Citation: HUANG Jieying, LIU Jianjun, ZUO Shengli, HAN Wenjing, YU Yingchun. Preparation of Ag₃PO₄ Quantum Dots/g-C₃N₄ Nanosheet Composite Photocatalysts and Its Activity for Selective Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry, ;2020, 37(9): 1030-1037. doi: 10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2020.09.200047 shu

Preparation of Ag₃PO₄ Quantum Dots/g-C₃N₄ Nanosheet Composite Photocatalysts and Its Activity for Selective Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol

College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China

Corresponding author: LIU Jianjun, jjliu717@aliyun.com
Received Date: 20 February 2020
Revised Date: 2 April 2020
Accepted Date: 29 April 2020

Fund Project: National Natural Science Foundation of China No.21876008Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21876008)

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In this paper, a series of Ag₃PO₄ quantum dots/g-C₃N₄ nanosheet composite photocatalysts was prepared at room temperature for the first time with the ultrathin g-C₃N₄ nanosheet exfoliated by thermal oxidation as the support. The morphology, structure and optical properties of the photocatalysts were characterized by transmission electron microscopy(TEM), high resolution TEM(HRTEM), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis (FT-IR), ultraviolet-visible diffuse-reflectance spectroscopy (UV-Vis DRS), photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL) techniques. The photocatalytic selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol was investigated. The results show that quantum dots of well-crystallized Ag₃PO₄ with the particle size of 3~5 nm are homogeneously dispersed on the g-C₃N₄ nanosheet. For the photocatalysts with the mass ratio of 0.6 Ag₃PO₄ to g-C₃N₄ in acetonitrile, the maximum conversion of benzyl alcohol is 32.1%, and the highest selectivity of benzaldehyde is 90%. The results of active species capture experiment show that the main active species of photogenerated hole are responsible for the selective oxidation. The results of energy band calculation show that the composite catalyst has a suitable oxidation potential for benzyl alcohol into benzaldehyde.
- thermal oxidation,
- Ag₃PO₄ quantum dots,
- photocatalysis,
- benzyl alcohol oxidation,
- photogenerated hole
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