Enhanced photocatalytic activity of accordion-like layered Ti3C2 (MXene) coupled with Fe-modified decahedral anatase particles exposing {1 0 1} and {0 0 1} facets

Anna Grzegórska; Paweł Głuchowski; Jakub Karczewski; Jacek Ryl; Izabela Frąckiewicz; Katarzyna Siuzdak; Grzegorz Trykowski; Katarzyna Grochowska; Anna Zielińska-Jurek

doi:10.1016/j.cej.2021.130801

Enhanced photocatalytic activity of accordion-like layered Ti3C2 (MXene) coupled with Fe-modified decahedral anatase particles exposing {1 0 1} and {0 0 1} facets

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New composites consisting of decahedral anatase particles exposing {001} and {101} facets coupled with accordion-like layered Ti3C2 with boosted photocatalytic activity towards phenol and carbamazepine degradation were investigated. The photocatalysts were characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD), diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DR/UV–Vis), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area, Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, emission spectroscopy, luminescence decay analysis, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and electrophoretic mobility measurements. The effect of hydrothermal reaction parameters on physicochemical, structural, and photocatalytic properties was studied. In all photodegradation processes, ortho-hydroxyphenol and para-hydroxyphenol were detected as the first intermediates of phenol decomposition. For the TiO2/Ti3C2(140,12) sample containing VTi, a higher concentration of para-hydroxyphenol than ortho-hydroxyphenol was observed, whereas for sample TiO2/Ti3C2(220,24) higher concentration of ortho-hydroxyphenol was noticed. The formation of surface heterojunction between {101} and {001} facets of decahedral anatase particles grown on Ti3C2 surface led to improved photoelectron transfer and enhanced photocatalytic activity towards degradation of carbamazepine - non-biodegradable and susceptible to bioaccumulation in living organisms commonly used pharmaceutical agent. Moreover, modification of TiO2/Ti3C2 surface with iron by magnetron sputtering deposition markedly improved photocatalytic activity in carbamazepine decomposition, with nearly 100% degradation in 60 min of irradiation under simulated solar light.

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Anna Grzegórska mgr inż.
Paweł Głuchowski
Jakub Karczewski dr hab. inż.
Jacek Ryl dr hab. inż.
Izabela Frąckiewicz (formerly: Izabela Wysocka) dr inż.
Katarzyna Siuzdak
Grzegorz Trykowski doktor
Katarzyna Grochowska
Anna Zielińska-Jurek prof. dr hab. inż.

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL no. 426,
ISSN: 1385-8947

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2021

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Grzegórska A., Głuchowski P., Karczewski J., Ryl J., Wysocka I., Siuzdak K., Trykowski G., Grochowska K., Zielińska-Jurek A.: Enhanced photocatalytic activity of accordion-like layered Ti3C2 (MXene) coupled with Fe-modified decahedral anatase particles exposing {1 0 1} and {0 0 1} facets// CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL -Vol. 426, (2021), s.130801-

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