Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2025, Vol. 73: 205-221.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(24)60281-0

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An S-scheme heterojunction engineered with spatially separated dual active groups for simultaneously photocatalytic CO2 reduction and ciprofloxacin oxidation

Xinyue Li, Haili Lin, Xuemei Jia(), Shifu Chen, Jing Cao()   

  1. Key Laboratory of Green and Precise Synthetic and Applications, Ministry of Education; Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry and Applications; College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei 235000, Anhui, China
  • Received:2025-01-02 Accepted:2025-02-10 Online:2025-06-18 Published:2025-06-12
  • Contact: *E-mail: XuemeiJia@njust.edu.cn (X. Jia), caojing@chnu.edu.cn (J. Cao).
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(22202077);National Natural Science Foundation of China(52272297);Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Province for Universities(2024AH030049);Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Province for Universities(2024AH040221);Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Province for Universities(2023AH050329);Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Province for Universities(2022AH010030);Anhui Provincial University Discipline (Professional) Leader Cultivation Project(DTR2023021)

Abstract:

Solar-driven CO2 conversion and pollutant removal with an S-scheme heterojunction provides promising approach to alleviate energy shortage and environmental crisis, yet the comprehensive regulation of the charge separation and the activation sites of reactant molecules remains challenging. Herein, a dual-active groups regulated S-scheme heterojunction for hydroxy-regulated BiOBr modified amino-functionalized g-C3N4 (labeled as HBOB/ACN) was designed by spatially separated dual sites with hydroxyl group (OH) and amino group (NH2) toward simultaneously photocatalytic CO2 reduction and ciprofloxacin (CIP) oxidation. The optimized HBOB/ACN delivers around 2.74-fold CO yield rate and 1.61-times CIP removal rate in comparison to BiOBr/g-C3N4 (BOB/CN) without surface groups, which chiefly ascribed the synergistic effect of OH and NH2 group. A series of experiments and theoretical calculation unveiled that the OH and NH2 group trapped holes and electrons to participate in CIP oxidation and CO2 reduction, respectively. Besides, dual-functional coupled reaction system realized the complete utilization of carriers. This work affords deep insights for dual-group modified S-scheme heterojunctions with redox active sites toward dual-functional coupled reaction system for environment purification and solar fuel production.

Key words: Coupled reaction system, S-scheme heterojunction, Hydroxyl group, Amino group, Dual active sites