Bio-inspired hierarchical hetero-architectures of in-situ C-doped g-C3N4 grafted on C, N co-doped ZnO micro-flowers with booming solar photocatalytic activity

Mohamad Azuwa Mohamed; M. F. M. Zain; Lorna Jeffery Minggu; Mohammad B. Kassim; Juhana Jaafar; Nor Aishah Saidina Amin; Mohd Sufri Mastuli; Hao Wu; Roong Jien Wong; Yun Hau Ng

doi:10.1016/j.jiec.2019.05.003

Bio-inspired hierarchical hetero-architectures of in-situ C-doped g-C₃N₄ grafted on C, N co-doped ZnO micro-flowers with booming solar photocatalytic activity

Mohamad Azuwa Mohamed^*, M. F. M. Zain^*, Lorna Jeffery Minggu, Mohammad B. Kassim, Juhana Jaafar, Nor Aishah Saidina Amin, Mohd Sufri Mastuli, Hao Wu, Roong Jien Wong, Yun Hau Ng

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Abstract

The in-situ hierarchical heterojunction photocatalyst consists of C-doped g-C₃N₄ (CCN) grafted on the C, N co-doped ZnO were successfully realized via simple bio-template hydrothermal approach. The resultants hierarchical heterojunction photocatalyst exhibited excellent UV to the near infrared absorption capability. The electrochemical analysis and photoluminescence spectroscopy revealed that the hierarchical heterojunction photocatalyst possessed excellent charge generation and separation efficiency. The resultant hierarchical heterojunction photocatalyst exhibited remarkable photocatalytic performance in the photodegradation of bisphenol A and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under simulated solar irradiation. The enhancement of photocatalytic performance was mainly attributed to the combined effect of hierarchical morphology, in-situ doping, and heterojunction formation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	393-407
Journal	Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
Volume	77
Online published	9 May 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2019.05.003
Publication status	Published - 25 Sept 2019

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Bio-template
Bisphenol A
Hierarchical
Hydrogen evolution
Non-Metal doping

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Mohamed, M. A., M. Zain, M. F., Jeffery Minggu, L., Kassim, M. B., Jaafar, J., Saidina Amin, N. A., Mastuli, M. S., Wu, H., Wong, R. J., & Ng, Y. H. (2019). Bio-inspired hierarchical hetero-architectures of in-situ C-doped g-C₃N₄ grafted on C, N co-doped ZnO micro-flowers with booming solar photocatalytic activity. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 77, 393-407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2019.05.003

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