NIR-Responsive Photocatalytic Activity and Mechanism of NaYF4:Yb,Tm@TiO2 Core鈥揝hell Nanoparticles

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• 作者：Yanna Tang ; Weihua Di ; Xuesong Zhai ; Renyuan Yang ; Weiping Qin
• 刊名：ACS Catalysis
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：March 1, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：3
• 期：3
• 页码：405-412
• 全文大小：502K
• 年卷期：v.3,no.3(March 1, 2013)
• ISSN：2155-5435

文摘

Core鈥搒hell structured nanoparticles for near-infrared (NIR) photocatalysis were synthesized by a two-step wet-chemical route. The core is composed of upconversion luminescence NaYF₄:Yb,Tm prepared by a solvothermal process, and the shell is anatase TiO₂ nanocrystals around NaYF₄ particles formed via a method similar to a St枚ber process. Methylene blue compound as a model pollutant was used to investigate the photocatalytic activity of NaYF₄:Yb,Tm@TiO₂ composites under NIR irradiation. To understand the nature of NIR-responsive photocatalysis of NaYF₄:Yb,Tm@TiO₂, we investigated the energy transfer process between NaYF₄:Yb,Tm and TiO₂ and the origin of the degradation of organic pollutants under NIR radiation. Results indicate that the energy transfer route between NaYF₄:Yb,Tm and TiO₂ is an important factor that influences the photocatalytic activity significantly and that the degradation of organic pollutants under NIR irradiation is caused mostly by the oxidation of reactive oxygen species generated in the photocatalytic reaction, rather than by the thermal energy generated by NIR irradiation. The understanding of NIR-responsive photocatalytic mechanism helps to improve the structural design and functionality of this new type of catalytic material.

Keywords:

upconversion; TiO₂; photocatalysis; near-infrared; energy transfer