Photodegadation of methyl orange with PANI-modified BiOCl photocatalyst under visible light irradia.docVIP

Photodegradation of methyl orange with PANI-modified BiOCl photocatalyst under visible light irradiation Qizhao Wanga, b*, Juan Huia, Jiajia Li a, Yuxia Caia, Shuqun Yina, Fangping Wanga, *, Bitao Sua aCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China bKey Laboratory of Eco-Environment-Related Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education of China, Key Laboratory of Gansu Polymer Materials, Lanzhou 730070, China *Corresponding author. Tel: +86 931 7972677; Fax: +86 931 7975521. E-mail addresses: wangqizhao@163.com; qizhaosjtu@(Q. Wang) wangfplz@163.com(F. Wang) ABSTRACT Photocatalyst BiOCl modified by polyaniline (PANI/BiOCl) was synthesized via a facile chemisorptions method. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) were employed to study the phase structure, morphology and optical properties of the samples. The results showed that the PANI increased absorption intensity and absorption bands of the pure BiOCl. Photodegradation of methyl orange (MO) on the samples were investigated under visible light irradiation and 7 wt % PANI/BiOCl composite showed the highest photocatalytic activity. The enhanced photocatalytic performance could be attributed to PANI/BiOCl composites and the synergistic effect between PANI and BiOCl. According to experimental results, the possible photocatalytic mechanism of the PANI/BiOCl photocatalysts was proposed. Keywords: PANI/BiOCl; Photocatalysis; Synergistic effect; photodegradation Introduction Since Fujishima and Honda reported TiO2 photochemical electrode for splitting water in 1972 [1], the study on the development of photocatalysts used for the removal of environmental pollutants and the utilization of solar energy has attracted increasing attention [2]. During the last two decades, besides the focused work on TiO2 modi?cations, many efforts were made to develop other novel ef?cient photocatalysts. The re