title: Enhanced ethylene photodegradation performance of g-C3N4-Ag3PO4 composites with direct Z-scheme configuration.
abstract: Photocatalytic oxidation of ethylene continues to be a challenge at the frontier of chemistry. In a previous report, a simple Ag3 PO4 semiconductor material was shown to have strong photooxidative properties and efficiently oxidised water and decomposed organics in aqueous solution under visible-light illumination. Herein, its effects on the photo-oxidation of gaseous C2 H4 were investigated by fabricating graphitic C3 N4-Ag3 PO4 composite semiconductors with direct Z-scheme configuration. It was found that both the ethylene photo-oxidative activity and the stability of Ag3 PO4 are considerably improved by fabrication of Z-scheme composites. Moreover, stable C2 H4 photo-oxidation activity could be obtained by treating the composite at 450 °C for 3 h after long-term operation. From the point of view of environmental pollutant cleanup, the present technique avoids the side reaction of oxidising water and will be valuable for further investigations on both Ag3 PO4 and CH degradation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079 (P. R. China); Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002 (P. R. China), Fax: (+86) 0591-83714946.
authors.forename: Xuxing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xintang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Zhiguo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yi
mesh_terms: D005030:Ethylenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry; D009570:Nitriles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010710:Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry*; D010782:Photolysis; D018030:Silver Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005030:Ethylenes; D009570:Nitriles; D010710:Phosphates; D018030:Silver Compounds; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D006108:Graphite; C036216:ethylene; C039072:silver phosphate
keywords: ethylene; green chemistry; photochemistry; photodegradation; semiconductors