Accepted Manuscript Title: Synthesis and characterization of Ag3 PO4 immobilized with graphene oxide (GO) for enhanced photocatalytic activity and stability over 2,4-dichlorophenol under visible light irradiation Author: Xiao-juan Chen You-zhi Dai Xing-yan Wang Jing Guo Tan-hua Liu Fen-fang Li PII: DOI: Reference:

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Synthesis and characterization of Ag3PO4 immobilized with graphene oxide (GO) for enhanced photocatalytic activity and stabilityover 2,4-dichlorophenol under visiblelight irradiation

Xiao-juan Chena, You-zhiDaia,*, Xing-yanWanga, Jing Guoa, Tan-huaLiua, Fen-fang

Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Xiangtan University,

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series

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usingAg3PO4 immobilized with graphene oxide (GO) with varying GO content

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wereobtained by an electrostatically driven method, and 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP)

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was used to evaluate theperformance of thephotocatalysts. The composites exhibited

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superior photocatalytic activity and stability compared with pure Ag3PO4. When the

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content ofGO was 5%, the degradation efficiency of 2,4-DCP could reach 98.95%,

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and 55.91% of the total organic (TOC) content was removed within 60 min irradiation.

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Meanwhile, the efficiency of 91.77% was achieved for 2,4-DCP degradation even

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after four times of recycling in the photocatalysis/Ag3PO4-GO(5%) system. Reactive

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species of O2•−,OH• and h+ were considered as the main participants foroxidizing

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2,4-DCP, as confirmed by the free radical capture experiments.And some organic

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intermediates

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benzoquinone(BZQ), 2-chlorohydroquinone and hydroxyhydroquinone (HHQ) were

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detected by comparison with the standard retentiontimes from the high performance

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liquid chromatography (HPLC). In short, the enhanced photocatalyticproperty

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ofAg3PO4-GO was closely related to the strong absorption ability of GO relative to

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Keywords: Ag3PO4-GO; visible light photocatalysis; 2,4-dichlorophenol; degradation

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1. Introduction Semiconductor photocatalysis, an environmental friendly technology, has been

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removal

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pollutants,

water

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anddisinfection[1,2].To increase the utilization efficiency of sunlight and improve the

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photocatalyticactivity, novel visible-light-driven photocatalysts with high activity and

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stabilitymust be developed [2,3]. To date, semiconductor photocatalysts of Ag-based

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[4-6], BiVO4[7], WO3[8], and N- or S- doped TiO2[9, 10]act.have been recognized

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and all of them exhibit excellent photocatalytic performance under visible light

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irradiation.

organic

dye

Ag3PO4,

decomposition

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O2evolution

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fromwater[4]. The O2evolution efficiency inAg3PO4photocatalytic system can reach

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approximately 90% with AgNO3 as a scavenger, which is significantly higher than the

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become a main obstacle for the Ag3PO4application[11]. Photocorrosion results mainly

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from theslight solubility of Ag3PO4 in solution and the characteristics of the

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energy-band structure. The conduction band energy of Ag3PO4 is 0.45 eV, which is

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higher than the reduced potential of H2O/H2, making the capture of photoinduced electrons by H2O impossible if there are no other scavengers in the solution. Thus, the

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electrons could only be adopted by Ag+ released from the crystal lattice of Ag3PO4,

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leading to the deposition of Ag0 on the surface [4]. This phenomenon not only

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destroys the structure of Ag3PO4 but also reduces thelight absorption efficiency of 3

Ag3PO4, which sequentially influences thephotocatalytic activity and stability of

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Ag3PO4. To address this issue, some support materials such as CNTs [12-15],

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bentonite[16], polyacrylonitrile nanofiber [17,18], attapulgite[19], hydroxyapatite[20],

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layered double hydroxides[21], and flaky layered double hydroxides [22] act., have

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been used to immobilize with the Ag3PO4. These studies confirm that the support

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materials in the composite can act as anelectron acceptor to suppress the charge

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recombination andprevent the photocorrosion of Ag3PO4, ultimately enhance the

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photocatalytic activity and stability of Ag3PO4.

