Title :
Simple route to self-assembled BiOCl networks photocatalyst from nanosheet with exposed (001) facet
Author :
Changhua Wang ; Xintong Zhang ; Bo Yuan ; Changlu Shao ; Yichun Liu
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Chem. & Biol., Beihua Univ., Jilin, China
Abstract :
Flower-like BiOCl networks composed of intercrossed nanosheets have been synthesised by a simple thermal oxidation method. The nanosheets are highly crystallised and exhibit large percentage of exposed (001) facet. The as-prepared BiOCl networks show much higher activity than that of P25 TiO2 and electrospun BiOCl nanofibres, which is evaluated by degradation of rhodamine B (RB) dye under ultraviolet light irradiation.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; catalysis; crystallisation; dyes; nanofabrication; nanostructured materials; oxidation; photochemistry; self-assembly; BiOCl; crystallization; electrospun nanofibres; exposed (001) facet; flower-like networks; intercrossed nanosheets; photocatalyst; rhodamine B dye degradation; self-assembled networks; thermal oxidation method; ultraviolet light irradiation;
Journal_Title :
Micro & Nano Letters, IET
DOI :
10.1049/mnl.2011.0668
