Issue 2, 2014
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Nanoscale

Intensive visible-light photoactivity of Bi- and Fe-containing pyrochlore nanoparticles

Metka Bencina,a   Matjaz Valant,*ab   Michael W. Pitchera  and  Mattia Fanettiac  

* Corresponding authors

a Materials Research Laboratory, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 13, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
E-mail: matjaz.valant@ung.si
Fax: +386 53652527
Tel: +386 53652502

b Center of Excellence for Biosensors, Instrumentation and Process Control, Velika pot 22, 5250 Solkan, Slovenia

c Istituto Officina dei Materiali CNR, Area Science Park, S.S. 14, Km. 163.5, I-34149 Trieste, Italy

Abstract

Bi–Fe–Nb–O pyrochlore nanoparticles were synthesized by a facile coprecipitation reaction. They exhibit intense visible-light absorption due to a narrow band gap and high visible-light photocatalytic activity for degradation of methyl orange.

Graphical abstract: Intensive visible-light photoactivity of Bi- and Fe-containing pyrochlore nanoparticles

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3NR04260J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Aug 2013
Accepted
08 Nov 2013
First published
12 Nov 2013

Nanoscale, 2014,6, 745-748

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Intensive visible-light photoactivity of Bi- and Fe-containing pyrochlore nanoparticles

M. Bencina, M. Valant, M. W. Pitcher and M. Fanetti, Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 745 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04260J

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