摘要
Passivated niobium/nitrogen(Nb-N) p-n co-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles were created by a simple precipitation process with in-situ self-formed NaCl "cage" to confine the nanoparticle growth followed by the heat treatment in a flow of ammonia gas. Enhanced optical absorbance into the visible light region was observed in the Nb/N co-doped ZnO nanoparticle photocatalyst due to the Nb/N co-doping effect.It demonstrated a largely enhanced photocatalytic performance in the disinfection of Escherichia coli bacteria under visible light illumination, which could be attributed to the passivated co-doping of NbN to suppress the photogenerated charge carrier recombination on dopants. This robust approach for passivated p-n co-doping may also be applied to other material systems for a wide range of technical applications.
Passivated niobium/nitrogen(Nb-N) p-n co-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles were created by a simple precipitation process with in-situ self-formed NaCl "cage" to confine the nanoparticle growth followed by the heat treatment in a flow of ammonia gas. Enhanced optical absorbance into the visible light region was observed in the Nb/N co-doped ZnO nanoparticle photocatalyst due to the Nb/N co-doping effect.It demonstrated a largely enhanced photocatalytic performance in the disinfection of Escherichia coli bacteria under visible light illumination, which could be attributed to the passivated co-doping of NbN to suppress the photogenerated charge carrier recombination on dopants. This robust approach for passivated p-n co-doping may also be applied to other material systems for a wide range of technical applications.
基金
supported financially by the Basic Science Innovation Program of Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science (Nos.Y4N56R1161 and Y5N56F2161)
the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No.2017YFB0406300)
the Science and Technology Plan of Guangdong Province (Nos.2014B090907002 and 2017B090907004)
the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No.2018M631461)
the Science and Technology Plan of Shenzhen City (No.JCYJ20170412171554022)
