A facile synthesis of TiO2/BiOCl and TiO2/BiOCl/La2O3 heterostructure photocatalyst for enhanced charge separation efficiency with improved UV-light catalytic activity towards Rhodamine B and Reactive Yellow 86

• Published in: Inorganic chemistry communications Vol. 130; p. 108715
• Main Authors: Sridevi, A., Ramji, B.R., Prasanna Venkatesan, G.K.D., Sugumaran, V., Selvakumar, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.08.2021
• Subjects: Dye pollutants; Facile synthesis; Photodegradation; TiO2/BiOCl/La2O3 heterostructure; UV-light photocatalytic activity; Photodegradation; UV-light photocatalytic activity; Facile synthesis; TiO2/BiOCl/La2O3 heterostructure; Dye pollutants

[Display omitted] •TiO2/BiOCl/La2O3 NCs are synthesized by solid-state powder grind approach.•High photocatalytic activity was observed for TiO2/BiOCl/La2O3 NCs material.•Degradation percentage was achieved as 95% and 92% for RhB and RY 86 dyes.•Outstanding performance of dye degradation can be used...