Issue 43, 2009

Novel antimonate photocatalysts MSb2O6 (M = Ca, Sr and Ba): a correlation between packing factor and photocatalytic activity

Abstract

Well-crystallized MSb2O6 (M = Ca, Sr and Ba) powders synthesized by solid state reactions exhibit an interesting photocatalytic activity order of Ba > Sr > Ca for organic pollutant (methylene blue and phenol) degradation and hydrogen production from water under UV light irradiation. A simple model, crystal packing factor (PF), was introduced to account for the activity difference. Nine series of photocatalysts involving 26 compounds were experimentally investigated to further substantiate the model, a lower PF being correlated to a higher photocatalytic activity. This correlation between packing factor and photocatalytic activity also holds for some 40 literature examples of 83 compounds of d0 cations and d10 cations. This applicable criterion for ranking photocatalytic materials of similar chemistry or structure can be rationalized through the influence of structural packing on carrier lifetimes and mobilities.

Graphical abstract: Novel antimonate photocatalysts MSb2O6 (M = Ca, Sr and Ba): a correlation between packing factor and photocatalytic activity

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Jun 2009
Accepted
20 Aug 2009
First published
11 Sep 2009

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009,11, 10047-10052

Novel antimonate photocatalysts MSb2O6 (M = Ca, Sr and Ba): a correlation between packing factor and photocatalytic activity

X. Lin, J. Wu, X. Lü, Z. Shan, W. Wang and F. Huang, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 10047 DOI: 10.1039/B911352E

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