Hollow spherical photocatalyst, preparation method and application thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of photocatalysis, in particular to a hollow spherical photocatalyst, a preparation method and application thereof.
Background
With the development of society, the problem of environmental pollution caused by energy crisis and fossil energy combustion is becoming more serious, and the search for new renewable energy becomes an urgent need. Hydrogen energy has a high combustion value and the combustion product is water, which is an excellent alternative energy source. At present, the hydrogen production mode adopted by the industry is petroleum heat cracking or natural gas hydrogen production, and a large amount of non-renewable fossil energy is still needed and causes the problem of environmental pollution. The photocatalytic water splitting hydrogen production technology becomes an effective way for solving energy and environmental problems due to the characteristics of high efficiency and environmental protection, so the application of the material is directly influenced by the advantages and disadvantages of the performance of the semiconductor catalyst for photocatalytic water splitting.
Recent researches show that the hollow structure can effectively improve the photocatalytic water decomposition rate of the catalyst, and a reduction promoter (platinum, palladium and the like) and an oxidation promoter (rhodium oxide, cobalt oxide and the like) can be respectively modified on the inner surface and the outer surface of the catalyst, so that the directional flow of a light-induced electron hole is facilitated, and the recombination probability is reduced.
For example: a problem group is avoided, a novel and simple template method is adopted to prepare a Ta3N5 photocatalyst with a core-shell structure, a platinum nano cluster is modified inside a shell, and iridium oxide or cobalt oxide is modified outside the shell, so that the water decomposition activity is enhanced, see ANGEW CHEM INT EDIT, 2013, 52, 11252-11256 pages; manganese oxide and cobalt phosphide are respectively modified on the inner surface and the outer surface of a CdS spherical shell by the Zhang Jinlong topic group, so that the hydrogen production performance and the photocatalytic activity for degrading rhodamine B are improved, see ADV FUNCT MATER, 2017, 27, page 1702624. Platinum and manganese oxide are respectively modified on the inner surface and the outer surface of a titanium dioxide shell by the Jingulong project group, so that the photocatalytic oxidation water activity is improved, see CHEM SCI, 2016, 7, 890-895.
However, the hollow spherical catalyst with the co-catalyst modified inside and outside prepared by the template method is only suitable for binary materials, and the main reason is that the template has different adsorption capacities for metal ions in a multi-element compound, so that the metal ions cannot be adsorbed on the template according to molar proportions, and synthesis failure is caused, thereby greatly limiting the selectivity of the photocatalyst types. Therefore, the adsorption capacity of the template is improved, and the structure can be popularized to more multi-element materials.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide a hollow spherical photocatalyst with high hydrogen production rate, a preparation method and application thereof.
The purpose of the invention can be realized by the following technical scheme: the hollow spherical photocatalyst is hollow spherical zinc titanate. The hollow structure can enable the reduction type cocatalyst and the oxidation type cocatalyst to be respectively modified on the inner surface and the outer surface of the catalyst material, so that the directional flow of a light-excited electron hole is facilitated, the recombination probability is reduced, and the photocatalytic water decomposition efficiency is improved.
Preferably, the inside surface or/and the outside surface of the hollow spherical zinc titanate is/are modified with a cocatalyst, wherein the cocatalyst modified on the inside surface is platinum, and the cocatalyst modified on the outside surface is rhodium oxide. Namely, the hollow spherical catalyst of the present invention comprises four forms: pure zinc titanate, zinc titanate with only platinum modified on the inside, zinc titanate with only rhodium oxide modified on the outside, and zinc titanate with platinum modified on the inside and rhodium oxide modified on the outside. Platinum is favorable for collecting electrons as a reduction promoter, rhodium oxide is favorable for collecting holes as an oxidation promoter, and separation modification of the promoters greatly promotes the flow of electron holes to different directions and reduces the recombination rate. The hydrogen production rate also corresponds to that: the hydrogen production performance of the zinc titanate of the internal and external modified cocatalyst is superior to that of single-side modified zinc titanate, and the single-side modified zinc titanate is superior to that of pure zinc titanate.
A preparation method of the hollow spherical photocatalyst comprises the following steps:
(1) placing the carbon spheres in an ammonia atmosphere, and performing high-temperature treatment to obtain ammoniated carbon spheres;
(2) dissolving zinc acetate dihydrate in N, N-dimethylformamide, stirring, then adding tetrabutyl titanate and absolute ethyl alcohol, and stirring until a transparent solution is obtained;
(3) and (3) soaking the aminated carbon sphere obtained in the step (1) in the transparent solution obtained in the step (2), performing ultrasonic treatment, then stirring, centrifuging, cleaning, drying and calcining to obtain the hollow spherical photocatalyst.
