scholarly journals Bi0 and oxygen vacancies co-induced enhanced visible-light photocatalytic detoxication of three typical contaminants over Bi2WO6 treated by NaBH4 solution

2022 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 101648
Author(s):  
Xingyun Jin ◽  
Shiyun Lei ◽  
Jiufu Chen ◽  
Junbo Zhong ◽  
Shulin Zhang ◽  
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Nanoscale ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (43) ◽  
pp. 22030-22035
Author(s):  
Jing Wang ◽  
Youcai Sun ◽  
Lijun Fu ◽  
Zhuang Sun ◽  
Man Ou ◽  
...  

g-C3N4/RGO/TiO2 with nitrogen and oxygen vacancies possesses an efficient H2 evolution rate, which exceeds that of g-C3N4/RGO/TiO2 without vacancy defects.


Catalysts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1163
Author(s):  
Lan-li Chen ◽  
Bao-gai Zhai ◽  
Yuan Ming Huang

It is significant to render visible-light photocatalytic activity to undoped ZnO nanostructures via intrinsic defect engineering. In this work, undoped ZnO nanocrystals were derived via co-precipitation synthesis. The resulting ZnO nanocrystals were characterized by means of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, and ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy, respectively. The visible-light photocatalytic activity of the products were characterized by monitoring the decomposition of methyl orange in water under visible-light illumination of a 300 W halogen lamp. It is found that undoped ZnO nanocrystals exhibit visible-light photocatalytic activity with their first-order rate constant up to 4.6 × 10−3 min−1. Density functional calculations show that oxygen vacancies create deep energy levels at EV + 0.76 eV in the bandgap of ZnO. In conjunction with the density functional calculations, the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange under visible-light irradiation provides direct evidence that oxygen vacancies in ZnO nanocrystals yield the visible-light photocatalytic activity. Our results demonstrate that visible-light photocatalytic activity can be endowed to undoped ZnO nanocrystals by manipulating the intrinsic defects in ZnO. Intrinsic defect-modulated ZnO photocatalysts thus represent a powerful configuration for further development toward visible-light responsive photocatalysis.


2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 1697-1706
Author(s):  
Chengjuan Huang ◽  
Shuaishuai Ma ◽  
Yuqing Zong ◽  
Jiandong Gu ◽  
Jinjuan Xue ◽  
...  

The 3D Bi2MoO6 microspheres with OVs were obtained via a simple microwave-assisted solvothermal method and exhibit enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performances.


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