Abstract:
Firstly, hollow chestnut TiO
2 carrier was prepared by hydrothermal method with TiCl
4 as titanium source.Then, using PbI
2 and MAI as precursors, MAPbI
3 thin films were constructed on hollow chestnut TiO
2 by solution method to form hollow chestnut MAPbI
3/TiO
2 composite photocatalyst. Taking toluene as the target degradation material, the catalytic degradation performance of chestnut MAPbI
3/TiO
2 composite photocatalyst under visible light was investigated, and the energy level structure of the material was analyzed to reveal the degradation mechanism of the material. The results show that the composition and morphology of perovskite MAPbI
3 thin films are closely related to the feed ratio of PbI
2 and MAI. With the increase of feed ratio of PbI
2, the composition of the thin films changes from MAPbI
3 and MAI to pure MAPbI
3 and then to MAPbI
3 and PbI
2. The chestnut MAPbI
3/TiO
2 with matched energy level and special structure can not only reduce the recombination rate of photogenerated electrons and holes, but also effectively transfer the photogenerated electrons and holes to the conduction band of MAPbI
3 and TiO
2 valence band respectively, promoting the generation of active particles ·O
2− and ·OH, so it has better performance in the degradation of toluene. Under the irradiation of visible light, the degradation rate of MAPbI
3/TiO
2 was up to 98% in 90 min.