Issue 33, 2020

Highly dispersed BiOCl decahedra with a highly exposed (001) facet and exceptional photocatalytic performance

Abstract

BiOCl has been identified to be a promising photocatalyst for the rapid photodegradation of organic pollutants, but its practical application was restricted by its limited photocatalytic activity. In this work, a highly reactive BiOCl decahedron photocatalyst with an exposed (001) facet was successfully hydrothermally synthesized via a simple hydrothermal method using bismuth nitrate (Bi(NO3)3·5H2O) and ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) as raw materials. By adjusting the dosage of NH4Cl, the BiOCl nanoplates transformed from hexahedra with quadrilateral {110} oblique facets to decahedra with octagonal {110} and {100} oblique facets. As compared to the original BiOCl nanoplates, decahedral BiOCl possesses much more oxygen-enriched surfaces and a narrowed bandgap, resulting in enhanced photocatalytic performance. The decahedral BiOCl photocatalyst achieves a high degradability of 98% for the photodegradation of RhB after 6 min of irradiation, which is much faster than that of a hexahedral BiOCl sample.

Graphical abstract: Highly dispersed BiOCl decahedra with a highly exposed (001) facet and exceptional photocatalytic performance

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Jul 2020
Accepted
29 Jul 2020
First published
03 Aug 2020

Dalton Trans., 2020,49, 11536-11542

Highly dispersed BiOCl decahedra with a highly exposed (001) facet and exceptional photocatalytic performance

L. Bao and Y. Yuan, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 11536 DOI: 10.1039/D0DT02372H

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