La 2 O 3 media enhanced electrons transfer for improved CeVO 4 @halloysite nanotubes photocatalytic activity for removing tetracycline

Jingru Guan, Jinze Li, Zhefei Ye, Dongyao Wu, Chongyang Liu, Huiqin Wang, Changchang Ma, Pengwei Huo, Yongsheng Yan

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Abstract

A series of La 2 O 3 /CeVO 4 @halloysite nanotubes composites were successfully fabricated by the hydrothermal method. The La 2 O 3 /CeVO 4 @halloysite nanotubes composites display outstanding photocatalytic activity for removing tetracycline (TC) solution under visible light irradiation (λ ≥ 420 nm). After irradiation 60 min, an optimized La 2 O 3 /CeVO 4 @halloysite nanotube composite exhibited a high photocatalytic activity (87.1%), which is 3.89 times higher than that of raw CeVO 4 (22.4%). The improvement of ternary composites performance is attributed to the Ce 3+ and Ce 4+ pairs in CeVO 4 . Besides, constructing heterojunctions between La 2 O 3 and CeVO 4 can inhibit the recombination of photoinduced electrons and holes, which is ascribed to the La 3+ as electron trap to enhance the charge transfer. According to the trapper experiments and Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) analysis, the h + and •O 2− are major reactive species during the degradation. In addition, the oxygen vacancies are in the ternary photocatalyssts. The photocatalytic degradation intermediates of the solution were identified by High performance liquid chromatography-Mass spectra (HPLC-MS).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)281-298
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
Volume96
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CeVO
  • Halloysite nanotubes
  • Heterostructure
  • La O
  • Photocatalytic degradation
  • Tetracycline

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