PMID- 29096250
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180205
LR  - 20180205
IS  - 1873-3336 (Electronic)
IS  - 0304-3894 (Linking)
VI  - 344
DP  - 2018 Feb 15
TI  - Highly ordered TiO(2) nanotube arrays wrapped with g-C(3)N(4) nanoparticles for 
      efficient charge separation and increased photoelectrocatalytic degradation of 
      phenol.
PG  - 369-380
LID - S0304-3894(17)30800-2 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.10.044 [doi]
AB  - Novel graphitic carbon nitride nanoparticles (NPs)-wrapped TiO(2) nanotube arrays 
      (NTAs) (g-C(3)N(4)/TiO(2)) were fabricated by a two-step method including an 
      electrochemical anodization technique followed by impregnation under vacuum using 
      urea as precursor. The as-prepared photoelectrode exhibited outstanding 
      photoelectric properties and excellent photelectrocatalytic (PEC) performance for 
      the degradation of phenol under stimulated solar light, which was due to the 
      enhanced light absorption property and improved charge separation efficiency. The 
      introduction of g-C(3)N(4) NPs strongly decreased the charge transfer resistance 
      and boosted the charge separation efficiency of TiO(2). The optimum ratio of the 
      g-C(3)N(4)/TiO(2) yielded a pronounced 4.18-fold higher photocurrent density than 
      TiO(2). Besides, the combination of g-C(3)N(4) NPs could negatively shift for the 
      flat band potential of TiO(2), resulting in an enhanced reduction property for 
      the photoelectrocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants. The PEC process for 
      the degradation of phenol over g-C(3)N(4)/TiO(2) was much higher than the sum of 
      photocatalytic (PC) and electrocatalytic (EC) processes indicating that a 
      photoelectric synergy was achieved on the as-prepared photoelectrode and 
      resulting in an improved PEC performance for the composite photoelectrode.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Wang, Huan
AU  - Wang H
AD  - School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, 
      Tianjin, 300130, PR China.
FAU - Liang, Yinghua
AU  - Liang Y
AD  - School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, 
      Tianjin, 300130, PR China; College of Chemical Engineering, Hebei Key Laboratory 
      for Environment Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Materials, North China 
      University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, 063210, PR China. 
      Electronic address: liangyh@ncst.edu.cn.
FAU - Liu, Li
AU  - Liu L
AD  - College of Chemical Engineering, Hebei Key Laboratory for Environment 
      Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Materials, North China University of Science 
      and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, 063210, PR China.
FAU - Hu, Jinshan
AU  - Hu J
AD  - College of Chemical Engineering, Hebei Key Laboratory for Environment 
      Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Materials, North China University of Science 
      and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, 063210, PR China.
FAU - Cui, Wenquan
AU  - Cui W
AD  - College of Chemical Engineering, Hebei Key Laboratory for Environment 
      Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Materials, North China University of Science 
      and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, 063210, PR China. Electronic address: 
      wkcui@163.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20171024
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Hazard Mater
JT  - Journal of hazardous materials
JID - 9422688
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Charge separation efficiency
OT  - Organic pollutants
OT  - Photoelectrocatalysis
OT  - TiO(2) nanotube arrays
OT  - g-C(3)N(4) nanoparticles
EDAT- 2017/11/03 06:00
MHDA- 2017/11/03 06:01
CRDT- 2017/11/03 06:00
PHST- 2017/08/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/10/17 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/10/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/11/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/11/03 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/11/03 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0304-3894(17)30800-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.10.044 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Hazard Mater. 2018 Feb 15;344:369-380. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.10.044. Epub 
      2017 Oct 24.