铋材料上.UV-Vis结果表明该材料光吸收范围扩展到近红外光范围,其禁带宽度比传统纯相钒酸铋减小,Ag-BiVO_4-OV样品的导价带位置发生明显变化.因此,由于氧空位和银纳米粒子存在于橄榄状钒酸铋主体中,其光催化降解罗丹明B的效率远远高于纯相钒酸铋样品.由此可见氧空位缺陷和银纳米粒子的引入使得半导体光催化材料光学性能正效应增加.Supporting Information for Ag nanoparticles deposited on oxygen-vacancy-containing BiV O4 for enhanced near-infrared photocatalytic activity Chunjing Shi,Xiaoli Dong*,Xiuying Wang,Hongchao Ma,Xiufang Zhang School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering,Dalian Polytechnic University,Dalian 116034,Liaoning,China*Corresponding author.E-mail:dongxl@dlpu.edu.cn On the other hand,the nitrogen sorption isotherm of the reactions,but also can provide more surface active sites for as-prepared samples possesses an obvious condensation step oxygen activation and reduction,and thereby positively around P/P0=0.5-0.9,which is typical hysteresis loops of facilitating the reaction process and endowing the catalyst with mesoporous materials(Fig.S1).It is indicated that the robust redox kinetics.as-prepared Ag-BiV O4-OV possesses the mesoporous structure To further prove remarkable photocatalytic activities of the(Fig.S2).In addition,the Ag-BiV O4-OV exhibits ultra-large as-prepared samples,the photocatalytic activities of the typical surface area(34.8 m3/g),which is more than 2 times larger samples based on previous report was listed(Table S1).This than that of pure BiV O4(Fig.S1).The novel mesoporous statistics indicated that the as-prepared Ag-BiV O4-OV reveals structure and larger surface area not only can promote the more excellent photocatalytic performance.diffusion of active species and accelerate subsequent surface50Ag-Bi VO-OV41)-g3m40(c d Bi VO4be30ords a20me u olV1000.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0Relative pressure(P/P)0Fig.S1.N2-sorption isotherm of pure BiV O4 and Ag-BiV O4-OV.Ag-Bi VO4-OV Bi VO41)-mn1-g3m(c D d V/d0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80Pore size(nm)Fig.S2.Pore size distributions of pure BiV O4 and Ag-BiV O4-OV.Table S1Summary for the photocatalytic activities of the typical samples.Sample Amount Amount of dye Light source Time Degradation rate Reference Ag-BiV O4-OV 20 mg 50 mL RhB(10 mg/L)simulated sunlight 100 min 99%this work mono-dispersed m-BiV O4 0.1 g 50 mL RhB(15μmol/L)visible light 10 h 99%[1]BiV O4–Ag/Co3O4 100 mg 50 mL RhB(10 mg/L)simulated sunlight 120 min 97%[2]the BiV O-4 80 mg 80 mL RhB(1×105 mol/L)visible light 6 h 97%[3]Dy-BiV O4 50 mg 50 mL(10 mg/L)visible light 10 h 66.9%[4]m-BiV O4 0.2 g 100 mL of RhB(0.01 mmol/L)visible light 150 min 98%[5]BiV O4/CeO 2 50 mg 50 mL RhB(2×10-5 mol/L)visible light 210 min 90%[6]展开更多
In this study, the Ag/Ag Cl/WO3 plasmonic Z-scheme photocatalysts with different contents of Ag/Ag Cl nanoparticles(NPs) were prepared through a facile ultrasonic precipitation method in geothermal water,wherein the...In this study, the Ag/Ag Cl/WO3 plasmonic Z-scheme photocatalysts with different contents of Ag/Ag Cl nanoparticles(NPs) were prepared through a facile ultrasonic precipitation method in geothermal water,wherein the geothermal water served as the chlorine source. Then the photocatalytic activity was investigated by degradation of 4-Aminobenzoic acid(4-ABA) under visible-light irradiation. It was found that the as-prepared 50 wt% Ag/Ag Cl/WO3 photocatalyst showed the highest photocatalytic efficiency with 25.12 and 3.53 times higher than those of pure WO3 and Ag/Ag Cl, respectively. The active species trapping experiments indicated that h+and ·O2-were key factors in 4-ABA photodegradation process. The possible plasmonic Z-scheme photocatalytic mechanism of photocatalytic reaction for 4-ABA degradation was proposed based on systematical characterizations. We hope this paper could give new ideas for further exploiting geothermal energy to design and fabricate highly efficient visible-light-driven photocatalysts for environmental remediation.展开更多
