Preparation and Properties of g-C3N4-TiO2 Cement-Based Materials Supported by Recycled Concrete Powder

Abstract

In this paper, recycled concrete powder (RCP) is used as the carrier of g-C3N4-TiO2 instead of natural minerals. The prepared g-C3N4-TiO2/RCP composites were characterized by X-ray diffractometer, scanning electron microscope, infrared spectrometer, specific surface area analyzer, UV-visible spectrophotometer, and RhB solution degradation experiments. The results show that the rough, porous structure of RCP was beneficial to the stable load of g-C3N4-TiO2. Under the condition that the content of g-C3N4-TiO2 catalyst is constant, the agglomeration of g-C3N4-TiO2 can be reduced by using RCP as a carrier, thus improving its photocatalytic efficiency. Subsequently, g-C3N4-TiO2/RCP was loaded onto the surface of cement-based materials by coating bonding method to study its photocatalytic performance. It is found that the photocatalytic cement-based material has a similar degradation effect on the degradation of surface RhB as g-C3N4-TiO2/RCP in RhB solution. Our work may open up a new field for the recycling of RCP and provide new ideas for the development of photocatalytic cement-based materials.