为了克服单纯BiOCl光谱吸收范围窄和载流子复合几率高的缺点, 本研究制备了一种具有高效光催化活性的碳量子点(CQDs)/BiOCl纳米复合材料。光催化降解罗丹明B染料实验表明CQDs/BiOCl纳米复合材料的光催化性能远优于单纯的BiOCl, 其光催化性能约为后者的3.4倍。当CQDs的复合量为7.1wt%时, 样品的光催化性能最佳, 能够在2 min之内将罗丹明B完全脱色, 而单纯的BiOCl在相同时间内对罗丹明B的降解率仅为29.5%。通过紫外-可见漫反射谱、光电化学测试以及自由基捕获实验揭示了CQDs/BiOCl纳米复合材料的光催化性能提升机理, 结果表明CQDs可以拓展BiOCl的可见光吸收范围, 这有利于增强其光捕获能力以及促进电子-空穴对的产生。除此之外, CQDs独特的上转换发光行为, 以及光诱导的电子转移能力提升了CQDs/BiOCl纳米复合材料光催化性能。

To overcome the limitation of narrow photo-absorption range and high electron-hole recombination rate of pure BiOCl, a nanocomposite of carbon quantum dots (CQDs) and BiOCl with highly efficient photocatalytic activity was fabricated. The photocatalytic decomposition of rhodamine B (RhB) showed that the CQDs/BiOCl nanocomposite displayed superior photocatalytic performance to pure BiOCl, which was about 3.4 times higher than that of the latter. The optimal loading amount of CQDs was 7.1wt%, which could completely decolorize RhB within a short period of only 2 min, while the degradation rate of RhB was only 29.5% by pure BiOCl in the same period. UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra (UV-Vis DRS), photoelectrochemical measurement, and radicals trapping experiments were performed to elucidate the possible mechanism for the enhanced photocatalytic activity of the CQDs/BiOCl composite. The results show that CQD can expand the visible light absorption range of BiOCl, which is beneficial for light harvesting and generation of electron-hole pairs. Moreover, CQDs has unique up-converted photoluminescence behavior, as well as photo-induced electron transfer ability, which leads to enhanced photocatalytic performance of the CQDs/BiOCl composite.