scholarly journals Synthesis and Photocatalytic Activity of Polyhedral BiVO4

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Jianfei Chen ◽  
Ranbo Yu ◽  
Zumin Wang

<p>Polyhedral BiVO<sub>4</sub> was prepared by hydrothermal-calcination two-step method. The physicochemical properties of polyhedral BiVO<sub>4</sub> were characterized by XRD, TG/DTA, SEM and UV-vis DRS. The photocatalytic properties of the samples were investigated by using 10 mg/L methylene blue (MB) as the target degradant. The experimental results showed that the  prepared polyhedral BiVO<sub>4</sub> is monoclinic. The morphology is about 10 μm polyhedral block. The pure phase BiVO<sub>4</sub> has strong visible light absorption capacity. Under visible light irradiation, the prepared BiVO<sub>4</sub> can degrade 90% of MB within 40 min. Moreover, the photocatalytic performance was further improved by forming a BiVO4/BiOCl heterojunction, and the kinetic reaction rate was 1.5 times that of the pure phase BiVO<sub>4</sub></p>

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (13) ◽  
pp. 11109-11116 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Salimi ◽  
A. A. Sabbagh Alvani ◽  
N. Naseri ◽  
S. F. Du ◽  
D. Poelman

A new plasmonic Ag hybridized CuWO4/WO3 heterostructured nanocomposite was successfully synthesized via a ligand-assisted sol gel method and the photocatalytic activity was evaluated by photo-degradation of methylene blue (MB) under visible light irradiation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (26) ◽  
pp. 13409-13417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Liu ◽  
Liang Wu ◽  
Jing Chen ◽  
Ji-yuan Liang ◽  
Chang-shun Li ◽  
...  

N-doping and intercalation resulted in a PANI–N-HTiNbO5lamellar nanocomposite, which showed a dramatic enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity and stability for the degradation of methylene blue (MB), due to the high efficiency of charge separation.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiong Sun ◽  
Hui-Jun Li ◽  
Nanquan Ou ◽  
Bowen Lyu ◽  
Bojie Gui ◽  
...  

Nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots (NGQDs) were successfully prepared via a hydrothermal method using citric acid and urea as the carbon and nitrogen precursors, respectively. Due to different post-treatment processes, the obtained NGQDs with different surface modifications exhibited blue light emission, while their visible-light absorption was obviously different. To further understand the roles of nitrogen dopants and N-containing surface groups of NGQDs in the photocatalytic performance, their corresponding composites with TiO2 were utilized to degrade RhB solutions under visible-light irradiation. A series of characterization and photocatalytic performance tests were carried out, which demonstrated that NGQDs play a significant role in enhancing visible-light driven photocatalytic activity and the carrier separation process. The enhanced photocatalytic activity of the NGQDs/TiO2 composites can possibly be attributed to an enhanced visible light absorption ability, and an improved separation and transfer rate of photogenerated carriers.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (85) ◽  
pp. 82409-82416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Wu ◽  
Guoming Wang ◽  
Ruizhi Chen ◽  
Yixin Guo ◽  
Xueming Ma ◽  
...  

[KNbO3]1−x[BaNi0.5Nb0.5O3−δ]x were synthesized by Pechini sol–gel method at low temperature. Visible light photocatalytic performance of this material was evaluated.


2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (45) ◽  
pp. 15727-15735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingxuan Sun ◽  
Yuanyuan Kong ◽  
Yalin Fang ◽  
Swati Sood ◽  
Yuan Yao ◽  
...  

Multiphasic TiO2 heterojunctions codoped with N and Ti3+ were fabricated and their enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity for the degradation of methylene blue was demonstrated.


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (63) ◽  
pp. 40028-40033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Xu ◽  
Zhixing Gan ◽  
Weiping Zhou ◽  
Zuoming Ding ◽  
Xiaowei Zhang

Insufficient visible light absorption and fast recombination of the photogenerated electron–hole pairs have seriously hampered the photocatalytic performance of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) up to now.


