{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Li L"],"funding":["City University of Hong Kong"],"pagination":["E253"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7075152"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["A recyclable photoelectrode with high degradation capability for organic pollutants is crucial for environmental protection and, in this work, a novel CeO2 quantum dot (QDs)/Ag2Se Z-scheme photoelectrode boasting increased visible light absorption and fast separation and transfer of photo-induced carriers is prepared and demonstrated. A higher voltage increases the photocurrent and 95.8% of tetracycline (TC) is degraded by 10% CeO2 QDs/Ag2Se in 75 minutes. The degradation rate is superior to that achieved by photocatalysis (92.3% of TC in 90 min) or electrocatalysis (27.7% of TC in 90 min). Oxygen vacancies on the CeO2 QDs advance the separation and transfer of photogenerated carriers at the interfacial region. Free radical capture tests demonstrate that •O2-, •OH, and h+ are the principal"],"journal":["Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["Ag as Cocatalyst and Electron-Hole Medium in CeO2 QDs/Ag/Ag2Se Z-scheme Heterojunction Enhanced the Photo-Electrocatalytic Properties of the Photoelectrode."],"pmcid":["PMC7075152"],"funding_grant_id":["No. 7005015"],"pubmed_authors":["Jiang K","Xue S","Feng H","Chu PK","Wei X","Li L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Ag as Cocatalyst and Electron-Hole Medium in CeO2 QDs/Ag/Ag2Se Z-scheme Heterojunction Enhanced the Photo-Electrocatalytic Properties of the Photoelectrode.","description":"A recyclable photoelectrode with high degradation capability for organic pollutants is crucial for environmental protection and, in this work, a novel CeO2 quantum dot (QDs)/Ag2Se Z-scheme photoelectrode boasting increased visible light absorption and fast separation and transfer of photo-induced carriers is prepared and demonstrated. A higher voltage increases the photocurrent and 95.8% of tetracycline (TC) is degraded by 10% CeO2 QDs/Ag2Se in 75 minutes. The degradation rate is superior to that achieved by photocatalysis (92.3% of TC in 90 min) or electrocatalysis (27.7% of TC in 90 min). Oxygen vacancies on the CeO2 QDs advance the separation and transfer of photogenerated carriers at the interfacial region. Free radical capture tests demonstrate that •O2-, •OH, and h+ are the principal","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Jan","modification":"2025-04-19T15:50:17.141Z","creation":"2020-05-22T13:35:36Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7075152","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32023932"],"doi":["10.3390/nano10020253"]}}