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Among the novel support materials, graphene(GR)with large specific surface

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(2630 m2g-1) and carrier mobility (200000 cm2 V-1S-1), has been proven to be a

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promising support material in the field of water treatment, sterilization, and

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capacitance[23-27]. Fortunately, the graphene oxide (GO)formed from the oxidation

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of GR, containsvarious functional groups(such ashydroxyl, carboxyl and epoxy

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groups)[24], making the GOexhibit gooddispersibilityin aqueous solution and

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excellent affinity for many pollutants (including heavy metals, dyes, and

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phenols)[23,24].Because the photocatalytic reaction is a surface-controlled process [2],

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Though several groups have reported the photocatalytic performance of

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Ag3PO4 immobilization with GR or GO [28-33], thephotocatalytic mechanism of the

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composites and the degradation pathways of the pollutants are still to be further

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explored. In this study, a series of Ag3PO4-GO composites with different GO content 4

were prepared by the electrostatically driven method and the characteristics of the

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as-prepared materials were detected systematically. Moreover, 2,4-DCP was used to

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evaluate the photocatalytic performance of the composites, and reactive species,

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degradation intermediates as well as thephotocatalytic mechanism were also

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investigated in detail.

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chemicals are of analytical grade and were used without further purification. Ultrapure water was used throughout thisstudy.

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Graphite oxide (GO) was preparedbased on the Hummers method using the

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strong oxidant, KMnO4[34]. In atypical synthesis, three processes including low-,

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middle- and high-temperature reactions were necessary. First, 0.3 g NaNO2 was

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dissolved completely in 50 mL of H2SO4solution. Then, the temperature of the

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solution was cooled to 0 °C with an ice-water bath, 2 g graphitepowder and 7 g

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KMnO4were slowly added, and the temperature was maintained below 20 °C for 1 h

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90 °C, and the solutionwas reacted for 15 min. H2O2 (10 mL) and H2O (90 mL) were

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finally added to end the reaction, and the yellow suspension was then filtered and

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washed with 1 M HCl. The precipitate was dispersed into 600 mL H2O and 5

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centrifuged (10000 rpm, 15 min) repeatedly with ultrapure water until the pH of the

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solution was near neutral. The brown solid obtainedwas collected and vacuum-dried

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and finally crushed and sieved to 80mesh to achieve a uniform sample.

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Ag3PO4-GO composite photocatalystswith different GO content. First, a definite

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amountof GO was added to 100 mL ultrapure water and then treated with ultrasound

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for 5 hoursat 150 W. Then, 40 mL AgNO3(0.03 mol) solution was added tothe above

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GO dispersion and vigorously stirredfor 12 h to make Ag+ combine adequately with

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the surface of GO. Afterwards, another 40 mLNa2HPO4(0.01mol) solution was

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addeddropwise into the above mixture and maintained with stirring for 1 h. Finally,

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the precipitates were collected and washed repeatedly with ultrapure water and

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vacuum-dried overnight at 60 °C,then crushed and sieved to 80mesh. According to

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the amount of additional GO, six sampleswith initial GO content of 0.5%, 1%, 2%,

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5%, 10% and 15% were prepared. Theschematic illustration of the synthesis pathway

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for Ag3PO4-GO is shown in Scheme 1. For comparison, pure Ag3PO4 was

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Phasesof the as-prepared materials were collected on a Rigaku D/max 2500 PC

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X-ray diffractometer(XRD) equipped with Cu Kα radiation(40 kV, 100 mA)at a rate

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of 4.0°/min over a 2θrange of 10-90°.Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra of

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the products were recorded over the 400-4000 nm wavelength range usinga 6

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spectrometer.Brunauer-Emmett-Teller

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materialsobtained was performed on a NOVA-2200e analyzer (Quantachrome).

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Morphologiesof the samples were characterized by scanning electron microscopy

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(SEM, JSM-6360LV, JEOL) andhigh-resolutiontransmission electron microscopy

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(HRTEM, FEITecnai G2 F20 S-TWIN) with the energy-dispersive X-ray

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spectroscopy

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materialswasperformedonthe laser particle size analyzer(WJL-602). The X-ray

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photoelectron spectra (XPS, Thermo Scientific, ESCALAB 250) were recorded using

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Al Ka radiation.Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis) diffusive reflectance

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spectra of the materials were performed on aUV-2550spectrophotometer (Shimadzu)

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over theanalysis range from 200 to 800 nm.

