Rational Design and Development of Lanthanide-Doped NaYF4@CdS-Au-RGO as Quaternary Plasmonic Photocatalysts for Harnessing Visible-Near-Infrared Broadband Spectrum

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作者
Kumar, Ajay
Reddy, Kumbam Lingeshwar
Kumar, Suneel
Kumar, Ashish
Sharma, Vipul
Krishnan, Venkata [1 ]
机构
[1] Indian Inst Technol Mandi, Sch Basic Sci, Mandi 175005, Himachal Prades, India
关键词
broadband photocatalysis; core-shell nanostructures; surface plasmon resonance; upconversion; adsorption; ciprofloxacin degradation; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; UP-CONVERSION NANOPARTICLES; TIO2-GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; ENERGY-TRANSFER; Z-SCHEME; TIO2; ANTIBIOTICS; PERFORMANCE; FABRICATION;
D O I
10.1021/acsami.7b17822
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
Utilization of the total solar spectrum efficiently for photocatalysis has remained a huge challenge for a long time. However, designing a system by rationally combining nanocomponents with complementary properties, such as upconversion nanoparticles, semiconductors, plasmonic metals, and carbonaceous support, offers a promising route for efficient utilization of solar energy by harnessing the broadband spectrum. In this work, a series of novel quaternary plasmonic photocatalysts comprising of lanthanide-doped NaYF4@CdS (UC) core-shell nanostructures decorated with Au nanoparticles (Au NPs) supported on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) nanosheets were prepared using the multistep hydrothermal method. The different components of the prepared nanocomposites could be efficiently employed to utilize both the visible and near-infrared (NIR) regions. Specifically in this work, the utility of these quaternary nanocomposites for photocatalytic degradation of a colorless pharmaceutical pollutant, ciprofloxacin, under visible and NIR light irradiations has been demonstrated. In comparison to bare counterparts, our quaternary nanocomposites exhibit an enhanced photocatalytic activity attributable to the synergistic effect of different components arranged in such a way that favors harnessing energy from the broad spectral region and efficient charge separation. The combination of upconversion and plasmonic properties along with the advantages of a carbonaceous support can provide new physical insights for further development of photocatalysts, which could utilize the broadband spectrum.
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页码:15565 / 15581
页数:17
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