Crystal facet-dependent photocatalytic oxidation and reduction reactivity of monoclinic WO3 for solar energy conversion
Abstract
The reactivity of a photocatalyst is basically influenced by its surface atomic and linked electronic structure. Tuning different crystal facets is becoming an important strategy to optimize the reactivity of a photocatalyst for targeted reactions. Here we report a facile and new route of synthesizing a quasi-cubic-like WO3 crystal with a nearly equal percentage of {002}, {200} and {020} facets, and a rectangular sheet-like WO3 crystal with predominant {002} facet by controlling acidic