Preferably, the temperature of the high-temperature treatment of the carbon spheres in the ammonia atmosphere is not less than 300 ℃, and the time is 2-5 h. After the carbon spheres are subjected to anhua reaction, amino groups are formed on the surfaces of the carbon spheres, the coordination capacity of the amino groups is higher than that of carboxyl groups, and the carboxyl groups on the carbon spheres are substituted by the amino groups through ammoniation, so that the coordination capacity is improved
Preferably, chloroplatinic acid is dropwise added on the surface of the ammoniated carbon sphere, and then the mixture is dried and treated at a high temperature of more than or equal to 300 ℃ for 2-5 hours in an ammonia atmosphere, so that the hollow spherical photocatalyst with the cocatalyst modified on the inner surface is finally obtained.
Meanwhile, if rhodium trichloride is dripped on the outer surface of the hollow spherical photocatalyst of which the inner side surface is modified with the cocatalyst, the hollow spherical photocatalyst of which the inner side surface and the outer side surface are modified with the cocatalyst is obtained by drying and then carrying out high-temperature treatment at the temperature of more than or equal to 250 ℃ for 2-5 hours.
And (3) if rhodium trichloride is dripped on the outer surface of the hollow spherical photocatalyst of pure zinc titanate, drying, and then carrying out high-temperature treatment at the temperature of more than or equal to 250 ℃ for 2-5 h to finally obtain the hollow spherical photocatalyst with the outer surface modified with the cocatalyst.
The molar ratio of the zinc acetate dihydrate to tetrabutyl titanate is 1: 1.
And (3) carrying out ultrasonic treatment for 20-50 min, wherein the calcination sequentially comprises two stages of air atmosphere calcination and ammonia atmosphere calcination, the temperature of the air atmosphere calcination is 450-550 ℃, the calcination time is 3-6 h, the temperature of the ammonia atmosphere calcination is 600-650 ℃, and the calcination time is 2-3 h. The un-ammoniated sample has only ultraviolet light catalytic hydrogen production performance, and after 600-degree ammoniation treatment, the sample has visible light photocatalytic hydrogen production performance.
The application of the hollow spherical photocatalyst is used for preparing hydrogen by water photocatalysis, and sodium sulfite is used as a sacrificial agent. Under the irradiation of light, photoexcited electrons and holes are generated, the holes are consumed by the sacrificial agent, and the electrons reduce water to generate hydrogen.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: the ammoniation of the carbon spheres improves the coordination capacity of the carbon spheres, increases the adsorption capacity to zinc ions, and prepares pure-phase zinc titanate ZnTiO3The hollow structure of the internally and externally modified cocatalyst is favorably expanded to other series of multi-component compounds, the photocatalytic hydrogen production rate is greatly improved, and the application of the photocatalytic material with the structure is promoted.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is an XRD pattern of the product of example 1;
FIG. 2 is an XRD pattern of the product of example 2;
FIG. 3 is an XRD pattern of the product of example 3;
FIG. 4 is a SEM image of a product of example 1;
FIG. 5 is a SEM image of a product of example 2;
FIG. 6 is a TEM image of the product of example 2;
FIG. 7 is a SEM image of a product obtained in example 3;
FIG. 8 is a high resolution TEM image of the product of example 5;
FIG. 9 is a graph of the photocatalytic hydrogen production rate by visible light (λ ≥ 400nm) for the products of examples 2-5;
FIG. 10 is a graph of the photocatalytic hydrogen production rate of the mercury lamp of example 1 and example 7 by means of total spectrum.
Detailed Description
The following examples are given for the detailed implementation and specific operation of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following examples.
Example 1
Adding 6g of glucose into 60ml of water, carrying out hydrothermal reaction for 24 hours at 180 ℃, cleaning and drying to obtain the conventional carbon spheres. The obtained conventional carbon spheres were treated at 300 ℃ for 2 hours under an ammonia atmosphere. Zinc acetate dihydrate (0.2217g, AR) was dissolved in N, N-dimethylformamide (50ml, AR), after stirring for several minutes, tetrabutyl titanate (0.3438g, 99%) and absolute ethanol (50ml, AR) were added, the solution became transparent after stirring for several hours, then the above-mentioned aminated carbon spheres (0.35g) were added to the transparent solution, dispersed by ultrasound for about half an hour, after stirring for several hours, centrifuged and washed once with absolute ethanol, and dried at about 80 ℃. Then calcined at 500 ℃ for 5 hours to give a white sample.
