Issue 38, 2015

Bismuth oxychloride/carbon nanofiber heterostructures for the degradation of 4-nitrophenol

Abstract

In this paper, a two-step synthesis route combining an electrospinning technique and a solvothermal method has been accepted as a straightforward protocol for the exploitation of BiOCl–carbon nanofiber (CNF) hierarchical heterostructures. Photocatalytic tests showed that the BiOCl–CNF heterostructures possess a much higher degradation rate for 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) than pure BiOCl. The enhanced photocatalytic activity could be attributed to the effective separation of photogenerated carriers driven by the photoinduced potential difference generated at the BiOCl–CNF heterojunction interface. The OH˙ radicals played a critical role in the photocatalytic degradation of 4-NP over the BiOCl–CNF heterostructures. Moreover, the heterostructures could be recovered easily by sedimentation without a decrease in photocatalytic activity.

Graphical abstract: Bismuth oxychloride/carbon nanofiber heterostructures for the degradation of 4-nitrophenol

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 May 2015
Accepted
07 Aug 2015
First published
10 Aug 2015

CrystEngComm, 2015,17, 7276-7282

Bismuth oxychloride/carbon nanofiber heterostructures for the degradation of 4-nitrophenol

M. Zhang, C. Shao, X. Zhang and Y. Liu, CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 7276 DOI: 10.1039/C5CE01012H

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