Oxygen Vacancy Engineering and Constructing Built‐In Electric Field in Fe‐g‐C <sub>3</sub> N <sub>4</sub> /Bi <sub>2</sub> MoO <sub>6</sub> Z‐Scheme Heterojunction for Boosting Photo‐Fenton Catalytic Degradation Performance of Tetracycline
A novel Fe-g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>/Bi<sub>2</sub>MoO<sub>6</sub> (FCNB) Z-scheme heterojunction enriched with oxygen vacancy is constructed and employed for the photo-Fenton degradation of tetracycline (TC). The 2% FCNB demonstrates prominent catalytic performance and mineralization efficiency for TC wastewater, showing activity of 8.20 times greater than that of pure photocatalytic technology. Density-functional theory (DFT) calculations and degradation experiments confirm that the formation of Fe-N<sub>4</sub> sites induces spin-polarization in the material, and the difference in Fermi energy levels results in the formation of built-in electric field at the contact interface, which facilitates the continuous generation and migration of photogenerated carriers to address the issue of insufficient cycling power of Fe (III)/Fe (II).The reactive radicals persistently target the extremely reactive sites anticipated by the Fukui function, causing the mineralization of TC molecules into "non-toxic" compounds through processes of hydroxylation, demethylation, and deamidation. This work holds significant importance in the domain of eliminating organic pollutants from water.
Authors
- Xue Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3686-7605)
- Dongxuan Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4405-5260)
- Shanshan Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2495-0572)
- Dantong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4859-9898)
- Zhanshou Wang
- Jinlong Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2279-9506)
- Shuang Meng
- Guozhe Sui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5173-5910)
Institutions
- Qiqihar University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Small
- Published
- 2024-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202406125
- Citations
- 34
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.48
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China