• Title of article

    Fabrication and efficient visible light-induced photocatalytic activity of Bi2WO6/BiVO4 heterojunction

  • Author/Authors

    Xiufang Zhang، نويسنده , , Yan Gong، نويسنده , , Xiaoli Dong، نويسنده , , Xinxin Zhang، نويسنده , , Chun Ma، نويسنده , , Fei Shi، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    دوهفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    472
  • To page
    476
  • Abstract
    The Bi2WO6/BiVO4 photocatalyst with heterojunction structure was synthesized. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images indicated that Bi2WO6 nanoplate was loaded on the BiVO4 surface. UV–vis diffusion absorption spectra (DRS) displayed no obvious difference between the band gap absorption edges of the BiVO4 and Bi2WO6/BiVO4. It was found that the phenol degradation rate with Bi2WO6/BiVO4 was 2.55 times as great as that with the BiVO4 under visible light (λ > 400 nm) by the photocatalytic measurements. The enhanced photocatalytic performance of the Bi2WO6/BiVO4 sample was attributed to the improved separation efficiency of photogenerated hole–electron pairs generated by the heterojunction between Bi2WO6 and BiVO4.
  • Keywords
    Bi2WO6/BiVO4 heterojunction , Phenol , Visible light , Photocatalysis
  • Journal title
    Materials Chemistry and Physics
  • Serial Year
    2012
  • Journal title
    Materials Chemistry and Physics
  • Record number

    1064840