α-Fe2O3/Ca2Fe2O5 Photocatalyst System: Synthesis and Charge Transfer Mechanisms
TOCAT8: Book of Abstracts 2018
Andris Šutka, Mārtiņš Vanags

Our goal is to provide technology for degradation of persistent organic pollution in drinking water. We are demonstrating aqueous synthesis of α-Fe2O3/Ca2Fe2O5 photocatalyst heterostructure. Materials were obtained in shape of powders and thin film photoanodes. Heterostructures exhibit visible light photocatalytic activity. Powder α-Fe2O3/Ca2Fe2O5 photocatalyst exhibit Z-scheme charge transfer mechanism and moderate stability, while under applied electric field, when material utilized as photoanode, reverse charge transfer is switched and heterostructure is stable. Powder type materials produce superoxide anions, •O2-, but photoanodes not. Materials were tested for dye and persistent organic pollution degradation. Both powders and photoanodes destroy methylene blue but only powders can destroy persistent organic pollutants.


Atslēgas vārdi
Photocatalyst, Z-scheme, hematite, visible, Ca2Fe2O5, heterostructure

Šutka, A., Vanags, M. α-Fe2O3/Ca2Fe2O5 Photocatalyst System: Synthesis and Charge Transfer Mechanisms. No: TOCAT8: Book of Abstracts, Japāna, Yokohama, 5.-10. augusts, 2018. Yokohama: 2018, OA305.-OA305.lpp.

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