Issue 11, 2011

One-pot synthesis of BiSbO4 nanophotocatalyst with enhanced visible-light performance

Abstract

In view of the current attentions to energy shortages and environment crises, the development of highly efficient and visible-light driven photocatalysts becomes an urgent and important issue. The past two decades have witnessed great efforts on the d10-based metal oxides due to excellent electron conduction in dispersed conduction band (CB). The photocatalytic performance will be further enhanced if the valence band (VB) can also be modified to a hybridized state to promote the hole mobility. Here for the first time, spindle-shaped BiSbO4 nanocrystals with dispersed band structures have been prepared via a one-pot hydrothermal route without the use of additives. The quasi-one-dimensional BiSbO4 nanocrystals with larger surface area were investigated as excellent visible-light photocatalysts and showed enhanced activity for the decomposition of organic pollutants than the bulk catalyst prepared by the solid-sate reaction. This study provides insights into the design of new photocatalysts in term of band engineering and soft-chemistry synthesis.

Graphical abstract: One-pot synthesis of BiSbO4 nanophotocatalyst with enhanced visible-light performance

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Jan 2011
Accepted
18 Mar 2011
First published
11 Apr 2011

CrystEngComm, 2011,13, 3920-3924

One-pot synthesis of BiSbO4 nanophotocatalyst with enhanced visible-light performance

J. Wu, F. Huang, X. Lü and P. Chen, CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 3920 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05025G

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