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BilangBiological Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Xi'an)using a 300 W Xe lamp

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with an ultraviolet cutoff filter (providing visible light≥ 400 nm)as the light source. In

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equilibrium of2,4-DCPon the surface of thephotocatalyst. Then, the solution was

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exposed to Xe lamp irradiation. As the reaction proceeded, the pH of the solution was

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measured by a pH analyzer (PHS-3C, Shanghai Jinghong Scientific Instrument Co., 7

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membrane. The concentration of the residual 2,4-DCP and the TOC of the reacted

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solution would be measured by the high performance liquid chromatography

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(HPLC,Hitachi L-2000) and TOC (Shimadzu, TOC-VCPH) analyzer.

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the degradation efficiency of 2,4-DCP for evaluating the stability of the photocatalysts.

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run, the solution was extracted to detect the concentration of 2,4-DCP, while the

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photocatalysts were collected and vacuum-dried overnight at 60 °C, then crushed and

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the photodegradation process of 2,4-DCP, and tert-butanol (t-BuOH) was chosenas

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3.1. Characterization of the photocatalysts

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Morphologies of the as-prepared materials were characterized by SEM, and the 8

results are shown in Fig. 1. Graphite powders display a lamellar structure (see Fig.

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1(a)), while the edge is activated and stripped (see Fig. 1(b)) after the oxidation of

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KMnO4, which favors the formation of sheet structures under ultrasound [31]. The

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as-prepared pure Ag3PO4possesses an irregular sphere-like morphology withan

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average diameter of approximately 400 nm (see Fig. 1(c)). When GO dispersion was

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introduced into the syntheticsystem, the diameter of Ag3PO4 gradually decreased with

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GO content increasing (see Fig. 1(d-i)and Table 1), indicating an obvious tailoring

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roleof GO relative to the size of theAg3PO4particles in the composites [28], mainly

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because the self-assembly of positively charged Ag+ on negatively charged GO sheets

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driven by the electrostatic interaction, hinders the generationof the Ag3PO4 seed

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particles and controls the growth of the Ag3PO4particles[28,30].Further analysis of the

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HRTEM images for Ag3PO4-GO (5%) composite, as shown in Fig. 2(a), suggests that

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the Ag3PO4particles are immobilized with GO sheets. The lattice fringe spacing is

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determined to be0.246 nm, corresponding to the (211) planes of Ag3PO4 (see Fig. 2(b))

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[5,7]. The clear diffraction rings in Fig. 2(c) reveal the polycrystallinenature of

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peaks of pure Ag3PO4 and Ag3PO4-GO composites could readily be indexed to the

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characteristicdiffraction peaks for GO are observed in the patternbecause of the low

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diffractionintensity of GO[28], indicating that the introduction of GO influencesonly

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Fig. 4(a). Compared with the spectrumof Ag3PO4, an obvious enhancedabsorbance

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absorbance intensity increased as the GO content increased. The band gap energy (Eg)

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frequency, the band gap energy, and a constant, respectively.Among these parameters, n is determined from the type of optical transitionof a semiconductor and for Ag3PO4, n = 1 for a direct transition whilen = 4 for an indirecttransition. Therefore, theband

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Table 1. The band gap energy decreases withincreasing GO content, also indicating 10

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the enhancement of visible light absorbance. In addition, the valence band (VB) edge

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position ofAg3PO4could be estimated according to the concept ofelectronegativity,

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and Eg is band gap energy of Ag3PO4 (2.42 eV calculated from Fig. 4(b)). The

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60 min irradiation. Meanwhile, it is not difficult to find that theadsorption efficiency

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content increasing from 0.5% to 5%. This trend is consistent with the total

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exploration of thephotocatalytic mechanism. In this study, t-BuOHas a hydroxyl radical (OH•) scavenger, EDTA-Na2 as ahole

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under these scavengers is shown in Fig. 6. The adsorption efficiency of 2,4-DCPon

