Perylene tetracarboxylic diimide (PTCDI),widely used in organic photovoltaic devices,is an n-type semiconductor with strong absorption in the visible-light spectrum.There has been almost no study of the PTCDI-sensitized TiO2 composite used to photocatalytically degrade pollutants.In this study,PTCDIand copper phthalocyanine tetrasulfonic acid (CuPcTs)-sensitized TiO2 composites were prepared using a hydrothermal method.The morphologies and structures of the two composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction,transmission electron microscopy,ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy,and fluorescence spectroscopy.The visible-light photocatalytic activities of the composites were evaluated using the degradation of rhodamine B as a model reaction.Results showed that dye-sensitized TiO2 samples had a wider absorption spectrum range and higher visiblelight photocatalytic activity compared to TiO2 samples.The double dye-sensitized (or co-sensitized) TiO2 composite with efficient electron collection exhibited higher photocatalytic activity than did the single dye-sensitized TiO2 composite.The electron transfer processes of single and double dye-sensitized TiO2 composites were illustrated according to band theory.
SHANG Jing,ZHAO FengWei,ZHU Tong & LI Jia State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control
Heterogeneous reactions of SO2 on ZnO particle surfaces were studied using in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS).The influences of relative humidity (RH) and UV radiation (λ≈ 365 nm) were investigated.In the absence of UV radiation,sulfite was the prominent product on the particle surfaces,and a negative relationship between RH and sulfite production was observed.In the presence of UV radiation,infrared (IR) absorption of sulfite and sulfate was evident in the spectra.With increasing RH or UV intensity,sulfite was gradually transformed into sulfate.UV intensity and RH exhibited a synergistic effect on the heterogeneous oxidation of SO2 on ZnO.On dry particles and with no UV radiation,the reaction order of SO2 on ZnO particles was 1.6.The initial uptake coefficient for the formation of sulfite,using the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) area as the reactive surface area of SO2,was 4.87 × 10-6.At 40% RH and with UV radiation,the reaction order was 0.91,and the initial uptake coefficient was 2.29 × 10-5.
LI Jia,SHANG Jing & ZHU Tong State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control