2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 154-157
Author(s):  
Chun Du Wu ◽  
Kun Zheng ◽  
Qing Jie Xie

Magnetic photocatalyst ZnO/nickel-zinc ferrite powders were synthesized by two-step method: First ,nickel-zinc ferrite powders were prepared by coprecipitation method and then ZnO /nickel-zinc ferrite composite powders were prepared by the homogeneous precipitation method. The as-prepared sample was characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), the photocatalysis of the catalyst was evaluated with methylene blue as decomposition substance and the photocatalytic activity of the material has been tested on decomposable substrate under visible-light in the magnetic photocatalytic wastewater treatment reactor. The results demonstrate that the magnetic photocatalyst ZnO/nickel-zinc ferrite powders exhibit highly efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity, the degradation rate of methylene blue is 84%.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangchao Meng ◽  
Zizhen Li ◽  
Nan Yun ◽  
Zisheng Zhang

As two effective approaches to increase the visible light-absorption capacities of photocatalysts, ion doping and metallic nanoparticles loading are compared in this work. Palladium was selected to modify Bi2O2CO3. Compared to dispersing palladium nanoparticles on the photocatalyst surface, it was more effective for the method of doping with palladium to shift the energy level within the bandgap of Bi2O2CO3 in improving its photocatalytic activity under visible light. This might be because doping with Pd2+ narrows the band gap of Bi2O2CO3 so as to increase the absorption capacity of visible light photons. Pd nanoparticles on the other hand can absorb photons to produce electrons which are then utilized by Bi2O2CO3 for photocatalytic reactions. Different mechanisms resulted in significant differences, and this work provides solid evidence that ion doping may be a more effective method to improve the photocatalytic activity of Bi2O2CO3.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 7627-7632
Author(s):  
Kun Jiang ◽  
Jin Zhang ◽  
Rui Luo ◽  
Yingfei Wan ◽  
Zengjian Liu ◽  
...  

It is a great challenge to simultaneously improve the visible light absorption capacity and enhance photon-generated carrier separation efficiency of photocatalysts.


2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 3343-3355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ge Li ◽  
Bao-Dong Wang ◽  
Qi Sun ◽  
Wayne-Qiang Xu ◽  
Yi-Fan Han

Pure TiO2 nanoparticles and ones doped with Fe and/or Ni were successfully prepared by a co-precipitation method from ilmenite. The samples were structurally characterized by XRD, XPS, FT-IR, UV-vis, SEM, EDX, AAS and BET measurement. The XRD results showed that all samples were anatase TiO2, and no characteristic peaks of dopants were observed. The crystallite sizes of all doped TiO2 nanoparticles were less than 20 nm and doping TiO2 with metal ions can suppress the crystal growth of the particles. The XRD and XPS results indicated that TiO2 was uniformly doped and its crystalline phase was not changed by doping. The specific surface area of Fe–Ni/TiO2 is bigger than that of the un-doped TiO2. The pore size and pore volume of Fe–Ni/TiO2 is smaller than that of the un-doped. UV-vis spectra of the samples showed that the absorption edge red shifted with increasing doped metal content. The photocatalytic activity was evaluated in oxidative degradation of methylene blue (MB) with H2O2 under visible light irradiation. When doped with a single type of transition metal, the photocatalytic performance of Ni-doped samples was lower than that of Fe-doped ones. For the co-doped catalysts, the catalytic efficiency of 0.5%Fe4%Ni/TiO2 was the highest, reaching 93.34% after 250 min. Metal doping enhanced the photocatalytic decomposition of methylene blue compared with that of pure TiO2 by up to 1.5 times. The synergistic effects of the two metal ions improved the photocatalytic performance. The particles exhibited pronounced activity in degradation of MB as well as efficient recyclability. The photocatalytic degradation mechanism of methylene blue was analyzed.


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