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was observed as rarely degradation of2,4-DCP. The above results illustrate that allthe

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their relative peak positions. The peak indicating 2,4-DCPgradually decreases as the

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degradation efficiency of 2,4-DCPat different recycle times is shown in Fig. 9(a).The

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resultsshow that the degradation efficiency of Ag3PO4-GO (5%) relative to

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2,4-DCPafter four times recyclingwas rather stable andremained about91.77%, which

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methyl (MO)(about 55%) and bisphenol A(about 90%) over the Ag3PO4-GO

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composite

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[29,30].Furthermore,XRD spectraofAg3PO4 and Ag3PO4-GO (5%) (shown in Fig.

after

four

times

recyclingreported

15

in

the

reference

1

9(b)) after fourrecycle times were also recorded in an effort to understand the

2

structure stability. Ag3PO4was clearly shown to be partiallydecomposed to Ag0, while

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no obvious Ag0was observed with the Ag3PO4-GO (5%) sample, confirming a higher

4

stability of the Ag3PO4-GO (5%) composite.

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3.6. Discussion of the photocatalyticmechanism On the basis of the results described above, the photocatalytic mechanism of the

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composite photocatalyst Ag3PO4-GOwas proposed, as shown in Fig. 10(c). In the

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photocatalytic process, electron-hole pairsare formed when Ag3PO4 (conduction band:

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0.25 eV, valence band: 2.67 eV)is irradiated by visible light,and electrons at the

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valence band (VB) are excited to the conduction band (CB), inducing the separation

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with holes in the VB. Then, a series of chain reactionswill provide more reactive

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species for 2,4-DCP degradation.

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The existence of GO in the composite promoted the chain reactions and played a

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significant role in the enhanced photocatalytic activity and stability. First, the high

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surface

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photocatalyticreaction sites, which has the benefit ofimproving the photocatalytic

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activity.Second, GO acts as an effective acceptor of the photoexcited electrons,

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GO

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active

adsorption

sites

and

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making O2•− radicals producedby the reductionof O2 molecules adsorbed on catalyst surface. Third, from the FT-IR spectra(shown in Fig. 10(a))of the GO, Ag3PO4-GO

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area

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(5%) before and after photocatalysis,almost all of the characteristic peaks of GO

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disappear or weaken after photocatalysis, including C=Ostretching vibrations of

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COOH groups (1721.04 cm-1), O-Hdeformation vibrations of COOH groups (1625.31 16

cm-1), O-Hdeformation vibrations of tertiary C-OH (1398.49 cm-1), andC-O stretching

2

vibrations of epoxy groups (1056.81 cm-1)[29].Moreover, the C 1s XPS

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spectrum(shown in Fig. 10(b)) ofAg3PO4-GO (5%) after photocatalysissuggeststhat

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the XPS peak area ratios of the C=O (286.08 eV), C-O-C (287.50 eV), and C-OH

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(289.33 eV) bonds to the C=C (284.98 eV) bondareobviously decreased compared

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with that of GO under the same binding energy.These results indicate the

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partialreduction of functional groups in GO during the course of thephotocatalysis,

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leading to the formation of reduced GO which can serve as the transformation

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medium for photoexcited electrons. On the one hand, the phenomenonseriously

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promotes the separation of electron-hole pairs, resulting in an increased quantity of

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holes for 2,4-DCP degradation. On the other hand, the phenomenondecreases the

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probability of combination of electrons and Ag3PO4, offering better stability and

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recyclability of the composite. The transportation and mobility of electrons on

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reduced GO sheets are very rapid for the specific π-conjugated structure of reduced

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GO, so more photogenerated electron-hole pairs are continuously produced working

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in this way[24, 28]. Therefore, 2,4-DCP is degraded byradicals of h+ andO2 •− as well

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as OH• generated by the reaction of H2O andholes.

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A series of Ag3PO4-GO composite photocatalysts with different GO content were

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prepared and used for 2,4-DCP degradation. The composites exhibited superior

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visible-light photocatalytic activity and stability compared with pure Ag3PO4. In the

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photocatalytic process, reactive speciesof O2• − , OH• and h+ participated in the 17

1

oxidation of 2,4-DCP, and some more refractoryorganic intermediates were formed.