基金This work was partially supported by the NSFC(51171132,U1260102,51371131,11375134,11374353,and 91436102),NCET(12-0418)Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation(2011CDB270,2012FFA042)+2 种基金Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation(BK20141217)Wuhan Planning Project of Science and Technology(2014010101010019)the Wuhan University Experiment Technology Project Funding,the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2042015kf1012,2042015gf0016)
文摘Graphene-plasmonic hybrid platforms have attracted an enormous amount of interest in surface-enhanced Raman scattering(SERS);however,the mechanism of employing graphene is still ambiguous,so clarification about the complex interaction among molecules,graphene,and plasmon processes is urgently needed.We report that the number of graphene layers controlled the plasmon-driven,surface-catalyzed reaction that converts para-aminothiophenol(PATP)-to-p,p'-dimercaptoazobenzene(DMAB)on chemically inert,graphene-coated,silver bowtie nanoantenna arrays.The catalytic reaction was monitored by SERS,which revealed that the catalytic reaction occurred on the chemical inertness monolayer graphene(1G)-coated silver nanostructures.The introduction of 1G enhances the plasmon-driven surface-catalyzed reaction of the conversion of PATP-to-p,p'-DMAB.The chemical reaction is suppressed by bilayer graphene.In the process of the catalytic reaction,the electron transfer from the PATP molecule to 1G-coated silver nanostructures.Subsequently,the transferred electrons on the graphene recombine with the hot-hole produced by the localized surface plasmon resonance of silver nanostructures.Then,a couple of PATP molecules lost electrons are catalyzed into the p,p'-DMAB molecule on the graphene surface.The experimental results were further supported by the finite-difference time-domain method and quantum chemical calculations.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(CDJZR11300003)National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,2012CB626801)+2 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(11274057)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(DC12010117)Program for Liaoning Excellent Talents in University(LJQ2012112)
文摘In this paper,we studied the pH dependent plasmon-driven surface-catalysis(PDSC) reactions of p,p'-dimercaptoazobenzene(DMAB) produced from para-aminothiophenol(PATP) and 4-nitrobenzenethiol(4NBT) both theoretically and experimentally.The surface enhanced Raman spectrum(SERS) of DMAB produced from PATP and 4NBT on Ag films in solutions with various pH values has been measured.The simulation and experimental results indicated that the pH dependence of PATP appeared in acidic environment and came from the amino group NH2.Furthermore,the ratio of intensity of Raman peak caused by PATP and DMAB indicated that this acidic sensor had higher pH sensitivity when it was excited by photons of higher energy.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21476033)~~
文摘钒酸铋因其独有的廉价、低毒性、热稳定性和高氧化性能等特性而备受瞩目,是利用太阳能降解污染物、水分解等应用方面最优选择的半导体纳米材料之一.选择表面粗糙多孔尺寸均匀的橄榄状钒酸铋有助于吸附更多的电子受体参与到半导体表面的氧化还原反应当中,从而提高其光催化活性.另外,太阳能谱中紫外光占不到5%,可见光占45%,与传统的半导体TiO_2材料相比,钒酸铋禁带宽度在2.4 eV左右,能较好地吸收太阳光能实现光能转化.但是太阳光中近一半的光能属于近红外,不能被传统的纯相钒酸铋所利用.为了更好地利用太阳能,可将氧空位缺陷引入到钒酸铋晶体中,以实现近红外光能的转化利用.氧空位缺陷在半导体材料中不仅能够吸收近红外光,在低于导带的位置形成电子传输的桥梁,而且能够吸附更多的氧分子转化成活性物种.另一方面,氧空位缺陷态的引入使半导体钒酸铋材料暴露更多的活性位点,参与到溶液的氧化还原反应中.由于钒酸铋光激发的载流子浓度有限,并且光生电子-空穴容易复合,本文采用银纳米粒子负载在钒酸铋表面,利用其等离子共振效应产生的热电子与氧空位缺陷的协同作用,能够提高其载流子传输速率,抑制光生电子-空穴复合,达到更优的光能到化学能转化的目的.基于此,本文采用电子自旋共振光谱(ESR),X射线光电子能谱(XPS)和紫外可见光谱(UV-Vis)等手段研究了氧空位缺陷引入到钒酸铋以及Ag纳米粒子担载于橄榄状半导体材料上对光催化降解罗丹明B染料中太阳能驱动活性的影响.ESR结果证明,在测试过程中橄榄状钒酸铋材料吸收了更多的电子,表明存在很多氧空位缺陷.XPS结果表明出现高浓度的吸收氧峰意味着钒酸铋材料上存在大量氧空位缺陷;银纳米粒子成功负载在具有氧空位缺陷的钒酸铋材料上.UV-Vis结果表明该材料光吸收范围扩展到近红外光范围,其禁带宽度比传统纯相钒酸铋减小,Ag-BiVO_4-OV样品的导价带位置发生明显变化.