An, X;
Liu, H;
Qu, J;
Moniz, SJA;
Tang, J;
(2015)
Photocatalytic mineralisation of herbicide 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid: enhanced performance by triple junction Cu-TiO2-Cu2O and the underlying reaction mechanism.
New Journal of Chemistry
, 39
(1)
pp. 314-320.
10.1039/c4nj01317d.
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Abstract
A mild and facile photodeposition method was used to fabricate novel Cu–TiO2–Cu2O composite photocatalysts. Due to the in situ rectifying charge carrier separation and enhanced conductivity, the composites present superior photocatalytic activity, leading to more than 90% mineralisation of the toxic 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid herbicide. This result was confirmed by both TOC and UV-vis absorption measurements. The effect of active radicals on the photodegradation of the herbicide was further investigated in order to clarify the underlying mechanism, based on which a hole-dominated photooxidation mechanism was proposed. These results not only offer a green and economical method for constructing triple junction photocatalyst materials, but also shed new insight on the rational design of a low cost and high-efficiency photocatalyst for environmental remediation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Photocatalytic mineralisation of herbicide 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid: enhanced performance by triple junction Cu-TiO2-Cu2O and the underlying reaction mechanism |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c4nj01317d |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4nj01317d |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1470730 |
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