In:
Journal of Nanomaterials, Hindawi Limited, Vol. 2021 ( 2021-1-9), p. 1-9
Abstract:
Recently, photocatalysis process has shown great potential as a low-cost, environmentally friendly, and sustainable method for the water/wastewater treatment. Among that, g-C3N4 is one of the most promising photocatalyst and widely used for a variety of applications. In spite of some unique features such as strong reduction ability, active under visible light, nontoxic, and high stability, g-C3N4 photocatalytic capability under visible light is limited due to fast recombination rate of reactive charges. To deal with this issue, in this study, g-C3N4 is combined with GaN-ZnO for reducing the recombination rate of charge carriers and increasing the active sites. The g-C3N4/GaN-ZnO composite was characterized by several methods such as SEM, EDX, XRD, FT-IR, UV-Vis, and BET. It is also observed that the composite with outstanding features can work effectively under visible light; thus, it is likely to be widely applied in environment treatment, especially in antibiotic residue with more than 90% of tetracycline was decomposed after 3 hours.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1687-4129
,
1687-4110
DOI:
10.1155/2021/8871067
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hindawi Limited
Publication Date:
2021
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2229480-6
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