因此,由于氧空位和银纳米粒子存在于橄榄状钒酸铋主体中,其光催化降解罗丹明B的效率远远高于纯相钒酸铋样品.由此可见氧空位缺陷和银纳米粒子的引入使得半导体光催化材料光学性能正效应增加.Supporting Information for Ag nanoparticles deposited on oxygen-vacancy-containing BiV O4 for enhanced near-infrared photocatalytic activity Chunjing Shi,Xiaoli Dong*,Xiuying Wang,Hongchao Ma,Xiufang Zhang School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering,Dalian Polytechnic University,Dalian 116034,Liaoning,China*Corresponding author.E-mail:dongxl@dlpu.edu.cn On the other hand,the nitrogen sorption isotherm of the reactions,but also can provide more surface active sites for as-prepared samples possesses an obvious condensation step oxygen activation and reduction,and thereby positively around P/P0=0.5-0.9,which is typical hysteresis loops of facilitating the reaction process and endowing the catalyst with mesoporous materials(Fig.S1).It is indicated that the robust redox kinetics.as-prepared Ag-BiV O4-OV possesses the mesoporous structure To further prove remarkable photocatalytic activities of the(Fig.S2).In addition,the Ag-BiV O4-OV exhibits ultra-large as-prepared samples,the photocatalytic activities of the typical surface area(34.8 m3/g),which is more than 2 times larger samples based on previous report was listed(Table S1).This than that of pure BiV O4(Fig.S1).The novel mesoporous statistics indicated that the as-prepared Ag-BiV O4-OV reveals structure and larger surface area not only can promote the more excellent photocatalytic performance.diffusion of active species and accelerate subsequent surface50Ag-Bi VO-OV41)-g3m40(c d Bi VO4be30ords a20me u olV1000.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0Relative pressure(P/P)0Fig.S1.N2-sorption isotherm of pure BiV O4 and Ag-BiV O4-OV.Ag-Bi VO4-OV Bi VO41)-mn1-g3m(c D d V/d0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80Pore size(nm)Fig.S2.Pore size distributions of pure BiV O4 and Ag-BiV O4-OV.Table S1Summary for the photocatalytic activities of the typical samples.Sample Amount Amount of dye Light source Time Degradation rate Reference Ag-BiV O4-OV 20 mg 50 mL RhB(10 mg/L)simulated sunlight 100 min 99%this work mono-dispersed m-BiV O4 0.1 g 50 mL RhB(15μmol/L)visible light 10 h 99%[1]BiV O4–Ag/Co3O4 100 mg 50 mL RhB(10 mg/L)simulated sunlight 120 min 97%[2]the BiV O-4 80 mg 80 mL RhB(1×105 mol/L)visible light 6 h 97%[3]Dy-BiV O4 50 mg 50 mL(10 mg/L)visible light 10 h 66.9%[4]m-BiV O4 0.2 g 100 mL of RhB(0.01 mmol/L)visible light 150 min 98%[5]BiV O4/CeO 2 50 mg 50 mL RhB(2×10-5 mol/L)visible light 210 min 90%[6]
基金the financial support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 51272107 and 51372118)the Doctor Discipline Special Research Foundation of Chinese Ministry of Education (grant no. 20133219110015)
文摘In this study, the Ag/Ag Cl/WO3 plasmonic Z-scheme photocatalysts with different contents of Ag/Ag Cl nanoparticles(NPs) were prepared through a facile ultrasonic precipitation method in geothermal water,wherein the geothermal water served as the chlorine source. Then the photocatalytic activity was investigated by degradation of 4-Aminobenzoic acid(4-ABA) under visible-light irradiation. It was found that the as-prepared 50 wt% Ag/Ag Cl/WO3 photocatalyst showed the highest photocatalytic efficiency with 25.12 and 3.53 times higher than those of pure WO3 and Ag/Ag Cl, respectively. The active species trapping experiments indicated that h+and ·O2-were key factors in 4-ABA photodegradation process. The possible plasmonic Z-scheme photocatalytic mechanism of photocatalytic reaction for 4-ABA degradation was proposed based on systematical characterizations. We hope this paper could give new ideas for further exploiting geothermal energy to design and fabricate highly efficient visible-light-driven photocatalysts for environmental remediation.