Facile preparation of protonated hexaniobate nanosheets and its enhanced photocatalytic activity

Nanotechnology
Xiaobin LiuLing Bing Kong

Abstract

Exfoliated hexaniobate nanosheets E-H2K2Nb6O17-x (E-HKNO) with broad light absorption (up to 850 nm) and high adsorption properties were prepared via ion exchange and transient annealing processes with micron-size K4Nb6O17 powders as the precursor. The as-prepared E-HKNO nanosheets show excellent visible light photodegradation performances when compared to degussa P25, which was evaluated in terms of degradation of Rhodamine B (Rh B). High adsorption and broad light absorption characteristics could be attributed to the exfoliation behavior and the reduction of surface Nb(5+) to Nb(4+), which was confirmed by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Raman spectra. From the Mott-Schottky analysis, the E-HKNO is an n-type semiconductor and has a higher flat band voltage (-0.46 V versus RHE at pH = 7), compared with K4Nb6O17. In addition, the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) indicates that the E-HKNO nanosheets have an increased semiconductor-electrolyte charge transfer resistance, which is not conducive to the separation of photogenerated carriers (e(-)-h(+)). Accordingly, a small amount of holes scavenger (EDTA) was added to improve the photodegradation performance of the E-HKNO, since the holes scavenger can inhibi...Continue Reading

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