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Construction of 3D sheet-packed hierarchical MoS2/BiOBr heterostructures with remarkably enhanced photocatalytic performance for tetracycline and levofloxacin degradation

Zhanying Ma, Xiaobo Li, Guang Fan, Lingjuan Deng, Yangqing He

Research Square, 2022

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, MoS2 nanosheets were prepared and deposited on BiOBr microflowers to fabricate MoS2/BiOBr heterojuncitons through deposition-hydrothermal strategy. The SEM and TEM images evidenced that few-layer MoS2 were grafted on BiOBr surface to yield 3D sheet-packed MoS2/BiOBr heterostructures. The obtained MoS2/BiOBr samples exhibited tremendous enhanced catalytic activity in comparison with pure BiOBr and the degradation rate reached 92.96% and 90.31% for tetracycline and levofloxacin degradation, respectively. The remarkably enhanced performance could be attributed to the synergistic effect of strong visible-light harvesting ability and the formation of heterojunction between MoS2 and BiOBr. The reactive species capturing experiments evidenced that photo-generated holes and ⋅OH radicals played the dominant roles in the whole photocatalytic decomposition process. A plausible mechanism for the enhanced photocatalytic capability was also proposed.

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