TY - JOUR
T1 - BiOCl dispersed on NiFe-LDH leads to enhanced photo-degradation of Rhodamine B dye
AU - Ma, Jianfeng
AU - Ding, Jiafan
AU - Yu, Liangmin
AU - Li, Liangyin
AU - Kong, Yong
AU - Komarneni, Sridhar
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21477009 ), the Project of Jiangsu Province Industry-University-Research joint innovation fund ( BY2013024-16 ) and Changzhou Science and Technology Development Program ( CJ20140026 ). The TEM characterization was under the support of Dr. Xiazhang Li.
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© 2015 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - BiOCl-NiFe-LDH composites were synthesized using NiFe-Cl-LDH and Bi(NO3)3 as precursors and the composites were characterized by XRD, SEM and FTIR. Photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) dye was tested with BiOCl-NiFe-LDH composite and NiFe-Cl-LDH and BiOCl materials under the same conditions and the composite was found to be superior to both NiFe-Cl-LDH and BiOCl for RhB degradation. The superior performance of the BiOCl-NiFe-LDH composite was related to better dispersion of BiOCl particles on the surface of NiFe-LDH materials. After three-times of recycling, the RhB degradation efficiencies were 93.3%, 90.1% and 87.9% during the first, second and third cycles, respectively. The BiOCl-NiFe-LDH composite prepared here appears to be an efficient and stable composite photocatalyst, which may have potential applications in wastewater treatment field.
AB - BiOCl-NiFe-LDH composites were synthesized using NiFe-Cl-LDH and Bi(NO3)3 as precursors and the composites were characterized by XRD, SEM and FTIR. Photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) dye was tested with BiOCl-NiFe-LDH composite and NiFe-Cl-LDH and BiOCl materials under the same conditions and the composite was found to be superior to both NiFe-Cl-LDH and BiOCl for RhB degradation. The superior performance of the BiOCl-NiFe-LDH composite was related to better dispersion of BiOCl particles on the surface of NiFe-LDH materials. After three-times of recycling, the RhB degradation efficiencies were 93.3%, 90.1% and 87.9% during the first, second and third cycles, respectively. The BiOCl-NiFe-LDH composite prepared here appears to be an efficient and stable composite photocatalyst, which may have potential applications in wastewater treatment field.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clay.2015.02.009
DO - 10.1016/j.clay.2015.02.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84939993339
SN - 0169-1317
VL - 109-110
SP - 76
EP - 82
JO - Applied Clay Science
JF - Applied Clay Science
ER -