Construction of upconversion nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots modified BiVO4 photocatalyst with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity
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Abstract A direct and facile “bottom-up’’ approach was carried out to prepare nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots (NGQDs) under hydrothermal conditions. The as-synthesized NGQDs exhibited an excellent excitation-independent upconversion and downconversion photoluminescent (PL) behavior. And further, the NGQDs/BiVO4 composite photocatalysts were also fabricated to investigate enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performance. The addition of NGQDs in the NGQDs/BiVO4 could improve the photocatalytic performance, and the results indicated 5.0 wt% NGQDs/BiVO4 composites showed the optimal photocatalytic performance. The quenching of effects of different scavengers demonstrated that superoxide radical played a major role in MB degradation. A possible mechanism that NGQDs could enhance the photocatalytic performance of NGQDs/BiVO4 composites had been also proposed. It was estimated that the photocatalytic performance of the NGQDs/BiVO4 composites for the degradation of MB under visible light could be primarily ascribed to upconversion PL character of NGQDs and the efficient separation of photogenerated electrons and holes.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques · Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications · Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
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