Facile synthesis of g-C 3 N 4 /montmorillonite composite with enhanced visible light photodegradation of rhodamine B and tetracycline

Synthesis of CdS/g‐C3N4/Vermiculite Heterostructures with Enhanced Visible Photocatalytic Activity for Dye Degradation

“…In Figure 2a, for pure CN, the nanosheets aggregate and stack with each other during the thermal polymerization process, forming a bulk morphology with a wrinkled structure. [32] In Figure 2b, you can see that when g-C 3 N 4 is compounded with vermiculite, most g-C 3 N 4 particles become smaller than the original g-C 3 N 4 . This phenomenon may be due to the decrease of melamine particle size in the mixture of melamine and vermiculite and the formation of nano-g-C 3 N 4 in the interlayer space of expanded vermiculite.…”

“…[26] In the past few decades, composites based on the combination of natural minerals with-C 3 N 4 have been widely studied. For example, Li [27] et al synthesized g-C 3 N 4 / montmorillonite (CN/M) composites by wet chemistry and calcination. The results show that a close interface combination between the g-C 3 N 4 nanosheet and monomer silicate layer is formed in the composite photocatalyst, improving photocatalytic activity.…”

Fabrication of Novel Cyanuric Acid Modified g-C3N4/Kaolinite Composite with Enhanced Visible Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity

“…Currently, a number of studies have paid close attention to composites based on natural minerals supporting catalyst nanoparticles due to their low-cost, non-toxic, high adsorption, and chemical stability [22,23]. It has been demonstrated that photocatalytic efficiency can be improved after the introduction of natural minerals, which can, not only retain the photocatalytic activity of the catalyst, but also promote rapid pollutant adsorption on the surface of the composite photocatalyst [24,25]. Among the various natural minerals carriers, kaolinite appears to be a superior candidate as a g-C 3 N 4 carrier, because kaolinite is a 2D layered silicate composed of one tetrahedrally-coordinated sheet of silicon and one octahedrally-coordinated sheet of aluminum, which is similar to the 2D structure of g-C 3 N 4 [26].…”

Visible‐Light‐Enhanced Photocatalytic Activities for Degradation of Organics by Chromium Acetylacetone Supported on UiO‐66‐NH2

“…As for O 2 À * and HO * , O 2 À * was generated by the dissolved O 2 in the solution which was able to react with photoexcited electrons, while the HO * radicals were induced by the reaction between the photoexcited holes on the VB of photocatalysts and the surface-adsorbed H 2 O. [37] Hence, the formed active species could effectively degrade the tetracycline and Xylenol orange into small intermediates or end products directly.…”