The XRD test and the electron microscope scan of the sample were carried out, and the results are shown in fig. 1 and fig. 4, respectively, from which we can see that the sample is pure phase zinc titanate and has a spherical structure.
Example 2
Adding 6g of glucose into 60ml of water, carrying out hydrothermal reaction for 24 hours at 180 ℃, cleaning and drying to obtain the conventional carbon spheres. The obtained conventional carbon spheres were treated at 300 ℃ for 5 hours under an ammonia atmosphere. Zinc acetate dihydrate (0.2217g, AR) was dissolved in N, N-dimethylformamide (50ml, AR), after stirring for several minutes, tetrabutyl titanate (0.3438g, 99%) and absolute ethanol (50ml, AR) were added, the solution became transparent after stirring for several hours, then the above-mentioned aminated carbon spheres (0.35g) were added to the transparent solution, dispersed by ultrasound for about half an hour, after stirring for several hours, centrifuged and washed once with absolute ethanol, and dried at about 80 ℃. Then calcined at 500 ℃ for 5 hours. The obtained sample was calcined at 600 ℃ for 2 hours in an ammonia atmosphere to obtain a yellow sample.
The XRD test, the electron microscope scanning and the transmission electron microscope scanning are carried out on the sample, the obtained results are respectively shown in figure 2, figure 5 and figure 6, and the sample is pure-phase zinc titanate and has a hollow spherical structure.
Example 3
Adding 6g of glucose into 60ml of water, carrying out hydrothermal reaction for 24 hours at 180 ℃, cleaning and drying to obtain the conventional carbon spheres. The obtained conventional carbon spheres were treated at 300 ℃ for 3 hours under an ammonia atmosphere. And adding 0.35g of the aminated carbon ball into 500 mul of chloroplatinic acid solution (1mg/ml) and 4ml of deionized water, drying after ultrasonic dispersion, and calcining for 2 hours at 300 ℃ in an ammonia atmosphere to obtain the aminated carbon ball deposited with the Pt nanocluster. Zinc acetate dihydrate (0.2217g, AR) was dissolved in N, N-dimethylformamide (50ml, AR), after stirring for several minutes, tetrabutyl titanate (0.3438g, 99%) and absolute ethanol (50ml, AR) were added, the solution became transparent after stirring for several hours, then the above-mentioned aminated carbon spheres with deposited Pt nanoclusters were added to the transparent solution, dispersed by ultrasound for about half an hour, after stirring for several hours, centrifuged and washed once with absolute ethanol, and dried at about 80 ℃. Then calcined at 500 ℃ for 5 hours. And calcining the obtained sample at 600 ℃ for 2 hours in an ammonia atmosphere to obtain a yellow sample internally deposited with the cocatalyst.
The XRD test and the electron microscope scan were performed on the sample, and the results are shown in fig. 3 and fig. 7, respectively, from which we can see that the sample has a spherical structure.
Example 4
Adding 6g of glucose into 60ml of water, carrying out hydrothermal reaction for 24 hours at 180 ℃, cleaning and drying to obtain the conventional carbon spheres. The obtained conventional carbon spheres were treated at 300 ℃ for 3 hours under an ammonia atmosphere. Zinc acetate dihydrate (0.2217g, AR) was dissolved in N, N-dimethylformamide (50ml, AR), after stirring for several minutes, tetrabutyl titanate (0.3438g, 99%) and absolute ethanol (50ml, AR) were added, the solution became transparent after stirring for several hours, then the above-mentioned aminated carbon spheres (0.35g) were added to the transparent solution, dispersed by ultrasound for about half an hour, after stirring for several hours, centrifuged and washed once with absolute ethanol, and dried at about 80 ℃. Then calcined at 500 ℃ for 5 hours. The obtained sample was calcined at 600 ℃ for 2 hours in an ammonia atmosphere to obtain a yellow sample. 1ml of rhodium trichloride solution (1mg/ml) was added to the obtained yellow sample, and after ultrasonic dispersion and drying, heating was carried out at 250 ℃ for two hours to obtain a yellow sample with an external deposited cocatalyst.
