Organic Pollutant Fenton Degradation Driven by Self-activated Afterglow from Oxygen-vacancy-rich LiYScGeO4: Bi3+ Long Afterglow Phosphor

doi:10.15541/jim20240495

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Abstract: Self-activated long afterglow photocatalysts have shown great potential for all-weather wastewater treatment, with sustained photocatalytic activity even under dark conditions. However, the radiative combination of afterglow luminescence and photocatalytic degradation reaction have competitive utilization for photogenerated carriers, reducing afterglow duration and generating excessive hole accumulation, which significantly limits the efficiency of long afterglow driven photocatalytic degradation. In this study, a long afterglow photocatalyst based on oxygen vacancy (V_O) LiYGeO₄: Bi³⁺ was prepared, which released ultraviolet afterglow after activation by ultraviolet light irradiation and degraded organic pollutants via photocatalytic degradation driven by its own afterglow in dark condition. The trap concentration was improved by engineering oxygen vacancies and crystal field, significantly enhancing the afterglow duration and intensity of V_O-LiYScGeO₄: Bi³⁺. A Fenton reaction system was constructed to further increase the concentration of active species, which maximized the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of V_O-LiYScGeO₄: Bi³⁺ during the afterglow duration. After a short period of UV irradiation activation, V_O-LiYScGeO₄: Bi³⁺ continuously released ultraviolet afterglow for photocatalytic degradation of RhB, reaching a degradation efficiency of 63% within 1 h in Fenton environment, which increased by 3.5 folds compared to that of LiYScGeO4:Bi³⁺ in the initial environment. This work provides a new approach for the design of afterglow photocatalysts and their application in wastewater treatment.

Key words: photocatalysis, photo-Fenton, oxygen vacancy, long afterglow, phosphor

CLC Number:

O643

FAN Xiaoxuan, ZHENG Yonggui, XU Lirong, YAO Zimin, CAO Shuo, WANG Kexin, WANG Jiwei. Organic Pollutant Fenton Degradation Driven by Self-activated Afterglow from Oxygen-vacancy-rich LiYScGeO₄: Bi³⁺ Long Afterglow Phosphor[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, DOI: 10.15541/jim20240495.

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