Citation: Ke Zhang, Hongyang Cao, Afzal Dar, Danqing Li, Lina Zhou, Chuanyi Wang. Construction of oxygen defective ZnO/ZnFe₂O₄ yolk-shell composite with photothermal effect for tetracycline degradation: Performance and mechanism insight[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(1): 107308. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.03.031 shu

Construction of oxygen defective ZnO/ZnFe₂O₄ yolk-shell composite with photothermal effect for tetracycline degradation: Performance and mechanism insight

School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China

wangchuanyi@sust.edu.cn

Received Date: 3 January 2022
Revised Date: 2 February 2022
Accepted Date: 8 March 2022
Available Online: 11 March 2022

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Oxygen vacancy induced photothermal effect is of great significant but lack of adequate attentions for environmental remediation. In this paper, green recyclable ZnO/ZnFe₂O₄ with oxygen vacancy was prepared by a solvothermal-calcination method. The UV-vis light capture ability of ZnO/ZnFe₂O₄ microspheres is improved with the multiple light reflections due to the yolk-shell structure, and the oxygen vacancy expands the absorption range of photocatalyst and enhances photothermal conversion. The optimized photocatalyst can heat the solution from room temperature to 70 ℃ within 60 min of visible light illumination, and the light to heat conversion efficiency is achieved by 61.3%. Compared with the degradation efficiency at 20 ℃, photothermal catalysis achieves a stable degradation in 80 min, and the degradation efficiency is increased by 41.5%. This can be attributed to the fact that light induced thermal energy accelerates the migration of electrons and holes, and promotes the diffusion of free radicals by heating active centers in situ. The active species contributing to the degradation, in order of importance, are the superoxide radical, hydroxyl radical, hole and electron. The light-to-thermal assisted photocatalysis with ZnO/ZnFe₂O₄ provides a new sight for the pollution control in the future practical applications.
- Photocatalysis,
- Photothermal,
- Oxygen vacancy,
- Yolk-shell,
- Tetracycline
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