Example 5
Adding 6g of glucose into 60ml of water, carrying out hydrothermal reaction for 24 hours at 180 ℃, cleaning and drying to obtain the conventional carbon spheres. The obtained conventional carbon spheres were treated at 300 ℃ for 3 hours under an ammonia atmosphere. And adding 0.35g of the aminated carbon ball into 500 mul of chloroplatinic acid solution (1mg/ml) and 4ml of deionized water, drying after ultrasonic dispersion, and calcining for 1 hour at 300 ℃ in an ammonia atmosphere to obtain the aminated carbon ball deposited with the Pt nanocluster. Zinc acetate dihydrate (0.2217g, AR) was dissolved in N, N-dimethylformamide (50ml, AR), after stirring for several minutes, tetrabutyl titanate (0.3438g, 99%) and absolute ethanol (50ml, AR) were added, the solution became transparent after stirring for several hours, then the above-mentioned aminated carbon spheres with deposited Pt nanoclusters were added to the transparent solution, dispersed by ultrasound for about half an hour, after stirring for several hours, centrifuged and washed once with absolute ethanol, and dried at about 80 ℃. Then calcined at 500 ℃ for 5 hours. The obtained sample was calcined at 600 ℃ for 2 hours in an ammonia atmosphere to obtain a yellow sample. 1ml of rhodium trichloride solution (1mg/ml) was added to the obtained yellow sample, and after ultrasonic dispersion and drying, the mixture was heated at 250 ℃ for two hours to obtain yellow samples of the internal and external deposition promoters.
The sample is scanned by a high-resolution transmission electron microscope, the obtained results are respectively shown in fig. 8, and we can see that the inside and the outside of the hollow spherical shell are both beneficial to catalyst modification.
The samples obtained in the embodiments 2 to 5 are applied to photocatalytic water decomposition to prepare hydrogen, and the reaction conditions are as follows: the 10mg sample is added into 100mL water, sodium sulfite is used as a sacrificial agent, and the hydrogen production rate is researched under the illumination of visible light, and the obtained result is shown in figure 9, and it can be seen from the figure that the hydrogen production rate of the inside and outside modified cocatalyst zinc titanate is superior to that of the single-side modified zinc titanate, and the single-side modified zinc titanate is superior to that of the unmodified zinc titanate.
Comparative example 1
Preparation of non-spherical zinc titanate: zinc acetate dihydrate (0.2217g, AR) was dissolved in N, N-dimethylformamide (50ml, AR), stirred for several minutes, then tetrabutyl titanate (0.3438g, 99%) and absolute ethanol (50ml, AR) were added, stirred for several hours, the solution became transparent, stirred and dried, then calcined at 500 ℃ for 5 hours, and washed with dilute hydrochloric acid to give a white sample. The samples obtained in example 1 and example 7 were applied to photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production under the following reaction conditions: the result of the study on the hydrogen production rate under the full spectrum irradiation of the mercury lamp by adding 10mg of the sample into 100mL of water and using sodium sulfite as a sacrificial agent is shown in FIG. 10, and it can be seen from the figure that the hydrogen production rate of the spherical zinc titanate is far superior to that of the non-spherical zinc titanate.
Example 6
Adding 6g of glucose into 60ml of water, carrying out hydrothermal reaction for 24 hours at 180 ℃, cleaning and drying to obtain the conventional carbon spheres. The obtained conventional carbon spheres were treated at 300 ℃ for 3 hours under an ammonia atmosphere. And adding 0.35g of the aminated carbon ball into 1ml of chloroplatinic acid solution (1mg/ml) and 4ml of deionized water, drying after ultrasonic dispersion, and calcining for 1 hour at 300 ℃ in an ammonia atmosphere to obtain the aminated carbon ball deposited with the Pt nanocluster. Zinc acetate dihydrate (0.2217g, AR) was dissolved in N, N-dimethylformamide (50ml, AR), after stirring for several minutes, tetrabutyl titanate (0.3438g, 99%) and absolute ethanol (50ml, AR) were added, the solution became transparent after stirring for several hours, then the above-mentioned aminated carbon spheres with deposited Pt nanoclusters were added to the transparent solution, dispersed by ultrasound for about half an hour, after stirring for several hours, centrifuged and washed once with absolute ethanol, and dried at about 80 ℃. Then calcined at 500 ℃ for 5 hours. The obtained sample was calcined at 600 ℃ for 2 hours in an ammonia atmosphere to obtain a yellow sample. 1ml of rhodium trichloride solution (1mg/ml) was added to the obtained yellow sample, and after ultrasonic dispersion and drying, the mixture was heated at 300 ℃ for two hours to obtain yellow samples of the internal and external deposition promoters.