Facile one-step in-situ synthesis of type-II CeO₂/CeF₃ composite with tunable morphology and photocatalytic activity

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• 作者：Yao Xiang ; Bai-Ran Cheng ; Dong-Feng Li ; Bing-Xin Zhou ; Tie-Feng Yang ; Shuang-Shuang Ding ; Gui-Fang Huang ; ^{gfhuang@hnu.edu.cn" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Anlian Pan ; Wei-Qing Huang ; ^{wqhuang@hnu.edu.cn" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Ce-based composite ; Photocatalytic activity ; Polyhedron ; Hydrothermal synthesis
• 刊名：Ceramics International
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：1 November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：42
• 期：14
• 页码：16374-16381
• 全文大小：2786 K

文摘

Ce-based materials have gained considerable prominence in catalysis as a type of the most valuable material for various applications ranging from automotive emission control to CO₂ and water splitting. We here report a novel type-II CeO₂/CeF₃ composite, composed of two paradigms of Ce-based binary compounds, prepared by a facile one-step in-situ hydrothermal method, and explore its potential as a photocatalyst for solar energy conversion. Primarily, the morphologies, particle size and microstructures of CeO₂/CeF₃ composite can be modulated by the volume ratio of ethanol to water in the precursor solution. The photocatalytic activities firstly increase to a maximum and then decrease with the increased amount of ethanol. The hybrid CeO₂/CeF₃ particles with large size and polyhedron morphology exhibit superior photocatalytic activity, having a high rate constant k of MB decomposition about 7.6 times faster than that of the lowest one. A multiple synergetic mechanism in CeO₂/CeF₃ composite, which is featured by obvious promoted separation of photogenerated electrons and holes at the type-II heterojunction interfaces and in particular between the different facets of microcrystals, and the highly reactive facets exposed, has been proposed to account for its distinguished photocatalytic activity. This work provides some new insights for the synthesis and optimization of novel rare earth Ce-based composite photocatalyst with high photocatalytic performance.