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Approximately 55.91% of the2,4-DCP or intermediates were mineralized under 60

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min irradiation, indicating the great potential application of theAg3PO4-GO composite

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in the photocatalytic degradation of refractory organic pollutants.

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Acknowledgements This work was supported by thePostgraduate Innovative Research Project of

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Hunan Province (No.CX2014B269),the OpenFoundation ofthe Innovation Platform in

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Higher Education of Hunan Province (No.11k070), and the Science and Technology of

Hunan

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No.2013FJ3071).

Provincial

Science

Department

(Grant

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Fig. 1.SEM images of (a) graphite, (b) graphite oxide, (c) Ag3PO4, (d) Ag3PO4-GO

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(0.5%), (e) Ag3PO4-GO (1%), (f) Ag3PO4-GO (2%), (g) Ag3PO4-GO (5%), (h)

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Ag3PO4-GO (10%), (i) Ag3PO4-GO (15%).

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Fig. 2.(a)HRTEM image, (b)lattice fringe image, (c) selected area electron diffraction

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(SAED) pattern, and(d) EDS patternof the Ag3PO4-GO (5%) composite.

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Fig. 3.XRD patterns of the as-prepared materials.

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Fig. 4. (a) UV-Vis diffuse reflectancespectra of the as-prepared composites, (b) plots

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of (αhv)2 versus energy(hv) for band gap energy analysis.

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Fig. 5. (a) Photocatalytic activity of different samples toward 2,4-DCP degradation

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under visible light irradiation, (b) plots of -ln(C/C0 ) versus irradiation time.

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Fig. 6.Photodegradation efficiency of 2,4-DCP under different scavengers.

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Fig. 7. Plots of (a) removal efficiencies (%) of 2,4-DCP and TOC versus reaction time,

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(b) concentrations of TOC and Cl- versus reaction time, and (c) changes of pH values

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during the course of 2,4-DCP photodegradation.

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Fig. 8.Evolution of HPLC chromatograms for 2,4-DCPphotocatalytic solutions using

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Ag3PO4-GO (5%) catalyst.The iconograph shows the magnified graph of HPLC, and

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(b)C1s XPS spectra of the Ag3PO4-GO (5%) after photocatalysis, the inset Table

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showsthe peak area ratios ofC=O, C-O-C, C-OHbonds to the C=C bond for GO [36]

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adsorption/degradation performances of different samples to 2,4-DCP.

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Samples

Size

BET

Adsorption

Degradation

distribution

surface

efficiency

efficiency

Kinetic analysis

Band gap energy

area (m g )

(%)

(%)

Ag3PO4

392.63

0.137

0.89

50.41

0.0115

0.9799

2.42

Ag3PO4-GO (0.5%)

382.28

1.666

7.23

62.21

0.0131

0.9694

2.39

Ag3PO4-GO (1%)

345.15

2.560

15.49

78.62

0.0216

0.9819

2.31

Ag3PO4-GO (2%)

314.64

4.160

23.53

85.59

0.0260

0.9563

2.27

Ag3PO4-GO (5%)

243.92

7.553

28.87

98.43

0.0600

0.9503

2.10

Ag3PO4-GO (10%)

206.49

8.705

77.39

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--

--

1.96

Ag3PO4-GO (15%)

169.17

9.147

98.73

--

--

--

1.73

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Kapp (min-1)

2 -1

Note: D90, the particle size corresponding to 90% of the cumulative particle size

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Scheme 1.Schematic illustration of the synthesis pathway of Ag3PO4-GO composites.

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PT RI of

the

SC

pathway

intermediate

U

2.Producing

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Scheme

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photodegradation.

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productsfor

2,4-DCP

Synthesis and characterization of Ag₃PO₄ immobilized with graphene oxide (GO) for enhanced photocatalytic activity and stability over 2,4-dichlorophenol under visible light irradiation.

A series of visible-light responsive photocatalysts prepared using Ag3PO4 immobilized with graphene oxide (GO) with varying GO content were obtained b...
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